Tawny Crazy Ants Pushing Fire Ants Out of Sugarcane Fields
By Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tawny crazy ants are pushing fire ants out of some Louisiana sugar cane fields — one of the few places people are happy to see fire ants. Entomologists worry that the new invaders could hurt the crop. "Louisiana sugarcane farmers are some of the only folks in the southern U.S. that welcome fire ants into their property, because they do a great job controlling our No. 1 pest, the sugarcane borer," said Blake Wilson, an LSU AgCenter agronomist.