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Solenopsis invicta found in italy


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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 11 2023 - 12:47 PM

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Oh no… good luck european keepers


https://amp.cnn.com/...-scn/index.html

#2 Offline bmb1bee - Posted September 11 2023 - 12:51 PM

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Kill them with fire.


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 11 2023 - 1:50 PM

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They found Brachyponera there, too. RIP
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#4 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted September 11 2023 - 2:41 PM

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Dang I thought Europe would be safe.

#5 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted September 11 2023 - 5:25 PM

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Europe is under attack

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#6 Offline Ernteameise - Posted September 11 2023 - 11:12 PM

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Oh no. This is really bad news.



#7 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted September 12 2023 - 3:04 AM

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They probably won't get any more north then the Alps because of the temperature.

#8 Offline Ernteameise - Posted September 12 2023 - 12:42 PM

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They probably won't get any more north then the Alps because of the temperature.

Sadly, we have a region in Germany with subtropical temperatures (the Upper Rhine valley)-

there, we have several Mediterranian species, even including Messor harvester ants for which the rest of Germany is too cold.

And with climate change, it is actually just a matter of time...

after all, we now also have Asian Tiger Mosquitoes and similar invasive pests.



#9 Offline Ernteameise - Posted September 12 2023 - 12:52 PM

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I groaned and endured physical pain when I looked at the website of the German public news channel and they posted this story.

And they have this picture in the title.

This is not the internet joke news, this is the public news channel. And they clearly did not ask any experts.

Bonus for anyone who can guess the species.

 

Tagesschau.jpg

 

And here is the article in full

https://www.tagessch...europa-100.html


Edited by Ernteameise, September 12 2023 - 12:53 PM.


#10 Offline antsriondel - Posted September 12 2023 - 3:17 PM

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I groaned and endured physical pain when I looked at the website of the German public news channel and they posted this story.

And they have this picture in the title.

This is not the internet joke news, this is the public news channel. And they clearly did not ask any experts.

Bonus for anyone who can guess the species.

 

Tagesschau.jpg

 

And here is the article in full

https://www.tagessch...europa-100.html

Really? Oecophylla smaragdina? Why does this happen so many times?



#11 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted September 12 2023 - 3:44 PM

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I know everytime I look up fire ants they come up. Makes me wonder do some people of that area call them fire ants?
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#12 Offline AntaholicAnonymous - Posted September 18 2023 - 2:40 AM

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Even in a lot of youtube videos they use weaver ant pictures.
Goes to show how little the average person knows about ants and how much effort goes into research.
I'd guess it's just because they have vaguely similar colours

#13 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 18 2023 - 5:40 AM

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I know everytime I look up fire ants they come up. Makes me wonder do some people of that area call them fire ants?

yes, this is the exact reason you see it so much. Oecophylla are actually called “fire ants” in many of the native southeast asian languages. Mind you fire ant solenopsis are relatively new to the region so the natives were calling them this long before they even knew invicta or geminata existed.

#14 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted September 19 2023 - 1:40 AM

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I know every time I look up fire ants they come up. Makes me wonder do some people of that area call them fire ants?

Yes, in places where they are native, we call them fire ants. This is just the English or Chinese name for them though, there are different names in the native languages for O. smaragdina in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines etc. (e.g., kroto, semut rangrang, semut kerangga).


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