Abstract
The imported fire ant, Solenops-is saevissima richteri Forel, found in Florida as well as in other Southeastern states, where it is a pest in pastures, hayfields, croplands, golf courses, and lawns. There is a wide diversity of opinion concerning the effects of this insect and of the large scale eradication and control programs on other forms of wildlife. To obtain reliable quantitative data on this stubject, a cooperative study was begun in 1959 with the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission of Florida and the Division of Plant Industry, State of Florida Department of Agriculture. The over-all study is concerned with the fire ant itself and the use of heptachlor for its eradication and the effect of both on other forms of wildlife, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, annelids, and arthropods. The methods of collecting arthropods and annelids were as follows: 1. alcohol pitfalls, 2. soil samples, 3. sweep nets, 4. litter samples, and 5. light traps. This paper reports the results of all methods of collecting except the alcohol pitfall method, which was reported on in a previous paper. (Rhoades, 1962)
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