Location: Imported Fire Ant and Household Insects Research
Project Number: 6036-32000-048-07-T
Project Type: Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Mar 1, 2014
End Date: Feb 28, 2019
Objective:
Rear and evaluate native phorid decapitating flies from Texas as potential self-sustaining natural enemies of tropical fire ants.
Approach:
Classical biological control and insect rearing procedures.