ANTS / FIRE ANTS Black imported fire ants (Solenopsis richteri) were accidentally imported to North America. Black imported fire ants (BIFA) are nearly identical in habits to red imported fire ants (RIFA). The easiest way to distinguish BIFA from RIFA is coloration. BIFA are dark brown to...
In South America, Solenopsis are distributed across a great variety of habitats and climates. In North America, S. invicta, introduced free of phorids, now ranges from coast to coast in the south. Success in introducing particular Pseudacteon as agents for the biological control of fire ants ...
introduced throughout the U. S. Southeast, starting with Travis, Brazos, and Dallas counties in Texas, as well as Mobile, Alabama, where the ants first entered North America. Not all introductions have been successful, but the fly has been established in some sites in every southeastern state...
Native to South America, imported fire ants have now spread to parts of North America and elsewhere around the world. These invasive pests have painful stings that, in some cases, can cause serious medical problems, such as hypersensitivity reactions, infections and even kidney failure. ...
The red imported fire ant has become a major pest in several countries, including southern North America, the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia and south China. Red Imported Fire Ants Learn about red imported fire ants & why it is important to get rid of these pests.More...
The ants then brought this ability with them to the United States. “They come north, and they meet their old enemies from South America, and they express this behavior,” LeBrun says. Red ants have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to agricultural crops and...
Insecticides for control ofredimportedfire antsand termites. UN-2 It is a different species from theredimportedfire antof the southern United States. Literature ( Insecticides for control ofredimportedfire antsand termites UN-2 Redimportedfire antshave spread beyond North America. ...
2.Any of several weedy North American plants of the genusErechtitesin the composite family, having small white or greenish flowers grouped in discoid heads. [So called because the plants are pioneer species in areas where fire has destroyed other vegetation.] ...