What are Fire Ants Good For?

Excerpts from Steve Tvedten's book "The Best Control (2nd Edition)"
(Used here with permission.)


[Something Nice About Fire Ants?]    [Do you have a question about ants?]
[Letters and Comments]
[BIOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION OF FIRE ANTS]
[General Overview] * [Colony and Life Cycle] * [Feeding Habits]
[Stings] * [Monitoring] * [Alternative Controls] * [Mound Treatment] * [Notes] * [Control Summary]
[Pests, Bugs and Other creepsy stuff Site Map]

Fire ants are tick predators - normally yards with fire ants also do not have ticks.  If you have no ticks there, obviously, is less danger of disease.  They also control the ground stage of horn flies.

(Web Mistress Note:  A little license was taken with title and some emphasis.  However, the content is correct as it appears in "The Best Control)

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