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Red imported fire ants

The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA, is one of over 280 species in the widespread genus Solenopsis. It is native to South America but it has become both a pest and a health hazard in the southern United States as well as a number of other countries.

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Red imported fire ants in the United States

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The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA, is one of over 280 species in the widespread genus Solenopsis. It is native to South America...

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Red imported fire ant

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invicta, the fire ant, or red imported fire ant (RIFA), is a species of ant native to South America. A member of the genus Solenopsis in the subfamily...

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Fire ant

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Fire ants are several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis, which includes over 200 species. Solenopsis are stinging ants, and most of their common...

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Red imported fire ants in Australia

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The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) is an invasive species in Australia originating from South America but imported to Australia, New Zealand...

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Black imported fire ant

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The black imported fire ant (Solenopsis richteri), or simply BIFA, is a species of ant in the genus Solenopsis (fire ants). It was long thought to either...

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Toxicology of red imported fire ant venom

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The toxicology of fire ant venom is relatively well studied. The venom plays a central role in the biology of Red imported fire ants, such as in capturing...

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Southern fire ant

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stinging fire ant native to southern parts of the United States. Its behaviour is similar to the red imported fire ant (S. invicta), although its sting is less...

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Red harvester ant

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participate in myrmecochory, an ant-plant interaction through which the ants gain nutrients and the plants benefit through seed dispersal. Red harvester ants are...

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Phoridae

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"Invasive Fire Ants Lose Heads to Flies". Posted to YouTube. Pseudacteon species used in fire ant control on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures: red imported fire...

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Ants of medical importance

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injury or, in rare cases, death. Like wasps, individual ants are capable of stinging multiple times as they do not lose their stingers. The fire ants are a...

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Rasberry crazy ant

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dead ants and nest detritus in electrical devices. If an ant is electrocuted, it can release an alarm pheromone in dying, which causes other ants to rush...

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Dorymyrmex bureni

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ants are medium-sized ants, ranging from 2–4 mm. They are light orange in color and fast moving. Unlike other ants in the area like red imported fire...

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Ant

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bring ants into conflict with humans, however, as they can damage crops and invade buildings. Some species, such as the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis...

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Invasive species in Australia

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(Erynniopsis antennata) were in turn introduced in 2001 in an effort to control the pest.[citation needed] The red imported fire ant in particular, with its venomous...

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Caenocholax fenyesi

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(Solenopsis richteri) in MesoAmerica, which switched to the red imported fire ant in the southern United States. Males and females of C. fenyesi are sexually dimorphic...

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Myrmica rubra

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as aggressive as the red imported fire ant.[citation needed] They also consume pollen, a phenomenon rarely documented in ants of the temperate zone. Workers...

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Mirex

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The spread of the red imported fire ant was encouraged by the use of mirex, which also kills native ants that are highly competitive with the fire ants...

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List of ants of Kansas

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species of ants can be found in the Midwestern state of Kansas. Kansas ant species include common ants and ones with wings. Some Kansas ants create mounds...

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2018 in the United States

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This is a list of events in the year 2018 in the United States. President: Donald Trump (R-New York) Vice President: Mike Pence (R-Indiana) Chief Justice:...

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Pseudacteon tricuspis

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phorid fly or fire ant decapitating fly) is a parasitic phorid fly that decapitates its host, the imported Solenopsis invicta fire ant. There are over...

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Eastern fence lizard

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ontogenetic shift in consumption of native and invasive prey. Although eastern fence lizards are an ant specialist, invasive imported red fire ants can pose a...

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Solenopsis saevissima

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far, it has not been imported into the United States. Ants belonging to the genus Solenopsis are known as "fire ants" because of the pain caused by their...

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List of invasive species in Florida

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indica (red palm mite) Solenopsis invicta (Red imported fire ant) Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant) Tapinoma melanocephalum (Ghost ant) Tapinoma...

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Boll weevil

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University pointed to the spread of another invasive pest, the red imported fire ant, as a factor in the weevils' population decline in some areas. Other...

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Alexander State Forest

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effective in decreasing the population of red imported fire ants. In addition, the native ant population could better compete against the red imported fire ants...

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Bifenthrin

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used against ant infestations. It is not a restricted chemical in the United States and is commonly sold in hardware stores to control pests in homes. Bifenthrin...

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List of invasive species in North America

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(red imported fire ant) Solenopsis richteri (black imported fire ant) Sternochetus mangiferae (mango seed weevil) Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ant)...

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Invasive species in the United States

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wooden pallets unloaded in Houston during the 1940s, fire ants arriving by way of soil shipments from South America from the 1910s to 1940s, Asian tiger...

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Rooibos

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completely killed during a fire and grow back from established lignotubers. Seeds of wild populations are dispersed by species of ants, whose use as dispersers...

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Myrmecochory

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S2CID 1789520. Stuble, K. L.; Kirkman, L. K.; Carroll, C. R. (2010). "Are red imported fire ants facilitators of native seed dispersal?". Biological Invasions. 12...

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