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	Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA)
		Fire ants prefer land that is open and exposed to the sun.
		Fire ants pose a threat to young or debilitated livestock that may not be able to escape attacks by ant workers.
		Fire ant mounds in a field may interfere with foraging livestock and the voids that form beneath abandoned mounds may collapse beneath the weight of an animal leading to injury.
	www.ext.vt.edu /pubs/entomology/444-284/444-284.html (2898 words)

	Southern fire ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Spanish, fire ants are known as hormiga colorada (red ant) or hormiga brava (surly ant).
		Fire ants are scavenger-predators that prefer oily or fatty meats and seeds.
		Fire ants are well known for their propensity to "boil out of the ground" when their nest is disturbed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_fire_ant (893 words)

	Lockley: Imported Fire Ants
		One of the identifying characteristics of a fire ant colony is the earthen nest or mound.
		Fire ants are omnivorous, feeding on almost any plant or animal material; although insects seem to be their preferred food.
		Solenopsis (Labauchena) dagerrei is a parasitic ant that attaches to the fire ant queen and redirects fire ant workers to tend the brood of the parasite to the detriment of the colony's own larvae.
	ipmworld.umn.edu /chapters/lockley.htm (3221 words)

	Professional Pest Management Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The southern fire ant is a native species and ranges from California to southern South Carolina to northern Florida.
		When the southern fire ant nests outside near a house, it is usually in the vicinity of the kitchen.
		Fire ants are attracted to electrical junction boxes of traffic signals, air conditioners, etc. When they mass around the electrical contact points, they cause the equipment to malfunction.
	www.njpma.com /homeowners/spotlight/fire_ants.asp (791 words)

	Fire Ants - Factoids: Biology and Identification
		This fire ant species is rarely found in mature forests and other areas with heavy shade, unless part of the area has been disturbed or opened by fire or storms.
		The fire ant mounds are symmetrical piles of excavated soil, rich in organic materials, laced with interconnected galleries and chambers.
		The Southern Fire Ant, Solenopsis xyloni, (McCook) is a native species that occurs from North Carolina south to northern Florida, along the Gulf Coast and west to California.
	www.safe2use.com /pests/fireants/factoids.htm (1162 words)

	Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management Project
		Worker ants are sterile or non-reproductive female ants that tend the queen, the brood (eggs, larvae and pupae), and forage for food.
		Ants are, for the most part, true social insects (eusocial) and colonies contain a queen or queens, winged reproductive male and female ants and wingless sterile female worker ants.
		Harvester ant workers range from 5 to 9 mm and reddish brown to yellow or fl, while red imported fire ants workers range from 1.5 to 4 mm and reddish brown with a darker abdomen.
	fireant.tamu.edu /antfacts/identification.cfm (737 words)

	Control of the Red Imported Fire Ant
		Fire ants have a much greater impact on the ornamental plant, sod, and landscaping industries because of problems associated with shipping infested plant material into uninfested areas of the country (see the section entitled "Treatment and Quarantine Assistance").
		Fire ant mounds vary in size, usually in direct proportion to the size of the colony.
		Because fire ants cannot be eradicated over wide areas, the goals of insecticide treatment are to eliminate fire ants in areas where the risk to people is high and to reduce infestations to acceptable levels.
	www.turffiles.ncsu.edu /pubs/insects/ag486.html (2078 words)

	Fire Ants - Fire Ant Remedy - Red Ants - Fire Ant Killer
		The Imported Fire ants are very aggressive, their sting can cause reactions anywhere from an irritation and nausea to even more severe reactions in humans.
		Apply ant baits on a fairly sunny day, when there is a good amount of activity around the mound, so that the ants can begin to forage for the bait.
		Ant Bait Stations, to put the granulated ant bait inside to keep it dry and making it difficult for children and pets to get into.
	www.doyourownpestcontrol.com /fire.htm (922 words)

	Fire Ants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These ants prefer land exposed to the sun; consequently valuable farming and pasture land may be heavily infested.
		Fire ants have a severe bite and sting and will attack anything that disturbs their nest.
		The ant colony is made up of three forms: the winged fertile females (queens) which lay the eggs, winged fertile males (kings), and three classes (sizes) of worker ants called minim, minor and major workers.
	www2.ncsu.edu /unity/lockers/project/pestmngt3/AG268/html/fire_ants.htm (414 words)

	Fire Ants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Native fire ants such as the southern fire ant are most common in the Gulf states.
		In addition to the fertilized queen, the ant colony is made of winged, reproductive females, males and three classes (sizes) of worker ants called minim, minor, and major workers.
		Chemical control of fire ants is accomplished by direct applications of pesticide solution or broadcasts of bait around the mound.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /AG369/notes/fire_ants.html (644 words)

	carpenter ants, fire ants, ant facts
		This ant will nest in walls and floors in association with water leaks and poor drainage and ventilation, hence its nickname of "moisture ant." It is particularly prevalent around bathtubs and showers where leaks are present or have occurred.
		When crazy ants are observed foraging indoors, an attempt should be made to follow the trail to the point where the ants enter under a wall or through a crack (e.g., under a doorway).
		This ant is nicknamed a "thief" because it commonly lives near the nests of other ants and "steals" their larvae and food to feed its own colony.
	www.pestcontrol-products.com /ant_facts.htm (10356 words)

	Fireant, exterminating fireants, fireant pictures, exterminate fireants
		The red imported fire ant is from central Brazil and is found in the southeastern United States, from Virginia through Texas as of 2002..
		Fireants’ thorax does not have spines and its profile is unevenly rounded.
		Typical mounds of the southern fire ant are flattened and irregular, covering 2-4 sq ft. Swarms occur from May through October in the afternoon to early evening of warm days.
	www.killfireants.com /fire-ant.htm (685 words)

	D12.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pre-treatment ant populations were determined on 20 May, and treatment blocks assigned according to population density.
		The post treatment ant population was monitored at two wk intervals, beginning three wks after treatments were applied and continuing until 16 Sep. Three wks after insecticides were applied (24 Jun), southern fire ant populations were significantly lower in all treatments compared with the untreated plots.
		Seven wks after treatment, the ant populations were declining in plots treated with the slower acting insect growth regulators, Logic and V-71639 and ant populations were beginning to increase in the other treatments.
	www.entsoc.org /Protected/AMT/amt1999/D12.html (352 words)

	ODA Plant Division Imported Fire Ant
		Imported Fire Ants or IFA have been an agricultural and health problem in the U.S. for almost 80 years.
		Fire ants have now spread to eleven California counties spanning the southern part of the state northward to Sacramento County.
		The large ant on the left is the Southern Fire Ant, indigenous to many southern states.
	egov.oregon.gov /ODA/PLANT/ippm_rifa.shtml (1561 words)

	Lakestone Termite and Pest Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The two most important species are the southern fire ant (Solenopsis xyloni McCook) and the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren).
		Fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) with ridge on lower front margin of mesothorax having 1 or more teeth, lst node in profile with rear margin almost straight.
		For the red imported fire ant, single-queen mounds usually number 30- 100/acre (0.4ha) with typically 80,000 but up to 250,000 individuals per colony.
	www.lakestonetpc.com /fireant.html (674 words)

	Red imported fire ant
		Fire ants are omnivorous, but their primary diet consists of insects and other invertebrates.
		Fire ants can be collected and stored in alcohol by placing an alcohol filled vial in the top of a mound and allowing ants to run up the sides of the vial and into the alcohol.
		Fire ants are considered to be medically important pests of people, pets, livestock and wildlife; they can also be damage crops such as corn, sorghum, okra, potatoes, sunflowers and others by feeding on seeds, seedlings and developing fruit.
	insects.tamu.edu /fieldguide/cimg362.html (401 words)

	P1833 The Imported Fire Ant And Its Control
		Solenopsis geminate -- fire ant -- This is a native species that ranges from Texas to South Carolina and Florida and south to at least Costa Rica.
		Fire ant colonies typically average 11,000 workers within a year, 30,000 workers within 1 to 1½ years, and 50,000 to 250,000 within 2½ to 3 years.
		Fire ant control or management is difficult, and acceptable control depends on a number of factors.
	msucares.com /pubs/publications/p1833.htm (1825 words)

	Fire Ants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fire ant mounds constructed in clay soils are usually symmetrical and dome-shaped; mounds built in sandy soils may be irregularly shaped.
		Ant baits are slower acting but easier to apply than drenches for controlling fire ants.
		Fire ants will move to a new location if their mound is disturbed.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /gaston/Pests/fireants.htm (333 words)

	Corkys Pest Control - RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The head and thorax of the southern fire ant and the red imported fire ant and is yellowish red and the abdomen is fl.
		The Southern Fire Ant has three distinct teeth on the mandible and a ventral tooth located near the nodes attachment to the thorax.
		The polygyne fire ants can have hundreds of colonies per acre compared to 30 to 40 typical for the monogyne form.
	www.corkyspest.com /ants_redi.html (554 words)

	Southern Fire Ant - Desert fire ants - DesertUSA
		Fire ants are scavenger-predators that prefer oily or fatty meats and seeds.
		Fire ants are an aggressive species and when a good food source is found, fire ant workers will displace other ant species.
		Fire ants are well known for their propensity to "boil out of the ground" when their nest is disturbed.
	www.desertusa.com /mag01/aug/papr/ants.html (863 words)

	red imported fire ant - Solenopsis invicta
		The fl imported fire ant is confined to northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.
		Worker fire ants will attach to the skin using their mandibles and will subsequently lower the tip of the gaster to inject the stinger into the victim.
		Additionally, fewer reproductive alates of fire ants are produced with the males often being sterile and the females weighing less (Hedges 1998, Vinson and Sorenson 1986).
	creatures.ifas.ufl.edu /urban/ants/red_imported_fire_ant.htm (2694 words)

	Invaders - Red Fire Ant
		When a fire ant mound is disturbed, workers boil to the surface, run up any legs, arms, etc. in the vicinity, grab the victim's skin in their mandibles and sting synchronously in response to the slightest movement.
		Winged male and female ants fly from the colony in the spring and summer to mate in the air.
		Fire ants sting repeatedly and venom is injected from the poison sac with each sting.
	www.desertmuseum.org /invaders/invaders_fireant.htm (1352 words)

	Kern County Southern Fire Ant - Entomology and Pest Management - Kern County
		The southern fire ant, Solenopsis xyloni, is a common, native ant to Kern County.
		Both ant species are recognized by the painful bite and sting they can inflict to humans and other animals that disturb them.
		Fire ants have a red to amber head, while the abdomen is almost completely fl.
	cekern.ucdavis.edu /Entomology/Southern_Fire_Ant.htm (570 words)

	NATURAL PEST CONTROL FOR HOME GARDENS
		Fire ants are social insects occurring in subtropical to temperate climates with mild winters and few frost days.
		Fire ants are found near most dry habitats, ranging from lawns to agricultural fields.
		Fire ants stay outside for the most part, but may migrate into foundations of buildings or fireplaces.
	www.biologicco.com /newsletter/volume1_7 (977 words)

	Fire Ant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fire ants have different sizes of workers and two nodes.
		The red imported fire ant, the imported fire ant, and the mature Southern Fire ant all have painful stings.
		All three species of fire ants are found in southern states.
	pestsolutions.fmc.com /Pest_Solutions/Pest/0,1679,1865,00.html (106 words)

	Imported Red Fire Ants: ant control, fire ants, how to kill fire ants, pest control
		Worker ants are wingless, sterile females that tend the larvae and protect the queen(s) by defending the nest from intruders.
		Fire ant mounds can be built in most any type of soil, but the ants prefer open, sunny areas such as lawns, parks, pastures, meadows and cultivated fields.
		But in warm, damp weather (spring or fall), fire ants are most likely to be active, foraging near the soil surface and building mounds.
	www.nofireants.com /about_ants (401 words)

	Fire Ant Killer and Lawn Weed Killer: Powerful Fire Ant Killers by Amdro and Tough Lawn Weed Killers by Image
		Read more about methods for killing fire ants from the leader in fire ant killers, fire ant control and fire ant bait.
		AMDRO Fire Ant Bait is an effective way to control fire ants because it's the bait that kills the queen and destroys visible and hidden mounds.
		AMDRO Fire Ant Bait is a long-term solution for killing and controlling fire ants.
	www.amdro.com (561 words)

	Fire Ants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Near the turn of the millennium the dominant species, the red imported fire ant, finally made its long-feared leap across the hostile western desert into the greener oasis of southern California, where it stood poised to infest the richest agricultural region in the country.
		These are the red imported fire ant, the fl imported fire ant, the tropical fire ant, the southern fire ant, and the golden fire ant.
		Also examined are the pros and cons of fire ants, their medical importance, and suggestions for future research.
	www.tamu.edu /upress/books/2000/taber.htm (376 words)

	Fire Ants, insecticides, ant control, insecticide, fipronil, pest control products by bayer environmental science
		Existing fire ants in the treated area are killed and new colonies are prevented from forming.
		Red imported fire ants are the primary insect problem for Southern home lawns, schools, parks, and business and industrial sites.
		Currently, fire ants infest over 325 million acres across the southern tier of states.
	www.nofireants.com (368 words)

	Ant classification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ants, and other organisms, are classified into what is called a taxonomic hierarchy.
		Examples - ants, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, butterflies, bees, wasps, dragonflies, termites, cicadas, aphids, fleas.
		Examples - Red imported fire ant, Black imported fire ant, Southern fire ant.
	flrec.ifas.ufl.edu /entomo/ants/ant_classification.htm (173 words)

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