integrated pest management

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 …

All Bugs Good and Bad 2014 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 like bee pollinators and how to control insects we think of as bad, like …

Fire Ant Biology

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Ant stages
Ant developmental stages

Fire Ant Habitat

Imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), are social insects that usually produce hills or mounds in open areas where …

How can I tell if those are flying ants or termites swarming at the foundation of my house?

Ant alate

Ants have a thin waist (a narrow area between the thorax and first abdominal segment).
Front pair of wings is larger than the hind pair.
Wings have few veins and are usually clear.

Termite alate

Termite thorax

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How to Kill Fire Ants

Imported fire ant worker

Find out where fire ants came from, where you find them now, and whether fire ants are good or bad.

Then we’ll show you how to get rid of fire ants using safe pest management practices and …

Natural Enemies of Fire Ants

Pseudacteon</em> spp. phorid fly attacking fire ant. Courtesy Sanford Porter, USDA-ARS. Classical or self-sustaining biological control is the use of imported natural enemies to suppress pests.

Self-sustaining biological control can be an effective and environmentally safe method to permanently control pests over wide areas. As such, it is the basis …