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Craig R. Allen, Elizabeth A. Forys, Kenneth G. Rice, Daniel P. Wojcik, Effects of Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Hatching Turtles and Prevalence of Fire Ants on Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches in Florida, The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 84, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 250-253
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