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

from Arthro-Pod · host Jonathan Larson

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/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! Older episodes can be accessed through Archive.org. If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Intro and Outro song: "There it is" by Kevin McLeod, Incomptech Music

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