caa a22 4500 397570600 CHVBK 20180308164840.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/ee/25.6.1290 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/ee/25.6.1290 Effect of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Dung-Inhabiting Arthropods in Florida [Elektronische Daten] [G. Y. Hu, J. H. Frank] The effect of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, on the horn fly, Haematobia irritans L., and other arthropods associated with cowdung was evaluated in northcentral Florida pastures from August to November 1992 and 1993. Workers of S. invicta were found to infest fresh cowpats heavily and prey on horn fly larvae, pupae, and newly emerged adults. After the fire ant populations were controlled with a bait, Amdro (hydramethylnon), the numbers of horn flies and other muscid and sarcophagid flies emerged from cowpats were significantly greater than those from the untreated area. S. invicta caused 94.3 and 62.9% mortality of horn flies for 1992 and 1993, respectively. It also reduced the populations of staphylinid, hydrophilid, and carabid beetles that are predators of horn flies. Despite this negative effect, S. invicta was evaluated as an effective natural enemy of the horn fly. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Community and Ecosystem Ecology nationallicence Solenopsis invicta nationallicence Haematobia irritans nationallicence Staphylinidae nationallicence Scarabaeidae nationallicence predation nationallicence cattle nationallicence Hu G. Y. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 aut Frank J. H. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 aut Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/6(1996-12-01), 1290-1296 0046-225X 25:6<1290 1996 25 ee https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.6.1290 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.6.1290 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hu G. Y. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frank J. H. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/6(1996-12-01), 1290-1296 0046-225X 25:6<1290 1996 25 ee Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford