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Fire Ants - Solenopsis invicta
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Fire Ants - Solenopsis invicta
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
February 7, 2006

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 8 February, 2006 - 5:46pm
Last updated 19 July, 2008 - 1:19pm

Hello again! I was wondering
Hello again! I was wondering if I could use this image as well with a discussion on the fertility of Mississippi soils with introduced turbation by imported fire ant modification.

Thanks so much!

Elliott Reams
… Elliott Reams, 1 December, 2007 - 3:06am login or register to post comments

need to know...
i would like to know how u would get rid of a colony of fire ants it would be greatly appricated thx
… Rick Jaymes Cook, 20 October, 2007 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
I never did that but,
I would try some of the poison free methods found here.
… Lynette Elliott, 20 October, 2007 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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