Reading this article today will give you a certain understanding of red fire ants, did you often take grass or other things to fight ants when you were a child? Some threw water around the ant and watched it change course. Some are more cruel, even grabbing the ant, pulling out the legs one by one, and observing its reaction! Some of this has infiltrated people, but now you, having seen so many news of red fire ants, do you dare to let your children crouch on the ground and play with ants? I don't know if you have noticed that even the flies are more than twice as big now than before. First of all, let's understand the distinction between ants and the situation of red fire ants!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="3" How to distinguish between red fire ants >? </h1>
Originating from South America, the red fire ant prefers warm weather and is a devastating invasive creature, and the red fire ant has another domineering name, "Invincible Ant". Compared with ordinary ants, the abdomen of the red fire ant has two nodules, and the general ant abdomen has only one nodule; if the nest of the red fire ant is disturbed, the red fire ant will all carry out a strong attack, and use the needle in the tail to stung seven or eight times in a row, which is the attack of a red fire ant, and the power of a group of red fire ants can be imagined.
The nest of the red fire ant is very easy to identify, the general nest has a height of 30 cm to 40 cm, especially after the rain, it is easy to highlight it, the internal structure of the nest is honeycomb-like, remember not to step on or use the manual nest, find that it climbs to the body to quickly shoot off or shake off, otherwise it may be stung.
Of course, it also has a temperature of survival, in the area of minus twelve degrees Celsius, can not reproduce naturally, the minimum temperature of the red fire ant to endure heat is 3.6 degrees Celsius, the highest is 40.7 degrees Celsius! The breeding season of red fire ants is in the spring, when the soil temperature reaches more than 10 degrees Celsius, when the soil temperature is 12 to 61 degrees Celsius, the red fire ants begin to forage, the maximum foraging rate occurs at 22 to 36 degrees Celsius, and low temperatures can limit the foraging of red fire ants more than high temperatures!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > the hazards of red fire ants</h1>
When it comes to the harm of red fire ants, it is really a ripple in all aspects! First of all, in the people-oriented country, let's first talk about the harm to people: if people are accidentally stung by it, there will be a burning pain, the wound is itchy, the skin appears pimples, wheals, blisters, but remember not to scratch the blisters or pustules, otherwise it may produce secondary infections, and black scars will be left after healing.
Symptoms such as chills, fever, dizziness, headaches, and swollen lymph nodes may also occur, and a small number of people will be allergic to the poisonous proteins of red fire ants, causing allergic shock, and even the risk of death. Red fire ants will also harm agricultural and forestry plants, red fire ants will eat seeds, young shoots, young stems, roots and fruits of agricultural and forestry plants, causing yield declines and affecting plant growth and harvest!
It is also harmful to wild animals, red fire ants will attack turtles, birds and lizard eggs, etc., will just out of the shell, weak ability to move larvae as a delicacy, prey on insects, larvae and adults, causing harm to native organisms. For example, preying on earthworms and reducing the survival rate of some animals will cause other species to decrease or perish due to lack of sufficient food!
The harm in the irrigation system is not small, it will cause short circuits in the line, lead to damage to farmland machinery and equipment, damage electronic instruments, communications, medical equipment, which will cause unnecessary financial losses! Due to the seriousness of the red fire ant, it has limited the development of tourism and reduced the value of public places!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > the route and method of invasion of the red fire ant</h1>
The first red fire ant appeared in Taiwan in 2004, appeared in Guangdong in September of the same year, and then slowly invaded Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and other places, and has now appeared in 12 provinces in China, look at this route, all appear in warm places, so people in these areas should pay more attention!
Red fire ants are mainly spread through nest pollution of turf, seedlings, bonsai and other horticultural products, cultivation media, etc., and soil with ant nests is also a faster way to spread!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > natural enemies of red fire ants</h1>
Ecological nature, the good point is that everything is compatible, red fire ants also have natural enemies, the first major natural enemy is the anteater: the anteaters' sense of smell is very acute, such as the big anteaters can stick their tongues out of the mouth more than 50 centimeters, can directly reach into the nest of red fire ants, a day can eat 30,000 ants!
The second predator is the South American fruit fly, the South American fruit fly is a parasitic fly, the South American fruit fly will lay its eggs in the nest of the red fire ant, and the larvae of the South American fruit fly can make the red fire ant die! Of course, in addition to natural enemies, it is not impossible to deal with red fire ants, the third way is microspore pathogens, which can reduce the amount of eggs laid by red fire ants! The fourth way: chemical and biological agents developed by humans themselves, such as polybactericides, avermectin cypermethrin and so on!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > how to avoid being harmed by red fire ants</h1>
For our own safety, we try to avoid the damage of red fire ants as much as possible, let's talk about it from several areas. First of all, the longest we stay is the residential area, we have to do a good job of indoor cleaning, often clean up the corners of the wall and the ground piled up debris and food, remove garbage and food residue, in order to reduce the environment suitable for the survival of red fire ants. Weeds near the house should be regularly eradicated, and drainage ditches should be drained, and lime should be sprinkled on the corners of the walls and ditches to prevent ants!
In the wild wasteland, you can first use herbicide to remove the grass around the nest, expose the nest, and use the agent to remove the ant and prevent the ant! In the area of the landscaping belt, it is necessary to clean up the leaves and dead branches in time, and coat the trunk and roots with lime to prevent ants from avoiding ants!
If you are really unfortunate enough to be bitten by a red fire ant, don't panic, rinse with water in time or wash the wound with alkaline soapy water, because the red fire ant discharges acidic venom! In the case of conditions, disinfect with iodophor, surrounded by fusidic acid cream or compound polymyxin b ointment, apply, mainly play an anti-inflammatory effect, and then go to the hospital in time for examination and treatment!
Like this red fire ant, we have to pay attention to, but there is no need to be particularly panicked, we from the transmission route and source, careful handling, will not be too much of a problem! Just like the current growth of the epidemic in Western countries, as well as the conditions of the same developing countries and the same populous country, China's epidemic prevention work has achieved the ultimate, but India is already in an uncontrollable state, as long as the work is rigorous, things will always go in a good direction!
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