Two species of fire ants are found in Florida. Most notorious is Solenopsis invicta Buren, the red imported fire ant (RIFA), followed by the much less common Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius), the tropical or native fire ant.
Leaf curl is a plant disease characterized by curling of leaves, and caused by a fungus, genus Taphrina, or virus, especially genus Begomovirus of the family Geminiviridae.
Peach leaf curl is one of the most serious and common peach tree diseases. The disease causes swollen and distorted leaves with red coloring. Leaves infected with peach leaf curl also end up with grayish sac-like growths containing fungal spores.