Animals & Wildlife Magazine

Fighting Fire Ants

By Garry Rogers @Garry_Rogers

Fighting Fire AntsRed Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta, arrived in the Southern US in the 1930s from South America. They have spread throughout the South and dominate in grassland areas. Recently, a new import…

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Garry Rogers:

Ants are important because they make up about 25% of all terrestrial animal biomass.  Fire Ants are a critical invasive species in North America because the eliminate other ant species and some other animal species as well.

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