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Katrina helps New Orleans fight fire ants
New Orleans, LA - Entomologists believe that Hurricane Katrina provided them with a golden opportunity to knock out, or at least squash, the fire ant population in this city.
Flood waters rid many neighborhoods of the stinging ants and on Thursday crews began spreading deadly bait in parks and along levees to kill the ant colonies and nests that did survive.
The fight is targeting nonnative species of fire ants, which have taken over large sections of the city, and the nation.