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Red Imported Fire Ant

Solenopsis invicta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,310, February 981, March 1,013, April 1,837, May 1,125, June 546, July 491, August 507, September 603, October 642, November 836, December 810.
United States35,270
Texas19,639
North Carolina2,561
Georgia1,872
Louisiana1,548
South Carolina1,224
Alabama1,172
Mississippi394
Arkansas344
China342

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusSolenopsis Fire Ants and Thief Ants · Solenopsis

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