The Fire Ants

By W. Tschinkel. 2006

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The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior indicates specific and crucial psychotherapeutic targets. (2008, background): “In fire ants, the male and female sexuals take flightmostly in the spring, andmate inmid–air (Tschinkel, 2007).”
Thermoregulatory brood transport in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (2008, background): “Chambers appear 10 – 80 cm below ground level, and are connected by vertical shafts that radiate vertically from the subterranean portion of the nest to horizontal tunnels near the crust of the mound (Tschinkel, 2006).”
Economic costs of invasive alien ants worldwide (2021, background): “For instance, more than 14 million people are stung annually in the US alone (Taber 2000), and of these more than 200,000 people require medical treatment (Holway et al. 2002).”
Behavioral evolution in the major worker subcaste of twig-nesting Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): does morphological specialization influence task plasticity? (2009, unknown): “P. dentata colonies show enemy-specific recruitment of major workers to fire ants (Solenopsis spp.; Wilson 1976), but colonies do not respond to extended fire ant pressure by increasing production of major workers (Johnston and Wilson 1985).”