Workers of the red fire ant Solenopsis invicta on an llumina Miseq sequencing chip used to analyse the genes in their social chromosome. image may only be used with appropriate caption or credit.

Authorities are investigating how fire ants came to be at a rural subdivision but say it is likely they arrived in mulch, plants, turf or soil.

Skip to content viewer section. The presence of a few red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, workers on aphid bearing cotton plants reduced aphid predator effectiveness in the laboratory.