{"id":6094,"date":"2014-04-30T08:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T15:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=6094"},"modified":"2019-08-02T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:36:25","slug":"big-headed-ant-turns-invasive-species-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/04\/30\/big-headed-ant-turns-invasive-species-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Headed Ant in Orange County &#8211; from the Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bigheaded_ant_300_original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bigheaded_ant_300_original.jpg\" alt=\"Big Headed Ant\" class=\"wp-image-6095\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Scott Martindale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COSTA MESA \u2013 State agricultural inspectors are canvassing a residential neighborhood near the Santa Ana River this week after finding a colony of an aggressive ant species in someone\u2019s front yard, the first documented sighting of the pest in its natural environment in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The colony of big-headed ants was discovered in Costa Mesa\u2019s Mesa Verde neighborhood earlier this month by an amateur entomologist, who collected a sample and sent it to Los Angeles County officials for identification, said Mike Bennett, Orange County\u2019s agricultural commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 14, L.A. County agricultural officials confirmed the presence of the&nbsp;<i>Pheidole megacephala&nbsp;<\/i>species in the Costa Mesa home\u2019s front yard, at Europa and Kornat drives, Bennett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time we\u2019ve seen it in California other than in a shipment of plants or flowers,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cIt\u2019s nothing to be alarmed about \u2013 we just want to check the spread of it so we can figure out what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big-headed ants can bite humans, but their bite is painless and not harmful. Native to Africa, they travel in plants and via mailed packages to other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett said a team of about 10 agricultural inspectors and UC Riverside scientists began going door to door this week asking Mesa Verde residents to inspect their front and back yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the team has found only the one ant colony, Bennett said, although officials plan to survey other neighborhoods within a one-mile radius of the colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an invasive species, and we have an obligation to try to prevent invasive species,\u201d said Steve Lyle, a spokesman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if state and county agricultural inspectors find more of the ants, it\u2019s unclear what, if anything, will be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The species discovered last month isn\u2019t the only variety of big-headed ant documented in California, Bennett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities, though, are wary of these soil-nesting ants because they\u2019re considered an agricultural pest and one of the world\u2019s most invasive insects. 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