ANR-1185 T ruth - ACES - [PDF Document] (2024)

The Hidden Truth

About Imported Fire Ants

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www.aces.edu

The Hidden Truth

About Imported Fire AntsDear Readers,

We hope after reading and coloring in this book you will have a better understanding about imported fire ants and how they live. Adults that would like to learn how to mini-mize the impact of fire ants using various management practices and pesticides should visit www.extension.org/fire+ants or contact their county Extension office for more information. Look in your telephone directory under your county’s name to find the num-ber.

Thank you and enjoy,

Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Imported Fire Ant eXtension Community of Practice

• This book was designed and illustrated by Brian Richardson. Additional illustrations are by Joe MacGown and Bruce Dupree.• The copy was originally written by Donna Shanklin and Brian Richardson and was revised by the Imported Fire Ant eXtension Community of Practice. • Special thanks to Mary Jean Bowling for her contributions.

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Imported fire ants are not from the United States. They are from South America and were accidentally brought to the United States on a ship.

This ant has settled in the southeast United States as well as in California.

Fire ants protect their mound because it is their home. It is also where the queen is located.

The queen’s job is to lay eggs. She controls the colony by using special scents called pheromones. Her daughters, called worker ants, do not lay eggs of their own.

The worker ants have many jobs. The youngest worker ants are nurses who care for the eggs, larvae, pupae, and also the queen.

Middle-aged workers are reserve ants who protect the mound and build tunnels.

The oldest worker ants are foragers who collect food for the colony.

Imported fire ants can STING,so be very careful when you are near them. Fire ants and the mounds they build can be found in many of the places that people like. These include playgrounds,

. . . golf courses,

. . . construction sites,

. . . and, of course, picnics.

Native ants don’t like imported fire ants. Fire ants can out compete them for food because they are more aggressive.

For a long time, the imported fire ant didn’t have a lot of natural enemies in the United States. Other insects didn’t like to eat them and the ants didn’t get sick from diseases very often.

They do now! Natural enemies from the ant’s South American home are now here. From flies that make the ant’s head fall off to pathogens that make ants sick, we now have help controlling imported fire ants.

“Help me find my way to the queen!”

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THIS IS WHAT A REAL IMPORTED FIRE ANT LOOKS LIKE!Actual size: about 1⁄8" to 1⁄4" long

SKETCH YOUR FIRE ANT

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Accidental - an unintentional and unfortunate happening, something that happens unexpectedly, chance, fortune.Aggressive - using daring or forceful methods, vigorously energetic.Ant - any of a family of colonial hymenopterous insects, that live in highly organized colonies, various castes performing special duties.Colony - a group of like organisms living or growing in close association.Compete - to strive for an objective (a prize, position).Construction - the act of constructing (building by putting together parts).Dangerous - full of danger or risk, able or likely to cause injury.Enemy - an opposing military force, one seeking to injure, overthrow or confound an opponent.Forager - one who wanders or goes in search of food.Imported - brought in from a foreign country or other source.Imported fire ant - either of two mound building South American fire ants( and ) introduced into the United States that are agricultural pests and can produce sting requiring medical attention.Mound - slightly raised ground.Native - originating naturally in a particular region.Nurse - one that looks after, advises; a member of an insect society that belongs to the worker caste and cares for the young.Pathogen - an agent that causes a disease.Pheromone - any chemical substance released by an animal that influences the physiology or behavior of other members of the species.Protect - to defend from attack, loss.Queen - a female sovereign or monarch, a fertile ant, bee, termite, or wasp.Release - to free from confinement, to let go.Reserve - a military force held in readiness; something kept for future use.Scent - a distinctive odor, smell.Sites - a position or location, as of a town or building.Species - a distinct sort or kind, composed of related individuals that are able to breed among themselves.Workers - female fire ants that help their mother, the queen, in the colony.

Use your dictionary to find other unknown words in this book!

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

You now know

THE HIDDEN TRUTHabout imported fire ants

Kathy Flanders, Extension Entomologist, Professor, and Lawrence “Fudd” Graham, Coordinator, Alabama Fire Ant Management Program, and Research Fellow IV, both in Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University; and the Imported Fire Ant eXtension Community of Practice. Originally prepared by Donna Shanklin, Alabama Regional Extension Agent, and former Arkansas Assistant Extension Specialist; and Brian Richardson, Extension Design Specialist, the University of Arkansas. Used by permission.

For more information, call your county Extension office. Look in your telephone directory under your county’s name to find the number.

Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer.

Revised Nov 2013, ANR-1185www.aces.edu

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