fire ant: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fire ants: What do rural and urban areas show us about occurrence, diversity, and ancestral state reconstruction? Oct 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Queensland Government - Business Queensland - Fire ant. Jun 22, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fire ants: What do rural and urban areas show us about occurrence, diversity, and ancestral state reconstruction? Apr 02, 2025
Add new Web site: USDA Agrictultural Research Service - Biological control of fire ants: an update on new techniques (PDF). Feb 18, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service - Fire Ant Control in Two Easy Steps (PDF). Dec 26, 2024
Media added. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Molecular phylogenetics of moray eels (Murenidae) demonstrates multiple origins of a shell-crushing jaw (Gymnomuraena, Echidna) and multiple colonizations of the Atlantic Ocean. Oct 04, 2024
Added a taxonomic box and mentioned unrelated species. Sep 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Dynamics and shape of large fire ant rafts. Jul 10, 2024
Add new Web site: NPIC - Fire Ants. May 18, 2024
Article revised and updated. Feb 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Mississippi State University Extension Service - Fire Ant Biology. Jan 11, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - What are fire ants, and what will happen if these tiny killers take hold across Australia? Nov 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Victoria State Government - Agriculture Victoria - Fire ants. Aug 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Texas A and M University - Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management Project - Learn About Fire Ants. Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Mississippi State University Extension - Fire Ant Facts. Apr 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - All about fire ant allergy. Jun 26, 2022
Add new Web site: Healthline - Fire Ant Bites. Jun 13, 2021
Add new Web site: PennState College of Africultural Sciences - Department of Entomology - Thief Ant. Feb 24, 2017
Add new Web site: Kidzworld - Wild Things: Beware of Fire Ants. Feb 24, 2017
Add new Web site: Biokids - Thief Ant. Feb 24, 2017
Add new Web site: PestWorld.org - Thief Ant. Feb 24, 2017
Added an illustration of a tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata). Sep 17, 2014
Added image of a fire ant. Nov 18, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Fire-Ant Poisoning. Sep 28, 2008
Article revised and updated. Apr 18, 2008
Media added. Oct 08, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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