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Interim profile, incomplete information          General Impact Monomorium floricola, Solenopsis geminata and Tapinoma minutum are listed as significant native butterfly egg predators causing reduction in population numbers of native butterflies (Nafus 1993). In the Phillippines M. floricola is recognised as a serious pest of silkworms (Banks 1911 in Wetterer, 2010); of coconut pests (Way et al 1989). M. floricola has also been observed as a dominant species sometimes in flooded mangrove habitats where there is less competition with non-arboreal species (Wetterer 2010). M. floricola is a common but minor agricultural and indoor pest in urban areas.          Location Specific Impacts: Guam   Reduction in native biodiversity: Monomorium floricola, Solenopsis geminata and Tapinoma minutum are listed as significant native butterfly egg predators causing reduction in population numbers of native butterflies (Nafus 1993)