In 1630, a little remembered group of 8 Englishmen became separated from their ship, and were left virtually without equipment and supplies, in one of the world’s harshest environments, to almost certain death.
Solenopsis invicta, the “Red Imported Fire Ant”, native to South America, has proven a tenacious and destructive pest in the United States, costing Americans billions of dollars every year. That is why, in the late 1950s, the United States embarked on an all out war against the six-legged menace.