The Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): An Historical Perspective of Treatment Programs and the Development of Chemical Baits for Control

Predação de ovos de Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) por Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

“…Essa formiga é conhecida pela sua agressividade e ferroada dolorosa podendo provocar processos alérgicos (Fowler et al, 1990). Solenopsis invicta está entre os predadores mais ativos e abundantes, causando prejuízo em muitas culturas agrícolas (Banks et al, 1990;Williams et al, 2001;Jetter et al, 2002). Por ser uma voraz predadora, esta espécie é candidata ao uso como agente de controle biológico (Eubanks, 2001).…”

Ecosystems and Immune Systems: Hierarchical Response Provides Resilience against Invasions

“…Ideally, the two would work in tandem, although often the humaneconomic response is at odds with the ecological response. The large-scale humaneconomic response to fire ant invasion was to fit World War II bombers with the equipment necessary to broadcast Mirex bait and drop it on more than 56 x 10 6 ha of the southeastern United States between 1962 and the cancellation of its registration by the US EPA in 1978 (Williams et al 2001). In addition to reducing fire ant populations, this response must also have reduced the populations of many of the native ants that serve as competitors to fire ants, and may have hastened the invasion by fire ants and increased the severity of its impact.…”

Hydramethylnon potentiation in Solenopsis invicta by infection with the microsporidium Thelohania solenopsae

“…It has since spread widely throughout the southeastern states and has been found recently in New Mexico, Arizona, and California (Williams et al, 2001). Despite the availability of several insecticides for use against fire ants, they provide only a temporary reduction in the level of infestation; population levels invariably rebound in the absence of insecticides.…”