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Fire Ant-attacking Fly Spreading Rapidly In Texas

Parasitic flies introduced to control red imported fire ants have spread over four million acres in central and southeast Texas since the flies' introduction in 1999, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered using new flytraps they developed.

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