Las obreras de hormigas bravas importadas vienen en una variedad de tamaños (de 1/16 a casi ¼ de pulgada) siendo las obreras más grandes dos o tres veces más grande que las hormigas más pequeñas. Las hormigas reinas son de …
PowerPoint versions of the Master Gardener Training Modules
Basic Module:
Overview of Fire Ants in North America (Powerpoint presentation)
Fire Ant Biology(Powerpoint presentation)
Biological Control of Fire Ants(Powerpoint presentation)
Advanced module:
Fire Ant Biology and Identification (Powerpoint presentation)
History of Fire Ant Management (Powerpoint presentation)
Fire …
2016 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series
Please join us for this webinar series for information you can use about good and bad insects. We will discuss how you can help pollinators and other good insects by using pesticides properly. We will also talk about how to …
2015 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series
Please join us for this webinar series for information you can use about good and bad insects. Topics will include how you can help good insects in your garden and how to control insects we think of as bad, like …
Integrated Pest Management for Ants
Photograph is used with permission. Charles Ray, Auburn University
Are you having ant problems? We have placed all of our resources concerning ants, their biology, and how to kill or make them go away using integrated pest management (IPM) in …
How can I protect bluebird nests from attack by imported fire ants?
A simple homemade baffle can prevent fire ants from attaching bluebirds in their nest boxes. That was the conclusion of a study conducted in South Carolina from 2000-2006. In the study, 15% of unprotected bluebird houses were attacked by fire …
John Hopkins
Dr. Hopkins is an Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist with the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, and has been located at the Cooperative Extension Service Headquarters in Little Rock since 2002. He initially joined the Cooperative …
Kelly Loftin
Kelly Loftin is an Extension Entomologist at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He supports imported fire ant management, livestock and poultry IPM and forage pest management through applied research and extension education programs. His current applied research efforts …
Bastiaan "Bart" Drees
Bastiaan “Bart” M. Drees, Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist Emeritus, has been involved in the Fire Ant Community of Practice since it began. Read more about Bart at: http://landscapeipm.tamu.edu/about-lipm/bastiaan-m-drees/.
Contact Information:
Email: b-drees@tamu.edu
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Elizabeth “Wizzie” Brown
Wizzie Brown is an Extension program specialist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. She received her bachelor’s of science degree in entomology from The Ohio State University and a master’s of science degree in entomology from Texas A&M University. …