Recently, more and more reports that the United States has been threatened by invasive types. Previously, scientists warned about the army of heels that have already captured Canada, and are now moving around the US states, and then there was a message that huge Burmese pythons were terrorizing in Florida.. Now a new threat hung over the United States - hybrid fiery ants spread many times faster than scientists suggested, writes iflscience.

It is known that a strange invader walking around the United States was born two different species: red fiery ants and black fire ants were imported into the United States, and now they have united to create a hybrid (Solenopsis invicta? richteri). Researchers note that the new species is many times more aggressive and more resilient than any of his parents.

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Hybrid ants have already settled in the East Tennessee, as well as in some parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, and now, as scientists believe, they are moving in southwestern Virginia. It is reported that local residents find new anthills weekly, and such a rapid distribution is probably associated with the perfect storm of resistance to hybridization and changing environmental conditions.

According to the associate professor of the Department of Entomology Scotti Yang, when two different types are crossed, they are able to " If these borrowed genes turn out to be useful - for example, to survive in cold winters - they can stay and give a hybrid the advantage of adaptation to the environment, scientists believe that the hybrid appearance has absorbed the best from both parents: insects combine genes that allow them to prosper into more.

Fiery ants live in the southern US states because they love warmth, but areas that once seemed a little cool, become warmer from year to year. As the planet is heated, scientists expect that the spread of fiery ants will only increase. Moreover, according to Yang, scientists noticed that today hybrid ants are moving on significantly higher pace than scientists suggest.

Despite their endurance, the fiery ants still remain ants, but they are able to overcome serious distances, traveling a hitchhiking in hay bales and firewood, traveling on vehicles.

It may seem that because of the insect there is a lot of noise, but the appearance of an unusually aggressive ripe insect armed with poison can have destructive consequences in regions that are not used to them. Previously, scientists have already recorded the death of calves at the cattle, and also warn that a bite of such an insect can cause anaphylactic shock in people.

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