[DOC] [TLE] Red imported fire ants in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA, is one of over 280 
species in the widespread genus Solenopsis. It is native to South America but it 
has become both a pest and a health ... Since the 1990s infestations have been 
reported in New Mexico and parts of Arizona in the Southwest. They have also... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Red Imported Fire Ant - Texas Imported Fire Ant ... [PAR] The red imported fire ant was imported around the 1930's and has spread to 
infest ... Many species of ants that occur in turfgrass are native to the United 
States. ... In Handbook of Turfgrass Insect Pests (R. L. Brandenburg and M. G. 
Villani, eds.) ... Since its accidental introduction from South America to Mobile, 
Alabama over... [DOC] [TLE] The Fire Ant Wars - Joshua R. King Laboratory [PAR] ported fire ants from the American South as evidence. The ants ... More recently, 
there have been a number of efforts to broaden .... bution, stowed away on ships, 
reaching Mobile, Alabama, around 1918. ... proximately 80 percent of the land 
within a hundred-mile radius of the port city was thick ... Cities sprawled with little
. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 13. - Invasive.Org [PAR] Assessing Host Specificity and Potential of Fire Ant Decapitating Flies ... 
Biological control of agricultural pests such as aphids, in contrast, could not rely 
on ... United States at the port of Mobile, Alabama, around 1918 (Loding, 1929). 
.... Three species of South American decapitating flies have been released in the 
United... [DOC] [TLE] Imported fire ants: potential risk to California [PAR] However, in contrast to imported fire ants, native species have lower ... of 
imported fire ants found in the United States were thought to have had single 
queens. ... 3,000 queens were found in a single nest, dubbed Queen City, in 
Hurley, Mississippi. ... They have been reported as pests of agricultural crops in 
the Southeast,... [DOC] [TLE] Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) [PAR] In 2009, several Virginia counties and cities (see below for a list) ... Fire ants have 
been transported west into ... imported fire ant arrived in Mobile, Ala. around 
1918. ... Both invasive species are native to South America and ... Fire ants have 
spread within the United States both on .... Services, Office of Plant & Pest 
Services. [DOC] [TLE] Pesticide Use in the Imported Fire Ant Program ... - Aphis [PAR] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its 
programs .... S. richteri Forel, arrived sometime around 1918 and the red 
imported fire ant, S. ... northeastern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, and 
southern Tennessee. ... Similar to other ant species, IFA form colonies in which 
ants have specific. [DOC] [TLE] Introduction and Spread of Pest Mole Crickets - Entomology and ... [PAR] United States is taxonomically what it has been thought to be. ... AL (ca. 1919), 
and Port Arthur, TX (ca. 1925). Variations in pronotal color ... By 1960, acletus 
had spread throughout Florida and southern ... Scudder, a ightless species of 
minor pest status, was introduced at six coastal cities of ..... the imported fire ants. 
J. Ga. [DOC] [TLE] BertagnolliThesis.pdf - Auburn University [PAR] Aug 6, 2016 ... South America, several Pseudacteon species coexist and occupy the same ..... 
Creighton (1930) estimated the black imported fire ant's arrival into the port city of 
Mobile, Alabama to be around 1918. ... America and have been found in North 
American imported fire ant ..... number of individuals was reached. [DOC] [TLE] Blog Posts - Westfall's Lawn Care and Pest Control [PAR] Invasive pests cost the U.S. an estimated $120 billion each year in damages to 
our ... Fire Ant were unintentionally introduced into the port of Mobile, Alabama, 
from South America almost 100 years ago: the black imported fire ant (1918) and 
the ... All species of carpenter ants mainly attack wood that is or has been wet

Question: A species of fire ant that reached the U.S. at this Alabama port city around 1918 has been a pest to the Southern U.S.
Answer: Mobile