KY FY24 Imported Fire Ant Survey

Fire Ant Abstract We have found imported ?re ants (IFA) in western Kentucky many times over the last decade. Nursery inspectors, the state survey coordinator, and/or extension specialists will conduct visual surveys and/or a trapping survey using baited canisters to determine the spread of IFA in portions of McCreary and Whitley counties where IFA was found to have become established in 2022. Additionally, visual surveys and/or baited surveys will center around the previous detection sites at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Lake Barkley State Park, and Kenlake State Park. Other possible survey locations include recreational and lakefront sites throughout western Kentucky, nurseries, or other locations deemed to be at risk of IFA introduction.