Multiple queen colonies have been found in areas of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia, being more frequent in the western edge of their range (Vinson and Sorenson 1986). Figure 14. Polygyne colony of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren.
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