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Sustainable Fire Ant Management (Summary)
Sustainable Fire Ant Management (Summary)
Efforts
are underway to introduce natural enemies of the red imported
fire ant to lessen its competitiveness against native ants. Releases
of fire-ant-decapitating phorid flies have been made in several
southern states. Mass rearing and additional releases of these
flies are underway now. Experimental releases of a disease-causing
protozoan have been made in ten southern states. A number of
least-toxic fire ant control materials are discussed in this
publication. Physical controls such as hot water, steam, and
ant traps are also discussed.
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Last Updated December 28, 2007
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