Common throughout the Caribbean region, including Anguilla. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March. Under synonym: Nylanderia fulva)
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Its nests have multiple queens and thus the colonies can reach mammoth proportions. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March.); They can displace the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis Invicta).
These ants are known to chew through wiring and insulation and infestations can lead to short circuits in electrical equipment. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March.); Emerging to be one of the most economically important invasive ant species in the world.
Native to East-central South America, it is now present in the Caribbean. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March. Under synonym: Nylanderia fulva)
FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March. (Under synonym: Nylanderia fulva);