Eli Lilly EL-468, a phenylenediamine, possesses the delayed-toxicity necessary for a bait toxicant to control colonies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. In laboratory tests it ...

Invasive Red Fire Ants Spreading in Europe Sep. 11, 2023 — One of the most invasive species in the world is Solenopsis invicta, a red fire ant species with a painful sting.

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.

House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been attacked by red imported fire ants at the site of Queensland's latest fire ant outbreak. He repeatedly, unknowingly, walked past nests at a ...

One of the key findings from recent studies is that SINV-3 can significantly reduce fire ant populations. In field trials, the introduction of SINV-3 into fire ant nests led to a remarkable ...