Arbuckle Mountain Area Chapter
Predator Considerations
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| Fire Ants | New Page 12-1-07 | |
 In the spring of
2008. AMAQU will undertake a longer term effort to determine what baiting
and bilogical controls if any can be effective in keeping the population of
fire ants in check. Research is showing that the fire ants may kill
some chicks and at minimum compete for available food sources of seed and
insects. Our findings are that increased habitat management by
disturbance can actually increase the density of fire ants. Several
baits have locally been found effective and tested in the Lake Murray State
Park, although expensive to apply. Biological control by the
introduction of phorid flies, the fire ant's natural predator has been
initiated in southern Oklahoma in the Durant area in cooperation with OSU
Extension and the USDA, and the project sheds hope for over-wintering
populations which we intend to trans locate to the Arbuckle Mountain Area
when proper approvals have been obtained.Wayne Smith with the OSU Extension in Durant, is leading the fire ant charge in Oklahoma.
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| Fire Ant Links | Texas A&M Treatment Info | Fire Ant 2 Step (342kb) |
| Texas A&M Fire Ant General | fireant.tamu.edu | |
| Texas A&M Fire Ant General | Insecticides | |
| Noble Foundation | Fire Ants: The Invasion Continues by Eddie Funderburg | |
| Noble Foundation | Fire Ant and Forages Field Tour by David Annis | |
| Phorid Fly Info | Biological Control | |
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USDA | http://www.mindfully.org/Heritage/USDA-Imports-Phorid-Flies.htm |
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USDA Phorid Fly - search results | Refreshed Search Each Time |
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USDA Fire Ant - search results | Refreshed Search Each Time |
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U Texas Gilbert Site | http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gilbert/research/fireants/ |
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OSU Extension | http://www.ento.okstate.edu/fireants/fireants.html |
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Related Info | http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/newspaper/feb22a02.html |