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2008 Imported Fire Ant Conference Proceedings Proceedings Disclaimers These proceedings were compiled from author submissions of their presentations at the 2008 Annual Imported Fire Ant Conference, held March 24-26, 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina. The 2008 conference chair was Dr. Timothy Davis, Clemson University. The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the participants and are advisory only. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by any agency. The papers and abstracts published herein have been duplicated as submitted and have not been peer reviewed, They have been collated and duplicated solely for the purpose to promote information exchange and may contain preliminary data not fully analyzed. For this reason, authors should be consulted before referencing any of the information printed herein. This proceedings issue does not constitute formal peer review publication. However, ideas expressed in this proceedings are the sole property of the author(s) and set precedence in that the author(s) must be given due credit for their ideas. Remarks from the Conference Chairperson Hey folks, I would just like to thank everyone who attended the IFA and Invasive Ant Conference in Charleston and contributed to the success of the meeting. This truly is a meeting that is for the people who attend. It is successful only because everyone participates. For my part, most of you saw it was a family affair. My wife did the registration and made my life very easy on that score. I can't thank her enough for coming to my rescue. I'd also like to thank the county agents that moderated, and worked the A/V. It was very nice to delegate this and not worry about it again. Again, thanks for your participation. It has truly been a privilege to organize this meeting and I look forward to attending next year's meeting in Oklahoma. Tim Davis Fire Ant Specialist State Coordinator Program Submitted Abstracts, Articles or Posters Index to Submitted Abstracts/Articles Page Bifenthrin: a review of product performance field tests against red imported fire ants, Charles L. Barr Baits, fertilizer and fire ants, Dale K. Pollet and James Devillier Mixing fire ant baits with fertilizer as an economic alternative to controlling imported fire ants, Henry D. Dorough, L. C. ‘Fudd’ Graham, Vicky E. Bertagnolli-Heller, Kelly A. Ridley. Dumb ant tricks: pest ant exclusion aperture sizes and search for physical barrier particle size, Bastiaan M. Drees, Bill Summerlin, Roger Gold and S. Bradleigh Vinson. Assessment of bait application methods on bait removal speed at cold weather, Xing Ping Hu. T-carrier: a potential fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) bait carrier for humid regions, Lekhnath Kafle, Wen-Jer Wu, R. K. Vander Meer and Cheng-Jen Shih. Texarkana neighborhood fire ant abatement program fifteen years of implemntation and evaluation, Doug Petty, Kelly Loftin, and John Hopkins. Foraging by red imported fire ants on turfgrasses, James A. Reinert and Joe E. McCoy. Seasonal dynamics of imported fire ant pedoturbation on soils and turfgrass in a Mississippi sod production agroecosystem, Sherri L. DeFauw1, James T. Vogt1, and Debbie L. Boykin. Eavesdropping on imported fire ant colonies, Timothy O. Menzel, Jake R. Marquess, Tom Fink, John Seiner and Douglas Streett. Stereo PIV investigation on fire ant alate wingbeat induced flow, Lichuan Gui, Dayong Sun, Tom Fink, Tim Menzel, John Seiner and Douglas Streett. Spatial variation and temporal variation of genetic structure in the invasive species Solenopsis invicta Buren,the fire ant, Rajesh Garlapati, Michael A.Caprio, David Cross and O.P. Perera. Characterization of 72 microsatellite markers in eight species of fire ants, M. S. Ascunce, C. C. (Scotty) Yang and D. D. Shoemaker. Native and exotic ants in Mississippi state parks, Joe A. MacGown, JoVonn G. Hill, and Richard L. Brown. Dispersal of the exotic Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the United States, Joe A. MacGown, JoVonn G. Hill, and Richard L. Brown. USDA-APHIS and consortium efforts to establish phorid flies (Pseudacteon spp) in imported fire ant (Solenopsis spp) populations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Ronald D. Weeks, Jr. and Anne-Marie A. Callcott. Effect of surfactants on red imported fire ants, Jian Chen and Xixuan Jin. Atlas of central nervous system and the first neuropeptide from fire ant, Man-Yeon Choi, Ashok Raina and Robert K. Vander Meer. Alternative reproductive strategies of the hybrid imported fire ant: multiple insemination or variation in male ploidy? David C. Cross, Rajesh B. Garlapati, Juliet D. Tang, Jian Chen, Michael A. Caprio. Hyperspectral remote sensing of seasonally-acquired imported fire ant mound features (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in turfgrass, Sherri L. DeFauw, James T. Vogt, Patrick J. English, and Debbie L. Boykin. Phorid flies in Alabama: Pseudacteon litoralis added to the list, L.C. ‘Fudd’ Graham, S. D. Porter, J. A. Briano, V.E. Bertagnolli-Heller and Kelly Ridley. Nearfield sound response to fire ant alate wingbeat, Lichuan Gui, Dayong Sun, Tom Fink, John Seiner and Douglas Streett. Fire ant demonstration and education: counting is easy, evaluating is hard, Chazz Hesselein and Kathy Flanders. Current status of Arkansas’ Pseudacteon tricuspis and Pseudacteon curvatus releases against Solenopsis invicta, Kelly Loftin, John Hopkins, Doug Petty, Jake Farnum, John Gavin, Rex Herring, Jerry Clemons, Amy Simpson, Mike McCarter and Ed Brown. No detection of Vairimorpha invictae in fire ant decapitating flies reared from V. invictae- infected ants, David H. Oi, Sanford D. Porter, Steven M. Valles, and Juan A. Briano. Statewide survey of imported fire ant species in Tennessee, Jason B. Oliver, Robert K. Vander Meer, Samuel A. Ochieng, Nadeer N. Youssef, Eva Pantaleoni, Michele Y. Hosack, Frank A. Mrema, Karen M. Vail, James Parkman, Steven M. Valles, Walker G. Haun, and Steve Powell. Putative native source of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the U.S.A., D. DeWayne Shoemaker, Eric J. Caldera, Christopher J. DeHeer, and Kenneth G. Ross. Use of bifenthrin-treated burlap to protect root balls of field grown nursery stock from infestation of newly-mated queens of imported fire ants, Xikui Wei, Anne-Marie Callcott, Lee McAnally, Craig Hinton. Bifenthrin: A Review of Product Performance Field Tests Against Red Imported Fire Ants Charles L. Barr, Ph.D., Barr Research and Consulting Introduction Since beginning work with red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta Buren) in 1989, I have used the pyrethroid bifenthrin in more field trials than any other contact insecticide. These trials have included individual mound treatments (IMTs) and broadcast applications with more than half a dozen granular carriers and several liquid formulations. Many of the trials tested the effectiveness of these various carriers and formulations, while others used commercially available bifenthrin products as standards. In 2006, I was hired by a client to review this body of work as support for their potential development of a broadcast bifenthrin fire ant control product. In reviewing these files, I discovered that I had personally applied bifenthrin as a broadcast in 10 tests since 1989. Review of the data showed certain trends in product performance, though I did not “crunch the numbers” to do any kind of formal comparison. Since that report, I have conducted one very large bifenthrin broadcast test involving three different carriers with 10 total treatments and another test where bifenthrin was included as a standard. I also conducted four IMT trials that involved treating over 700 mounds. This level of industry interest caused me to wonder about the appeal of bifinthrin and, more importantly, to go through the data in detail to help support the trends I had noticed in the report. It is important to note that this article concentrates on broadcast applications only. When properly applied, bifenthrin and most other contact insecticides result in near 100% control of individually treated mounds regardless of mound size, weather, season and many other factors. This observation is quite important in an overall fire ant control strategy and will be discussed later, but it does not leave much room for investigating interesting effectiveness trends. Materials and Methods The trials included in this analysis were conducted at various sites in east-central Texas from 1989 through the summer of 2007. Plots in all but one test were 0.25 acres in size with smaller evaluation areas included within the plots. The remaining test involved 0.125-acre plots evaluated to the edge. All treatments and controls were replicated four times. The application rate of the bifenthrin active ingredient was 0.2 lbs/acre in all trials. Some trials included other rates, but these data were not analyzed here. A trial was included in the analysis if it had at least one treatment using a broadcast bifenthrin product applied at 0.2 lbs a.i. per acre, regardless of carrier type. Effectiveness in all trials was based on the number of active mounds. Because of extreme variation in natural fire ant mound numbers due to weather and season, it was necessary to calculate the percent control of each treatment in each test compared to the untreated mound numbers in that test and on that evaluation date. Therefore, the data presented is the mean percent control from appropriate tests at appropriate intervals post- treatment. Bifenthrin was also compared to other popular fire ant control products for which I had sufficient data for a meaningful analysis and included: 0.73% hydramethylnon bait (usually Amdro® or AmdroPro®), 0.045% indoxacarb (Advion®) and 0.0143% granular fipronil (TopChoice®). Data from these treatments were analyzed in a similar manner if any or all of them were included in a trial that also included broadcast bifenthrin. Results and Discussion Trials were first divided into spring/summer (April - early July) and fall (September- November) treatments since performance differences had been observed between many of these trials.
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