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Imported Fire Ant Regulations

2009-Current

• October 27, 2022, Expansion of Quarantine Areas for the Imported Fire Ant (Solenopis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species) in Arkansas and Tennessee
• October 14, 2021, Expansion of Quarantine Areas for the Imported Fire Ant (Solenopis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species) in North Carolina and Tennessee
• June 17, 2021, Expansion of Quarantine Areas for the Imported Fire Ant (Solenopis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species) in Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia
• April 17, 2018, Expansion of quarantine areas for the imported fire ant in North Carolina and Tennessee 
  
• June 9, 2017, Expansion of imported fire ant quarantine in California, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee
• May 16, 2016, Expansion of quarantine areas for the imported fire ant in Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas
• December 5, 2011, Domestic Quarantine of Counties in Tennessee for Imported Fire Ant Federal Order 
• October 28, 2009, Areas in Virginia Added to the Imported Fire Ant (IFA) Quarantine and Expansion of Existing IFA Quarantine Areas in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas for IFA (Solenopsis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species)
• March 24, 2009, Establishment of Quarantine Areas in Oklahoma and Tennessee for Imported Fire Ants (IFA) (Solenopsis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species)