Rearing the Decapitating Fly Pseudacteon tricuspis (Diptera: Phoridae) in Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the United States

1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanford D. Porter ◽  
David F. Williams ◽  
Richard S. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fire Ants ◽  
Pseudacteon Tricuspis ◽  
Imported Fire Ants

Hymenopteran Pests: Family Formicidae

2020 ◽  
pp. 317-331
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Vittum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fire Ants ◽  
Fire Ant ◽  
Red Imported Fire Ant ◽  
The Many ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Water Holding ◽  
Imported Fire Ant

This chapter explores the many species of ants, order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, which invade turfgrass areas throughout the United States. The subfamily Formicinae includes many ants found on turf. The fire ants are by far the most important and common pest ants of turfgrass in the southeastern states. Ants are primarily troublesome in turfgrass areas because they build mounds as they form subterranean homes for their colonies. They seek out drier, well-drained sandy soils that have low water-holding capacity. The galleries they form, which damage roots, add to the desiccation of the soil, and the turf in the surrounding areas becomes thin and unsightly. Mounds of various sizes and shapes, formed according to the habits of the ant species, are often detrimental to mower blades. The chapter then looks at the red imported fire ant, the turfgrass ant, and the harvester ant.

Fire Ant Envenomation in Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-692
Author(s):  
Charles M. Ginsburg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Solenopsis Invicta ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fire Ants ◽  
Fire Ant ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Solenopsis Richteri ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Scant Attention

Fire ants (Solenopsis richteri and Solenopsis invicta) have received scant attention from individuals other than agriculturists, entomologists, and victims of the bite and sting. Since their original importation into Mobile, Alabama, these small, seemingly benign, creatures have slowly migrated throughout most of the southern United States. Not unexpectedly, physicians working in the southern portions of the United States have been confronted with increasingly large numbers of patients, particularly children, who have been bitten and envenomated by these insects. Information regarding the pathogenesis of fire ant bite reactions and an approach to treatment are provided.

scholarly journals Fire Ants (Solenopsisspp.) and Their Natural Enemies in Southern South America

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Briano ◽  
Luis Calcaterra ◽  
Laura Varone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Biological Control ◽  
South America ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fire Ants ◽  
Fire Ant ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Field Release

We review the fire ant research conducted by the ARS-South American Biological Control Laboratory (SABCL) since 1987 to find a complex of natural enemies in southern South America and evaluate their specificity and suitability for field release as self-sustaining biological control agents. We also include those studies conducted by the ARS-Center for Medical, Agriculture, and Veterinary Entomology in the United States with the SABCL collaboration. Ecological and biological information is reported on local fire ants and their microsporidia, nematodes, viruses, phorid flies, eucharitid wasps, strepsiptera, and parasitic ants. Their biology, abundance, distribution, detrimental effect, field persistence, specificity, and phenology are discussed. We conclude that the objectives of the ARS program in South America are being achieved and that the pioneering studies have served to encourage further investigations in the United States and other countries and advanced the implementation of biological control programs to decrease imported fire ant densities and damage. Still, several promising organisms should be further investigated for eventual field release in the near future.

Prevalence of allergic sensitization to imported fire ants in children living in an endemic region of the southeastern United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E. Partridge ◽  
Wesley Blackwood ◽  
Robert G. Hamilton ◽  
Jan Ford ◽  
Penny Young ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Allergic Sensitization ◽  
Fire Ants ◽  
Endemic Region ◽  
Imported Fire Ants
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document