The toxicology of red imported fire ant venom has been extensively studied. The venom is ... Workers deliver 0.66 nl of venom when they sting, which amounts to 3.1% of their supply. .... There is also an increased risk of systemic allergic reactions to future stings in children who have cutaneous manifestations after getting...
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which exacerbates the difficulties and costs to man- age this pest and also increases risks to humans and animals. Although imported fire ants are general preda...
INVASIVE ANT RISK ASSESSMENT • Wasmannia auropunctata ... Single nests of little fire ants may contain several dealate (wingless) reproducing ...... Nishida, G.M.; Evenhuis, N.L. 2000: Arthropod pests of conservation significance in the...
ABSTRACT. since the Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta was found in ... impacts, quarantine techniques, potential distribution and risk of spread, ... sampling is needed for comprehensive analysis. ...... Wilson nL and Olive AD, 1969.
Mar 26, 2002 ... Total estimated biomass of fire ants on experimental and control plots (mean .... The first analysis tested whether treatment, colony size or plot...
Wasmannia auropunctata (the little fire ant) is blamed for reducing species ... The Invasive ant risk assessment for Wasmannia auropunctata can be ..... Journal of Insect Behavior, 17(2):263-271. http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0892-7553.
Relative to other invasive fire ant species such as Solenopsis invicta, the tropical fire ant, ... Distribution; Distribution Table; History of Introduction and Spread; Risk of Introduction; Habitat .... Netherlands Antilles, Present, Native, ISSG, 2009 ..... Analysis of how ant behaviours affect germination in a tropical myrmecochore...
Nov 19, 2014 ... The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: ..... Adapting to the infection risks from those pathogenic microorganisms is believed to be one of driving ... and function analysis of such differences in different habitats. .... S. Gill Lawrence I. Gilbert) 309–381 (The Netherlands: Elsevier, 2005).
