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Ants:USDA APHIS PPQ Archives
Mound: Scott Bauer; USDA
Red Imported Fire Ants.
Inset photo: Fire Ant mound.
Structural pests that are common to Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park area include:
•Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
•American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
•Wood Roaches (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica)
•Eastern Subterranean Termites (Reticulitermes flavipes)
•European Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
•Africanized Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
•Paper Wasps, (Polistes)
•Yellow Jackets (Vespula squamosa)
•Little Black Ant (Monomorium minimum)
•Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta)
•Carpenter Ants (Camponotus rasilis)
•Field Crickets (Gryllus pennsylvanicus).
The park pecan orchard was historically treated for:
•Pecan Nut Casebearer (Acrobasis nuxvorella)
•Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)
•Walnut Caterpillar (Datana integerrima)
•Yellow Pecan Aphids (Monellia caryella)
•Black Pecan Aphids (Tinocallis caryaefoliae)
•Pecan Leaf Sorch Mite (Eeotetranychus hicoriae)
•Hickory Shuckworm (Cydia caryana)
•Pecan Weevil (Curculio caryae)
•and various Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae family) and Plant Bugs (Miridae family).