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The notorious Red Imported Fire Ants , the American South's "ant
from hell," was accidentally introduced into the port
of Mobile, Alabama, sometime in the 1930's. Its native range
is northern Argentina and southern Brazil, and the first
immigrant colonies probably made their ways north as stowaways
on cargo ships. The species then spread throughout the southern
United States, where today its vast populations of fiercely
stinging workers make it a major pest. |
