Fire Ant Week: Flies + Electricity = Fewer Fire Ants

Flies + Electricity = Fewer Fire Ants

Next in our series on fire ants, ARS researchers have found an environmentally friendly method to naturally reduce fire ant populations. They are combining a fire ant’s own pheromones (chemical secretions that act much like hormones) with an imported natural parasite, the phorid fly.  Learn more.

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in U.S. agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.