Faith Oi

Whether you call this ant the Caribbean, brown, hairy, Rasberry crazy ant or Paratrechina pubens or P. near pubens, it is a pest control challenge as yet another seemingly invasive ant hits our market.

Perhaps it's a stretch to go from an ancient Celtic celebration marking the end of harvest time and the beginning of winter, to Jack-O-Lanterns, to pest control. But don't you wonder how Tapinoma melanocephalum was given its common name?

So here's the deal: The white-footed ant, Technomyrmex albipes, in Florida has been misidentified -; and everything that has been published from Florida should be T. difficilus.

Fire ants and their control have seemed to drop in importance to the pest management industry when compared to some of the other invasive ant species, like the Rasberry crazy ant in Texas or the Caribbean crazy ant in Florida. That is, unless you have been sued for failing to control these stinging...more >>