Comments on: Solenopsis invicta, The Red imported fire ant http://www.ant-maps.com/soorten/fire-ant.htm Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:32:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yo http://www.ant-maps.com/soorten/fire-ant.htm/comment-page-1#comment-999 Yo Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:43 +0000 http://www.ant-maps.com/?p=471#comment-999 I have being stung by one of these and it hurts like hell I have being stung by one of these and it hurts like hell

]]> By: macadamia man http://www.ant-maps.com/soorten/fire-ant.htm/comment-page-1#comment-868 macadamia man Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:16:10 +0000 http://www.ant-maps.com/?p=471#comment-868 Errr . . this text is pretty wrong or at best/least very misleading. S. invicta may well have this "potential" global range under current climatic conditions, but the actual known range of infestation is (luckily) far smaller at present. RIFA are known to have been present (Wilson et al) in the continental USA since 1938 (docks, Mobile, Alabama), and their sister genus, the black fire ant (BIFA or S. richteri), for some 20 years longer. US national impact is currently quantified (USDA, 2010) at US$5 billion per annum, and the cost to landholders, industry and government (including medical costs) for Texas alone is estimated at US$800-1000m per annum (USDA 2010). Errr . . this text is pretty wrong or at best/least very misleading.

S. invicta may well have this “potential” global range under current climatic conditions, but the actual known range of infestation is (luckily) far smaller at present.

RIFA are known to have been present (Wilson et al) in the continental USA since 1938 (docks, Mobile, Alabama), and their sister genus, the black fire ant (BIFA or S. richteri), for some 20 years longer.

US national impact is currently quantified (USDA, 2010) at US$5 billion per annum, and the cost to landholders, industry and government (including medical costs) for Texas alone is estimated at US$800-1000m per annum (USDA 2010).

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