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[[Image:Reported distribution of the Rasberry Crazy Ant in the United States - journal.pone.0045314.g001.png|right|thumb|Reported distribution of the Rasberry crazy ant in the United States (2012); actual occurrence is thought to be more widespread]]
The earliest record of ''N. fulva'' presence in the US is from [[Brownsville, Texas]], in 1938.<ref>http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Trager/1984b.pdf{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> By the early 2000s, the ants spread across the southeastern portion of Texas<ref name="Gotzek"/> including at more than 27 counties<ref name=TX /> Large population explosions have been described also on St Croix in the US Virgin Islands; in many cases the ant species was misidentified as its close relative, the hairy crazy ant, ''[[Nylanderia pubens]].''<ref name=Ayres>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3941545.ece|title=Billions of electronic-eating 'crazy Rasberry ants' invade Texas|first=Chris|last=Ayres|publisher=Times UK|date=2008-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wetterer|first1=James K.|last2=Keularts|first2=Jozef L. W.|title=Population explosion of the hairy crazy ant, Paratrechina pubens (hymenoptera: formicidae), on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands|journal=Florida Entomologist |date=September 2008 |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=423–427 |url=http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/75828/73486|doi=10.1653/0015-4040(2008)91[423:peothc]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86286910 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/breaking-news/crazy-ants-the-ants-that-eat-electronics-march-int/nZ3zy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054229/http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/breaking-news/crazy-ants-the-ants-that-eat-electronics-march-int/nZ3zy/|title='Crazy Ants': The ants that destroy electronics march into Georgia|author=Robert Lee |date=20 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|work=www.wsbtv.com|via=web.archive.org|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="map">{{cite web|url=http://ant-maps.com/Crazy-Rasberry-ant.htm|title=Ccrazy Rasberry ant|publisher=Ant-maps.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801132735/http://ant-maps.com/Crazy-Rasberry-ant.htm|author= Arjan van den Bosch|archive-date=1 August 2009|work=web.archive.org|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> As of 2012, the ants have established colonies in all states of the [[Gulf Coast of the United States]].<ref name="origin is south america"/><ref name="Gotzek"/> The ant is considered an [[invasive species]].<ref name="TX A&M">{{cite web|url=https://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/urban-pests/ants/rasberry/|author=|title=Tawny (Rasberry) Crazy Ant. ''Nylanderia fulva''|publisher=Texas A&M, Department of Entomology, Center for Urban & StructuralEntomology| access-date=2013-05-21}}</ref> {{as of|2021}} ''N. fulva'' establishment is limited to some southern parts of the country.<ref name="Conversation-calcium" />
==Control in the US==
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