Using poison-frog compounds to control fire ants

Since its accidental introduction into the United States from South America in the 1930s, the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, has spread throughout the southern United States, decimating small-animal populations, damaging crops and other plants, and inflicting painful and sometimes lethal venomous stings on humans and livestock. Scientists are constantly looking for effective methods to control this pest.

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