Tag: fire ants

Researchers Aim to Cut Through the Complexity of Managing Early-Season Crop Pests

Assessing the potential risk of minor, sporadic early-season pests is challenging. A new collection of profiles in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management aims to help growers and IPM professionals make more-informed decisions about whether methods such as preventative insecticide seed treatments are warranted.

Entomology Today June 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Compounds from Poison Frogs May be Used to Control Fire Ants

USDA scientists and their collaborators have found that naturally-occurring compounds that are found on the skin of certain poison frogs can incapacitate and kill fire ants. The red imported fire […]

CT Scanning Shows how Fire Ants Interlock to Form Floating Rafts

When water levels rise, red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) stream from their nests and rapidly grip onto their nearest neighbors in order to form rafts to carry them to safety. […]

Pheromone Research May Lead to New Insect Control Methods

Each year in the United States, fire ants cost $7 billion for control, damage repair, and medical care. They infest millions of acres in urban, agricultural, wildlife, recreational and industrial […]