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  2. Red imported fire ants in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s, colonies were accidentally introduced into the United States through the seaport of Mobile, Alabama.Despite earlier views that cargo ships from Brazil docking at Mobile unloaded goods infested with the ants, [1] recent DNA research confirmed that the likely source population for all invasive S. invicta in the United States occurred at or near Formosa, Argentina, and virtually ...

  3. 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).

  4. Amdro - Wikipedia

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    Amdro is a trade name for a hydramethylnon-based hydrazone insecticide, commonly used in the southern United States for fire ant control. Amdro was patented in 1978 by the American Cyanamid company, now Ambrands, and was conditionally approved for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in August, 1980.

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

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    The research team trained the CyberDog using a comprehensive dataset of over 1,100 images of fire ant nests, resulting in an impressive detection accuracy rate of over 90%.

  6. Pseudacteon tricuspis - Wikipedia

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    Pseudacteon tricuspis was the first species of Pseudacteon fly successfully used as a biological control agent for imported red fire ant in the US. [2] Imported red fire ant Solenopsis invicta was accidentally introduced into the United States in Alabama in the 1930s. Since then, its populated area has expanded across the country, including ...

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

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    Native fire ants and argentine ants appear similar to red imported fire ants in size and color but the quickest way to differentiate them is by their "aggressive behavior," Taravati told ABC News.

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