Vinson S Bradleigh
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, Collage Station, TX, 77843, USA.
Insect Sci. 2013 Aug;20(4):439-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01572.x. Epub 2013 Feb 11.
The impact of the imported fire ant (IFA) is complex, in large part, because several very different species of "Fire Ants" have invaded and one of these has two forms, all of which are hard to separate by the public, as well as, some investigators not focused on the ant. Each of these different "IFA" species and forms differ in their impact. Further, these ants impact a number of "things" ranging from the environment and wildlife (plants and animals) as well as people, their environment and infrastructure. In addition, they can not only lead to death of living things (including people), but they can destroy many aspects of our environment and infrastructure at the cost of millions of dollars. But there are some beneficial aspects and some people can make many thousands of dollars due to their presence. This is an attempt to look at these issues.
入侵红火蚁（IFA）的影响较为复杂，很大程度上是因为有几种截然不同的“火蚁”物种已入侵，其中一种有两种形态，普通大众以及一些未专注于蚂蚁研究的调查人员都很难区分它们。这些不同的“IFA”物种和形态的影响各不相同。此外，这些蚂蚁会对诸多方面产生影响，包括环境、野生动物（植物和动物）以及人类、人类环境和基础设施。它们不仅会导致生物死亡（包括人类），还会以数百万美元的代价破坏我们环境和基础设施的许多方面。不过，它们也有一些有益之处，一些人因其存在能赚取数千美元。本文旨在探讨这些问题。
