The prey
The permanent establishment of a new species of phorid fly is bad news for the red imported fire ant, according to the USDA's Agricultural Research Service scientists who are working to control the aggressive ant that has spread across the southern United States.
The predator
Phorid fly maggots live in the head capsules of their fire ant hosts, eventually decapitating them and pupating inside their heads. Phorid flies attack only fire ants.
P. curvatus is one more natural enemy of fire ants that scientists can add to their arsenal of biological control agents.
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