European Fire Ant, Red Ant (suggested common names), Myrmica rubra Linnaeus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
Vol. 2007 No. 19, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2007 No. 19

European Fire Ant, Red Ant (suggested common names), Myrmica rubra Linnaeus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): EENY-410/IN746, 8/2007

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in746-2007
Published 2007-10-18
H. Alejandro Arevalo
University of Florida
Eleanor Groden
University of Maine
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Arevalo, H. Alejandro, and Eleanor Groden. 2007. “European Fire Ant, Red Ant (suggested Common names), Myrmica Rubra Linnaeus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): EENY-410 IN746, 8 2007”. EDIS 2007 (19). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in746-2007.
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Abstract

EENY-410, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by H. Alejandro Arevalo and Eleanor Groden, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this adventive stinging ant found mainly in the northeastern U.S. Includes sections on synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, and management. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, August 2007.

EENY-410/IN746: European Fire Ant, Red Ant (suggested common names), Myrmica rubra Linnaeus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) (ufl.edu)

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