Assertion: imported fire ant | /r/HasProperty | introduced
Facets:
value: accidentally
type: MANNER
value: to the united states
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the 1930s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1930S, PROBABLY STOWING AWAY IN BALLAST ON A BRAZILIAN CARGO SHIP.
text: The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is an introduced species that arrived in Mobile, Alabama from South America around the 1930s.
text: In South America, the native habitat for imported fire ants (red and black), populations are much lower than populations in the southern United States and other areas where imported fire ants have been accidentally introduced (Porter et al. 1992, 1997; also see International page).