February, '16] MCCOLLOCH and HAYES: solexopsis molesta 



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Liitiochms sp. (g) 

 nYRmicociiaRa f'" 



CitemarocasUR ' 

 mwoltiiti 



P(l£MOtC PihfCHH 



PimYiiosomsn 

 ^ coffnuJum 

 EumecES sp. 

 tiypoaspis sp.^ 



CnaQcn sesd (i) 

 QIjVc oil w 

 CcRn kfweb (Z) 



BlHCHlieifRY (10) 



Dena mcHets do i5i , 



Cu,i(!(i nnm ucd i 



Apples w 

 Coiomc pfunfs 



HHfiR 

 Cane 

 nilo 

 retCRilR 



Oefia c/ffl55/j<wpeffi 



honcYOgw (J) 



ocen coRa (e. to 1517) 



'Cm^oniud mfieamiis 06) crops 

 ConolRRcneivs jucimdis us) wninuT 

 Mtionomui GRRMis (20 rcllon 



€COS of BIIS3US it'UCOplCRUSCZS) 



CfiRpocaosn pomenelin iZ6) apple 

 Spiienoptioms nmiau^] 

 HaoRipemR nileilfi ) corh 

 CniOifiaea oo<soieia J 

 hfiYChoia aesTRiicToH uUcaJ 

 GRRSsncppeR eccs 

 NoTciopriu6 ieuco&hcmfi 

 LaRGea anu 

 \do/enop6i6 liioicsm 



Catnponoius (15) 

 rcRmicfi 03) 

 Lasius (15) 

 Stemmma (15) 



\ PntfirconaviH tiRapfik (i3) 

 I OaoniomRcJius citi/fus os) 

 FoRfTHCR sancuimc RuDicunaam 



aubintcGRR 05) 

 LRoius nweR amcRicanos (ii) 

 Jffitiomrffni'n oRuinos^o malis 

 CffcmaUcftstcfi imcolfita — 

 punaatntn 

 PcncRfi tncKCRRTa 

 Pheiocie sp 

 \Lcucoteffme6 lucifucas 



Rg. 1. Chart showing the ecological relationships of Solenopsis molesta. Refer- 

 ences to Solenopsis debilis and the American references to Solenopsis fugax are in- 

 cluded. Numbers refer to bibliography and unnumbered references are original 

 observations. 



docrrlepm sp de) Red ciovgR 

 GcoicH SQunmosa oj) corr 

 RpRiS RiRidiRROtas (iJ) puRslnne 

 fipnii sctcRiae (i3i plums CRRSses 

 Hpfm Rfiiaaieicfii f^(j) ERiceaon cRnRQen&n 



finto/iinft ticuteioaRe \ ^ " 



Natural Enemies 



A glance at the list of injurious insects upon which this ant feeds 

 shows us that, notwithstanding its injurious habits of destroying 

 crops and in some places infesting houses, it is to be regarded as a 

 beneficial predaceous insect, which is in turn preyed upon by other 

 forms. 



Spiders often trap the workers in their webs. Two other ants — 

 Cremastogaster lineolata Say and soldier ants of Pheidole piMfera Roger — 



