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Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Laura Collins and Rudolf H. Scheffrahn


Release Date: 10/22/2020

Reviewed At: 10/27/2013

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in352-2001

Agriculture

About this Publication

This document is EENY-195, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2001. Revised August 2008 and November 2013. Reviewed May 2020. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/.

About the Authors

Laura Collins, graduate assistant; and Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, professor; Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Collins, L., & Scheffrahn, R. H. (1969). Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). EDIS, 2002(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in352-2001

Authors

Rudolf Scheffrahn
Rudolf Scheffrahn
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Publication #EENY-195