Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
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Collins, Laura, and Rudolph H. Scheffrahn. 2002. “Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): EENY-195/IN352, 1/2001”. EDIS 2002 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in352-2001.

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This document is EENY-195, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: January 2001.

EENY-195/IN352: Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) (ufl.edu)

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