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Western Carolina University: Fire Ant Problems Increase in Mountains, Including Higher Elevations of the Region
May 15, 2020
CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, May 15 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release:

Move over murder hornets. Fire ants, those vicious insects with a painful sting and destructive ways, are becoming more pervasive in the mountains, according to research from the Highlands Biological Station of Western Carolina University.

A recently published report shows an acclimation of fire ants to high elevations in the Southern Appalachians, something that many bio . . .

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