Arthro-Pod Episode 208: The Fire Ant Wars Part One

Welcome back bug lovers! This is the first of a two part series about the history of fire ants in the United States and the ways we responded to their presence in the south. Colloquially these could be referred to as the "FIRE ANT WARS"! You can imagine your own pulse pounding beat to idea... In this episode, we unpack how fire ants arrived in the US, the sequence of events that led to red imported fire ant becoming so common, and the first forays into understanding this pest. 

Show Notes: 

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3639751.html 

https://extension.msstate.edu/introduction-fire-ants 

https://fireant.tamu.edu/learn/history-of-the-red-imported-fire-ant/ 

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Intro and Outro song: "There it is" by Kevin McLeod, Incomptech Music