COLUMBIA - Missouri has its first confirmed report of red imported fire ants, and residents of Missouri’s Bootheel should be on the lookout for fire-ant mounds on their property, said Richard Houseman, University of Missouri entomology professor and state extension entomologist.
Houseman and Judy Grundler, an entomologist with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, confirmed that red imported fire ants built mounds in Kennett, Mo.
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Source: www.connectmidmissouri.com
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