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Ant allergens and hypersensitivity reactions in response to ant stings. Expanding habitat of the imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta): a public health concern. Kemp SF, deShazo RD, Moffitt JE, Williams DF, Buhner WA. This ant is often in dry coastal areas and nests in the soil, creating low to the ground, spread out mounds.Kruse B, Anderson J, Simon LV. Some of the workers will have proportionately large heads. This small red ant is 3-6 mm (1/8-1/4 in) long, much larger than the little fire ant. A microscope is required to tell the difference between the tropical and other fire ants. Tropical fire ant ( Solenopsis geminata): The tropical fire ant is common throughout Hawaii.

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HLA also offers a free kit for testing your property for Little fire ants, request your free test kit here!

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A guide for surveying for LFA can be found here, or watch a how-to video for how to survey here. Survey for ants on your property and test all materials you bring home including, but not limited to, mulch, plants, agricultural products, and construction materials. If you see this species on any island, call 643-PEST and/or visit. More details on LFA distribution can be found here.

LFA have not been detected on Moloka’i.

Little fire ant has been detected on Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Big Island, Lana’i, and Mau’i. goes further into depth about the economic impacts of LFA in “ Taking the Sting Out of Little Fire Ant in Hawai’i“. Little fire ant infestations can cause significant economic damage, specifically to the agriculture, park, and school sectors. In the Galapagos, eats tortoise hatchlings and attacks the eyes of adult tortoises. They may sting, and even blind, pets such as cats and dogs. Can also infest houses, beds, furniture and food.

In turn, the ants protect these insects from natural predators and parasites. Promotes plant pests such as aphids, white flies and scale insects, which secrete plant sap that the ants eat. Infests agricultural fields and farms, where they damage crops and sting workers. Check out the HAL Field Guide on how to identify Little fire ants here.ĭelivers a painful sting when disturbed.

They often sting on neck, arms, and torso (LFA infestations are often discovered when ants fall on people from above). They are slow-moving and easily dislodged from leaves, plants, and trees. Little fire ant does NOT build mounded dirt nests, and nests in a variety of habitats including in trees, around potted plants, irrigation lines, and in electrical boxes. This ant is a uniform yellow-red to light brown in color, all workers are 1.5 mm in length (half the size of a sesame seed, or as long as a penny is thick, about 1/16”). HAL has developed innovative LFA control methods and works statewide to assist in management with offices in Hilo, Kona, and Honolulu. Additionally, the Hawaii Ant Lab (HAL) was established to address invasive ant species in Hawaii including little fire ants (LFA). Since the discovery of Wasmannia auropunctata on the Big Island in 1999, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture has enacted quarantine regulations to prevent the shipment of potted plants infested with little fire ant from the Big Island to other islands. Prevention and Control Category: KISC Target Species. OISC Target Species. MoMISC EDRR Species. MISC Target Species. Regulatory Status : Hawaii Injurious Wildlife (HAR 124), HDOA Pest for Control (HAR 69A) Little Fire Ant Little fire ant ( Wasmannia auropunctata)