Article: Agriculture Officials Destroy Fire Ants at Pittsburg, Kan., Nursery.

Article: USDA, southern states to release fly against fire ...
Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... biological control agents of imported fire ants," Brenner says. Fire ants originally arrived in the United States from South America sometime in the 1930s ... Phorid flies are fierce enemies of fire ants. First, a female fly injects an egg ...

Article: [ * Fire ants aren't native to the United ...
Daily Breeze;  March 30, 2006 ;     436 words ...* Fire ants aren't native to the United States. They hitched a ride from South America to Mobile, Alabama ... since taken over much of the South. In an average year, fire ants sting 9 million Americans. Of these, 25,000 require medical ...

Article: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: Team concept tackles fire ...
M2 Presswire;  September 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 40, you are affected by fire ants." "By working together ... controlling the insect. Red imported fire ants first invaded the United States in the 1930s. Originally from ... two-thirds of the state. Fire ants are estimated to cost Texans ...

Article: FIRE ANTS TURN HIPPIE WHEN THEY MOVE TO U.S.(NEWS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  April 2, 1996 ;     359 words ... ... WASHINGTON -- It's the hippie life for fire ants in the United States. In Argentina, the vicious insect lives ... together and everybody is welcome. ''The fire ants have it very good here in the United States,'' said Kenneth Ross of the University ...

Article: How to protect your home and your family from fire ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Several traits of fire ants make them a significant ... justify the metaphor. Fire ants lack natural enemies in the United States, allowing them ... entire southern United States including, Alabama ... spreading. Once fire ants infest an area ...

Article: USDA, southern states to release fly against fire ...
Resource;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... biological control agents of imported fire ants," Brenner says. Fire ants originally arrived in the United States from South America sometime in the 1930s ... Phorid flies are fierce enemies of fire ants. First, a female fly injects an egg ...

Putting out the fire: ARS sets up regional programs to combat imported ...
Agricultural Research;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Fire ants have been pests in the southern United States since their arrival ... ever since. Now fire ants can be found throughout the southeastern United States. It's estimated ... insects are stung by fire ants each year, and the ...