Red Imported Fire Ant page 2

Generalized Life Cycle:

REFERENCES:

• Prepared by Cherry Chandler, Arizona Department of Agriculture

Collins, Laura and Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Red Imported Fire Ants, Featured Creatures, University of Florida; Photographs and Graphics: Sanford D. Porter, USDA; David Almquist, Rudolf Scheffrahn and Lyle J. Buss, University of Florida; December 2003; June 2004 web-site.
http://creatures.ifas.ufl .edu/urban/ants/red_imported_fire_ant.htm

Fire Ant Gallery ; Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland; June 2004 web-site
http://www.dpi.qld. go v.au/i mages/6007.jpg

Flanders, Kathy , Auburn University, originally prepared by Patricia Cob and Faith Oi; Imported Fire Ants in Lawns, Turf, and Structures; Alabama A & M and Auburn Universities; June 2004 web-site.
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0175/ANR-0175.pdf

Gilbert, Larry ; Fire ants, Armadillos, and Phorid Flies, Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin; June 2004 web-site.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gilbert/research/fireants/faqans.html#grits

Lockley, Timothy C., USDA, APHIS, PPQ; Imported Fire Ant; University of Minnesota June 2004 web-site.
http://ipmworld.umn.e du/chapters/lockley.htm

Red Imported Fire Ant , Pest Detection/Emergency Projects Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture; June 2004 web-site
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/p dep/rifa_profile.htm

Smith, Wayne A., Dr. J. T. Vogt; The Biology of Red Imported Fire Ants; Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service; photo courtesy of Texas A & M; June 2004 web-site
http://www.ento.okstate.edu/fireant s/rifabiology2.PDF

Vinson S Bradleigh and A. Ann Sorensen, Texas A & M and Texas Department of Agriculture; Imported Fire Ants: Life History and Impact; 1986, 28 pages.

USDA Imported Fire Ant Program Manual , 04/2004-01; June 2004 web-site
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/manuals/pdf_files/Fire_Ant.pdf