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

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.

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 ...

Authorities are investigating how fire ants came to be at a rural subdivision but say it is likely they arrived in mulch, plants, turf or soil.

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Sep., 2007), pp. 419-425 (7 pages) Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Buren) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), are abundant in many agroecosystems in the ...

The pheromone also showed strong effects on red imported fire ants. “The pheromone, which is not toxic, could be used on a compact scale, such as applying it to the base of a wall to prevent ...

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 ...

The most efficient method of controlling fire ants is the application of ant bait. However, most fish farmers are reluctant to use baits or other chemical methods of control because of the unknown ...