COLLECTION NAME:
Exotic and Regulated Arthropod Pests
Record
Common Name:
red imported fire ant
Scientific Name:
Solenopsis invicta
Description/Notes:
nests in turfgrass in Florida
Number:
EP 086
Collection Information:
Collection administered by Photographic Media Library manager, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Entomology Extension.
Copyright Information:
You must attribute the work to the listed photographer. You may not use this photograph for commercial purposes, unless permission is granted by UNL Entomology Extension staff. If you seek permission, please email entoimagelib@unl.edu
Pest Category:
Exotic Pests, Turfgrass, Sorghum
Class:
Insecta
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Family:
Formicidae
Genus:
Solenopsis
Species:
invicta
Photographer:
Jim Kalisch
red imported fire ant
