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The species has been wreaking havoc on trees and crops in the Northeast part of the country. Now, they're starting to appear in states surrounding Arkansas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded an Imported Fire Ant quarantine in Arkansas to include seven new counties, bringing the quarantined area in the state to 50 counties.

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Arkansas News Arkansans asked to be on the lookout for invasive, destructive moth The Box Tree Moth, an invasive insect already a serious pest in Europe may have been accidentally introduced into the United States through landscaping materials. by Magnolia Banner-News News Release Jul. 23 2021 @ 9:49pm Adult Box Tree Moths wingspan is 1.5 to 1.75 inches. (Courtesy of Matteo Maspero and Andrea Tantardini, Centro MiRT - Fondazione Minoprio IT) LITTLE ROCK — The Box Tree Moth, an invasive insect...

Fire ants, Elvis Presley Lake, flash flood rescue: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: Alabama is turning to social media to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Department of Public Health announced a TikTok contest to encourage young people to get vaccinated before the start of the school year. The contest is for people ages 13 to 29. To participate, contestants should submit a TikTok video showing...

Fort Smith Times Record Alone they are tiny, insignificant, unimportant. But together they can cause hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage a year. They are fire ants.  Scientists discovered that fire ants had infested Sebastian and Logan Counties as well as Prairie and White Counties about two years ago, said Paul Shell, a plant inspection and quarantine program manager with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.  But just recently the state officially added those four counties t...

ADVERTISEMENT Restrictions linked to fire ants expanded by Mary Hightower Special to The Commercial | Today at 2:31 a.m. Fire ants are shown in this undated courtesy photo. The federal Imported Fire Ant Quarantine has been extended to four counties: Logan, Prairie, Sebastian and White. Most of the Southeast, including the southern half of Arkansas, is under a quarantine for movement of Imported Fire Ants-regulated materials, according to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. "With these addit...

ADVERTISEMENT State verifies grass discovered on U.S. 49 an invasive species by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Today at 1:44 a.m. The presence in Arkansas of cogongrass, an invasive species native to Southeast Asia, has been confirmed, according to the state Department of Agriculture. The department said in a news release that Charles Bryson, a retired botanist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, spotted cogongrass, or Imperata cylindrica, in Helena-West Helena along U.S. 49. Brysons disc...