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Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant mound
Texas, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Fire ants build distinctive, dome-shaped mounds.  Nest-building is most active after rains, and when the soil dries the mound hardens into a protective shell for the colony.

 
USA TX Travis Co.: Austin
140m 30º17´N 97º47´W 21.iii.2007


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