07-31-2014, 05:50 PM
If you want to see some nice photos and detailed descriptions of this ant, here's a good place to start:
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-...nctata.htm There are also some excellent photos and descriptions here:
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?fr=1&si=58
If you have some sort of ant in Hawaii and want to know which one it is, here's an online key you can to use help identify it:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Ants_Hawaii
If you want to know what more is being done locally there is a Little Fire Ant Team at the downtown Hilo Arboretum trying to work on solutions including the HAL bait and the Tango hormone disruptor. Lots of good info on this site including recipes and recommendations:
http://littlefireants.com/
There is no magic bullet for Lfa as of yet except to move somewhere they aren't yet. They are spreading rapidly on Big Island and it is only a matter of time before they are spread to all the inhabited Hawaiian islands. People are undoubtedly the best vector of spreading these ants to new habitats.
PS: if anyone knows a good place to buy high quality and inexpensive hand lenses to look at small insect details could you please post a comment back?
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-...nctata.htm There are also some excellent photos and descriptions here:
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?fr=1&si=58
If you have some sort of ant in Hawaii and want to know which one it is, here's an online key you can to use help identify it:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Ants_Hawaii
If you want to know what more is being done locally there is a Little Fire Ant Team at the downtown Hilo Arboretum trying to work on solutions including the HAL bait and the Tango hormone disruptor. Lots of good info on this site including recipes and recommendations:
http://littlefireants.com/
There is no magic bullet for Lfa as of yet except to move somewhere they aren't yet. They are spreading rapidly on Big Island and it is only a matter of time before they are spread to all the inhabited Hawaiian islands. People are undoubtedly the best vector of spreading these ants to new habitats.
PS: if anyone knows a good place to buy high quality and inexpensive hand lenses to look at small insect details could you please post a comment back?