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Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

First brought to the U.S. aboard cargo ships from South America to Mobile, Alabama, in the 1930s, the species of fire ant which now occurs in Georgia has been the object of a major eradication campaign by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Fire ants harm native wildlife, and push out native ants which are beneficial. Red imported fire ants occur throughout the Altamaha River basin.