UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE

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IMPORTED FIRE ANTS (IFA) ARE AMONG THE MOST ECONOMICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPACTFUL INVASIVE INSECTS IN NORTH AMERICA. WHILE LONG-ESTABLISHED IN THE SOUTHERN US, THEY ARE CURRENTLY EXPANDING THEIR RANGE NORTHWARD WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER AND TRANSFORM NEW CROPPING SYSTEMS AND ECOSYSTEMS. THEIR EFFECTS ON AGRICULTURE AND ECOSYSTEMSIN THIS NEW SETTING ARE UNKNOWN. IMPORTED FIRE ANTS ARE PECULIAR BECAUSE THEY FUNCTION SIMULTANEOUSLY AS NATURAL ENEMIES OF CROP PESTS AND ALSO AS PESTS THEMSELVES, BOTH DI

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