FIRE ANTS, ANTHILL, ANTS NEST (SOLENOPSIS SAEVISSIMA), FORMIGA-LAVA-PÉS, FORMIGA-DE-FOGO.

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Channel: Fauna and Flora · 2014 · Pets & Animals

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#grasslandecosystems  #fireant #formigalavapés- (Ant Hill - Poisonous Insects - Fire Ant - Habitats: Rural areas, such as: Pastures, agricultural plantations, tropical forests, lawns and along roads where they build their nests. They also inhabit urban areas: Settling in squares, parks, gardens, sidewalks and areas with accumulated garbage. - Brazilian Biodiversity!)

Fire ants, Scientífic name: Solenopsis saevissima. Brazilian name: Formiga-lava-pés or Lavapés. Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insect, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae. Food: Omnivorous: (They are voracious predators: They hunt a wide variety of insects. They take advantage of various food leftovers, available in the environment. The generated waste itself is a great source of resources. In agriculture, they cause great damage, mainly due to the destruction of germinated seeds, plants in nurseries, or in advanced vegetative development, when they gnaw trunks, buds, leaves, flowers and tubers of different cultures.  Geographical distribution: Endemic to the American continent, the fire ant is found mainly in the Amazon rainforest. 

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