Talk:Red imported fire ant

message: ...or have they crossed the infamous wall and migrated south as well? Does anyone have information about their habitats in Mexico? Babelnetz (talk) 18:17, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do these ants really respect the border ... 

message: Having lived in california, I can tell you this: there's almost never *one* fire ant. Colonies spring up overnight in sidewalks and other high-traffic places and the colony can be active before they build their telltale mounds. Step near one and spook a foraging ant, and you'll have a hundred ants going after your foot in a couple seconds. As with africanized bees, the minor effects of the venom are overshadowed by this swarming behavior that can result in many stings over a short period.
Oh, and the suckers bite while they sting you, too.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.197.248.40 (talk) 23:56, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sting?" Try 100 

message: This article has an inexcusable POV title: it is not "imported" in the species' native range, and the title should reflect its native context, not its context as a pest species in countries where it is introduced. Ditto for the text as a whole, which needs a lot more balance and information about its natural ecology in its native region - MPF 23:03, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Move the article then? Mushintalk 11:03, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Unfortunately, it appears that entomologists acknowlege the common name "red imported fire ant".  It's all over the Web, along with its taxonomic name.  Ditto for Black imported fire ant, which is part of a group that includes S. geminata, S. invicta, S. richteri, S. saevissima and S. xyloni.  The title should stay as-is, but the article could explicitly state that the common name is, well, common, and not a biased view of the authors.  It should also be rewritten to be neutral or present a more global point of view.  --QuicksilverT @ 20:19, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: The article contains inconsistencies concerning the capitalization.  For example, the article title is “Red imported fire ant” (lowercase) while the first five words in the introduction are “the Red Imported Fire Ant” (uppercase).  Web searches do not help with my decision-making because I am receiving mixed results, although most either are all lowercase (i.e. red imported fire ant) or have all first letters of words in uppercase (i.e. Red Imported Fire Ant).  For some more consistency, which one should we go with? --HeteroZellous 22:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because nobody has replied within 10 days, I have proceeded to change the capitalization to favour the all-lowercase, which I presume is the article title. --HeteroZellous 00:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization 

message: started that this article doesn't cite any sources (I just added the first one, as far as I can tell), yet another publication used the article as a reference. Is that upsetting to anyone else? -- 
Mikeblas 22:05, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  references 

message: It appears that the fire ant article refers to the genus to which the RIFA belongs. As far as I can tell, it's standard to have a separate article for genera and species within a particular genus, so I'm removing this tag. Gimme danger 05:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Fire Ant]] 

message: Someone just removed Mississippi from the list of states in which the RIFA lives. I can't see why, I'm going to revert it. Gimme danger 00:02, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mississippi? 

message: "The worst damage usually occurs during hot, dry weather when they invade flowerbeds while seeking warmth and moisture." Wtf? -b 01:13, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hot? take a chill stupid dog...? 

message: Can someone add a photo of a fire ant nest? Perhaps even a before/after showing that an innocuous mound of dirt turns into a seething mass of pissed off ants within seconds if the nest is stepped on, unlike other ants. Gront (talk) 07:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture of a nest?

message: Reference # 9 is no longer available on the CNN site.  Fasulo (talk) 01:31, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead Links

message: I would like to know the origin of the U.S. distribution map on the WP article. I have been updating the UF/IFAS Featured Creatures publication on this species and I am almost 100% sure the map on the WP page reflects an older potential U.S. distribution. Current potential distribution has the RIFA going right up the West Coast.  However, the RIFA infestation in California, to my knowledge, is limited to the southern part of that state, unlike what is seen on the map. Plus, there are no reports, that I am aware of, of RIFA in Arizona, New Mexico, Virginia or Maryland. I could not find supporting information on the USDA sites. If this is true, and the species is continually spreading, would someone point me to the source of this distribution information? Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 19:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: U.S. Distribution Map for Real? 

message: There are still many statements in the article which are counter-intuitive and ought really to have citations, e.g. "mounds appear suddenly, seemingly overnight"; "rarely life threatening" immediately before "80 deaths"; "apparently attracted to electrical equipment" followed by "not been found that electric or magnetic fields attract the ants". These are just examples, the article would benefit from many more inline cites than it currently has. DrKiernan (talk) 17:38, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: I deleted the red ant festival and the link to the town's department of commerce website from the article because it is non-notable and was probably intended to promote the town.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geogene (talk • contribs) 00:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Red Ant Festival

message: Did the sources actually suggest pouring gasoline on anthills? If you see the Darwin Awards website, you would find out about all those people who died from accidents related to pouring gasoline in ant hills.
At least add in "while pouring gasoline in anthills, it should be noted that the person should not light a cigarette"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.183.79.69 (talk) 17:48, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? 

message: S. invicta's success is largely debted to a genetic mechanism which occurs when a small number of individuals form a new, reproductively isolated population. The mechanism is called genetic bottleneck, and it leads to lower diversity of a gene which is associated with pheromones. Because introduced S. invicta lack diversity of pheromones (necessary to distinguish members of the own colony from foreigners!), they form supercolonies over large areas and show only negligible intraspecific aggression. (see this paper: http://bec.ucla.edu/papers/Tsutsui_2-28-05.pdf) In my opinion this should be included in the article. 79.224.249.146 (talk) 16:22, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explanation for their success 

message: It's a strong statement to say a 13-year-old boy, even if he later in life became an award-winning entomologist, was the first to identify the red ant as being imported to the US.  Then, even if true, we need a reliable source, not an unverifiable lecture. So I tagged the statement as dubious.MartinezMD (talk) 15:25, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  E.O. Wilson 

message: I am trying to verify the Wikipedia account of Solenopsis invicta in the Philippines: “There have also been reports of colonies in metro Manila and the Province of Cavite in the Philippines since July 2005; however, since early 2007, they have spread now as far as the Bicol Region.” 
The Manila and Cavite statement was added 12 November 2005 by “68.91.113.88,” and the Bicol statement was added 11 March 2007 by “68.89.176.176,” both anonymous sources. How do I contact these people?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wetterer (talk • contribs) 13:06, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You can't unless they chose to look here.  Those are anonymous IP addresses and may or may not still be linked to the original person.  I've tagged the sections with a couple of  tags so future readers can be warned until we have a source.MartinezMD (talk) 15:33, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solenopsis invicta in the Philippines 

message: Hi all. I am currently participating in a school project to contribute to Wikipedia. I am learning a lot and would like to leave some comments regarding this article. Please feel free to respond.
The article on Solenopsis invicta is a B-class quality article of mid-importance. With a few edits, the article could be promoted to “Good Article” status. Several citations may be required: the first concerns the group killing of small animals, the 80 documented deaths, their spread to the Bicol region, and the use of fuel vapors in extermination. The article also has dated information that needs an update, such as the last sentence in the section about fire ant impacts in Australia. The section on the role of the ants as controls for pests also uses colloquial language and can be removed. I would also recommend an addition to this article by creating a paragraph describing the role of the queen ant in determining sex ratios. A study by Passera et al. (2001) involved switching queens from male and female producing colonies. This is one example of conflict between social insects. 
GenesBrainsBehaviorNeuroscienceKL (talk) 23:19, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You two do realize you are more than capable of editing the article yourselves right?MartinezMD (talk) 03:38, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: I was in the impression that they didn't live anywhere in Europe but now there's Poland mentioned in the article as a place where they are a problem but without any further info. Is it for real that they are in Poland (and perhaps other European countries) or is that a bogus claim? Imploder (talk) 07:59, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poland? 

message: I am not familiar with any verified reports of Solenopsis invicta (RIFA) having become established in Thailand or the Philippines. I wonder if these references are for the Tropical Red Fire Ant (S. geminata) instead?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndemik (talk • contribs) 21:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That is quite possible; Wetterer  (2013) could not confirm any reports from the Philippines, he even mentions that this Wikipedia article reported the species from the Philippines without a source! Article:  jonkerz ♠talk 03:26, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need citations for Thailand and Philippine distribution records 

message: There was a large behavior section added, with no comment made on the talk page. Someone should have indicated that they made such a large edit. I also have some suggestions: I changed all of the S. invicta to Solenopsis invicta, as it is more proper according to wikipedia. 
This section of the article should be more well thought out. There is a behavior header followed immediately by a similar sized queen behavior section, and no uncategorized behavior comments present. This whole area needs to be cleaned up from a  paragraph and section structure standpoint. JSDavis2 (talk) 00:27, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Behavior section 

message: I have noticed that multiple references are just plain links, and to be honest it doesn't make the article look exactly the best, so I'll be fixing them in advance just to improve the article and its general appearance. Burklemore1 (talk) 09:42, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference fixing

message: Ugggggg, I do not enjoy removing large chunks of content written by other editors, but the removed sections (written by students from Washington University) strayed too far away from the topic. I hope you understand. jonkerz ♠talk 03:45, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Diffs: , . jonkerz ♠talk 13:50, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Off-topic content 

message: I intend on expanding this article once I have dealt with other ones. This species is perhaps the most studied insect in the world, and basically every aspect about it is known. Seeing it is very well studied, I think a long high quality article is needed. Will be fixing up references again as a start. Burklemore1 (talk) 05:24, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting stuff, but for now that would only be aimed at Dorylinae ants, since that subfamily encompasses the army ants. I'll look into it when I focus on them. Burklemore1 (talk) 04:55, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion

message: I felt that a category describing the size, shape and distinguishable characters of the species could have been included. The category discussing their morphology is fairly vague and leaves out many of their distinct traits. A category discussing their housing (i.e. how nests are built, building materials) would also be useful in determining the most viable environments for successful ant colonies. A category explicitly stating the nature of reproduction and egg maintenance could be included and would give a more in-depth insight into the structure and social function of the colony. Cratermann(talk) 21:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Student Review 

message: The picture of a scanned queen RIFA in the morphology section is too small to clearly see the ant’s details. A larger high quality version should replace it. Xerylium(talk) 22:47, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Xerylium, only saw your post now. A bit late perhaps, but I have replaced the image with a better one. Cheers, Burklemore1 (talk) 05:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better Pictures 

message: Just letting editors know that major work to this article will recommence soon. I will solely focus on this and get it to GA status after I have finished with the Green-head ant review. Cheers, Burklemore1 (talk) 06:37, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Just realised this will need some serious copyediting... After I finish that is! Burklemore1 (talk) 14:37, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Work will recommence

message: ===Comments by jonkerz===
 I'm not able to do a full review, but here are a bunch of comments, some of which are closer to FA criteria than GA criteria. I decided to put the comments here, because creating the nom page would effectively hide the page from the list of open nominations. jonkerz ♠talk 03:14, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This was unexpected, thank you for the comments. I'll get onto them at a convenient time which should be soon. Burklemore1 (talk) 03:56, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA1 comments 

message: I'm not able to do a full review, but here are a bunch of comments, some of which are closer to FA criteria than GA criteria. I decided to put the comments here, because creating the nom page would effectively hide the page from the list of open nominations. jonkerz ♠talk 03:14, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This was unexpected, thank you for the comments. I'll get onto them at a convenient time which should be soon. Burklemore1 (talk) 03:56, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments by jonkerz

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message: This article's opening section contains a substantial amount of text and a significant lack of references. I am not an experienced Wikipedia user so can someone with greater knowhow please add a box at the top indicating that the articles requires more citations.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.253.150.185 (talk) 23:22, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of refs in opening section