Fire Ant Morphology, Reproduction, and Development
Fire ants live in colonies in nests in the soil. The above ground mound of soil is just a small part of the fire ant nest (see How Tall Do Fire Ant Mounds Get?). The below ground portion of the colony can extend from 1 to 3 feet deep.
Understanding a Fire Ant Colony - Amdro
Fire ants are social insects that build nests, called mounds, by pushing up soil as they tunnel in the earth. They nest in almost any type of soil, but prefer open, sunny areas, such as meadows, pastures, parks, playgrounds, lawns and golf courses, as well as …
Fire ant - Wikipedia
A typical fire ant colony produces large mounds in open areas, and feeds mostly on young plants, insects and seeds. Fire ants often attack small animals such as small lizards and can kill them.
red imported fire ant - Solenopsis invicta - Entomology and …
Two species of fire ants are found in Florida. Most notorious is Solenopsis invicta Buren, the red imported fire ant (RIFA), followed by the much less common Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius), the tropical or native fire ant.
Biology | Fire Ants in Tennessee
Fire ants are social insects that are organized unlike many other insect pests. Imported fire ant colonies consist of the brood and several types (castes) of adults. The whitish objects often found at the tops of the mounds are actually the ant’s immature stages—the eggs, larvae and pupae.
Biology - Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management Project
There are two kinds of red imported fire ants — the single queen and multiple queen forms. Workers in single queen colonies are territorial. Workers from multiple queen colonies move freely from one mound to another, which has resulted in a dramatic increase in …
Fire Ant Biology - Mississippi State University Extension Service
Fire ants are social, colony-forming insects. Although most fire ant colonies have only one reproducing queen, multi-queen colonies are common in some areas. In addition to the queen, or queens, an established colony contains many thousands of workers, many hundreds of virgin male and female reproductives, and many thousands of eggs and ...
Fire Ant Habitat and Food Sources – Ant Pests - Extension
Fire ant colonies or parts of polygyne colonies frequently migrate from one site to another. They can build a new mound several hundred feet away from their previous location and complete it almost overnight. Flooding causes colonies to leave their mounds and float until they can reach land to establish a new mound.
The science of ants' underground cities | ScienceDaily
2021年8月23日 · Oct. 15, 2020 — A unique study conducted by entomologists led to the discovery of a distinctive supergene in fire ant colonies that determines whether young queen ants will leave their birth...
Fire Ant Habitat - Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and …
Colony formation of the red imported fire ant. The winged forms, called reproductives, live in the mound until embarking on a mating (nuptial) flight, which usually occurs in the afternoon soon after a rainy period. Mating flights can occur at any time of …