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  2. Horrifying video shows massive colony of fire ants floating ...

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    "Floating fire ant colonies can look like ribbons, streamers, mats, rafts, or an actual 'ball' of ants floating on the water." Nester says that Texans should try to avoid trekking through ...

  3. Invasive stinging red fire ants love the cool Texas weather ...

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    In Texas, these pesky insects come out during the fall as things cool down.

  4. Red imported fire ant - Wikipedia

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    Red imported fire ants can distinguish nestmates and non-nestmates through chemical communication and specific colony odours. [167] [174] Workers prefer to dig into nest materials from their own colony and not from soil in unnested areas or from other red imported fire ant colonies. One study suggests that as a colony's diet is similar, the ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. An infestation of 'aggressive' red fire ants hits Santa ... - AOL

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    Native to South America, the ants have long been a thorn in the side of pest control officials across Southern states such as Texas, which spends about $1.2 billion each year trying to control ant ...

  7. Bifenthrin - Wikipedia

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    Bifenthrin has been approved for use against the Rasberry crazy ant in the Houston, Texas, area, under a special "crisis exemption" from the Texas Department of Agriculture and the EPA. The chemical is only approved for use in Texas counties experiencing "confirmed infestations" of the newly imported, invasive ant species. [17]

  8. Solenopsis molesta - Wikipedia

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    Since ants of this species are so small, they can colonize just about anywhere. They can live in people's homes without them ever knowing that they have an infestation of tiny ants. Solenopsis molesta are common in homes, and due to their small size they can easily enter sealed packages of food. Other thief ant colonies are inside other ant ...

  9. Footage shows massive colonies of fire ants floating in ...

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    "Floating fire ant colonies can look like ribbons, streamers, mats, rafts, or an actual 'ball' of ants floating on the water." Sadly, if you thought boats would be able to keep you safe from the ...