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2. Mirex - Wikipedia

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   Mirex is a stomach insecticide, meaning that it must be ingested by the organism in order to poison it. The insecticidal use was focused on Southeastern United States to control the imported fire ants Solenopsis saevissima richteri and Solenopsis invicta. Approximately 250,000 kg of mirex was applied to fields between 1962 and 1975 (US NRC, 1978).

3. Toxicology of red imported fire ant venom - Wikipedia

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   This makes many experts put some children on fire ant venom immunotherapy, while others do not. [54] [65] The recommended maintenance dose is between 0.5 mL of a 1:100 w/v 1:10 w/v WBE. [66] For fire ant venom immunotherapy, the most common maintenance dose is 0.5 mL of a 1:200 (wt/vol) dilution. [67]

4. Ant venom - Wikipedia

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   In the case of fire ants, the venom consists mainly of alkaloid (>95%) and protein (<1%) components. [2] Stinging ants cause a cutaneous condition that is different from that caused by biting venomous ants. Particularly painful are stings from fire ants, although the bullet ant's sting is considered by some to be the most painful insect sting ...

5. Officials battle 'highly aggressive' red imported fire ant ...

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   Agricultural officials in Southern California are battling an active infestation of red imported fire ants that are "highly aggressive in nature," and pose a risk to California's agricultural ...

6. Solenopsis saevissima - Wikipedia

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   Ants belonging to the genus Solenopsis are known as "fire ants" because of the pain caused by their stings, which inject venoms. The venoms of fire ants are characterized by a variety of alkaloids known as solenopsins (2-methyl-6-alkylpiperidines) that exhibit necrotic , hemolytic , antibiotic , and toxic properties. [ 12 ]

7. AI-powered dog robot sniffs out invasive fire ants - AOL

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   Red imported fire ants may be small, but their impact is anything but trivial. Native to central South America, these aggressive ants have spread across the United States, Australia and parts of ...