Odorous house ants are one example ... which can cause trees to fall. “Fire ants in the yard will sting, and are aggressive ...

No. All ant species can bite and some can sting, but it's unlikely the ones in your house will do much of either. The ...

Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin ... gracilipes), is capable of forming so-called supercolonies that house hundreds or even thousands of queens. On Australia’s Christmas ...

And while many of them are harmless, others are horrible house guests ... And when that happens, the fire ants have only one option: leave. Once a year, on average, the colony will move out ...

As someone interested in ecology and the environment, I commenced an in-depth study of fire ants many years before fire ants appeared in Australia. Once fire ants appeared in Australia, I formed the ...

Whole streets in Texas are underwater, and social media has filled with images of clumps of floating fire ants, massed together in a structure on the surface. Entomologists say it is normal ...

Much as I agree with the need to eradicate the red imported fire ant or RIFA (Solenopsis invicta), there is no need to misreport or sensationalise. The baby that died in the day care centre in America ...

Flies in this genus are the subject of considerable interest because they have the potential of being used as classical biological control agents against imported fire ants in North America. This ...

Fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters across storm-ravaged Australia, aiding the spread of one of the world's most invasive species. Considered a super pest, fire ants can cause ...

Red imported fire ants, a venomous invasive species of ant, are on the verge of becoming established in Japan. Once it has become an established species, the little arthropod, known as “hiari ...

According to StaySafe.org, mint and bay leaves each have a strong scent that ants despise. Plant these herbs around the base ...