I would like to acknowledge the following information sources used in compiling this educational resource.

Qld Department of Primary Industries: http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants/

University of Florida IFAS Extension (EENY-195, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: January 2001. Revised: August 2005) : http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in352

http://www.geo-outdoors.info/fire_ants.htm

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/TOOLS/ANTKEY/index.html

http://www.ento.csiro.au/science/ants/terms.htm

http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/app?service=external/ViewTreehouse&sp=l2482

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biog105/pages/demos/105/unit6/tracheasystems.15.html

I would also like to thank the Centre for Microscopy and Microanlysis (CMM) at the University of Queensland for use of their sample preparation equipment and Scanning Electron Microscope.

The specimens were critical-point dried at the CMM using liquid carbon dioxide. They were then glued to microscope mounts and coated with platinum in a sputter-coater before being imaged in the JEOL 6460 LA Scanning Electron Microscope at the CMM. Some images on this CD were taken by John Hunt (Principal Project Officer, School Technologies Branch, Queensland Department of Education and the Arts).

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If you have any queries I can be contacted via email at duncan@xtalent.com.au

Duncan Waddell (webEM, XTAL Enterprises)