| Another biocontrol tool they're investigating is the fire ant-decapitating phorid fly, which uses the ant's head as a protective home for its developing maggot young. |
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| Behavioral strategies of phorid parasitoids and responses of their hosts, the leaf-cutting ants. |
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| Normal exclusion practices for sciarid flies do not work because the phorid is so tiny. |
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| It is extremely unusual for the phorid to occur in Pennsylvania and its life cycle and biology is different from the sciarid. |
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| And phorid flies, which parasitize and kill fire ants, are now in use in the United States to reduce RIFA foraging and help control some populations. |
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