Fire ant (Solenopsis geminata)

Profile view of ant Solenopsis geminata
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Fire ant | Solenopsis geminata photo

Dorsal view of ant Solenopsis geminata
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Fire ant | Solenopsis geminata photo

Head view of ant Solenopsis geminata
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Fire ant | Solenopsis geminata photo

Chamaesyce hirta (leaves and fruit with Solenopsis geminata). Location: Maui, Lahaina
Photograph by Forest & Kim Starr. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

FIRE ANT FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	geminata
Common Name:	Fire ant

Relatives in same Genus
  Red imported fire ant (S. invicta)
  Black imported fire ant (S. richteri)
  Southern fire ant (S. xyloni)

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