Why do ants come in the house, exactly? We're sure you make a great host, but we'll bet these six-legged critters with ...

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

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

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 ...

like odorous house ants, Argintine ants, and pavement ants, from the home, unfortunately, it’s pretty useless against carpenter ants and fire ants. “It’s worth noting that there are over ...

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 ...

To the uninitiated, the description may seem an exaggeration, but the searing burn of swarming fire ants testifies to the contrary. Invasive fire ants, six-legged devils barely an eighth of an ...

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.

For the last 12 to 15 years, that perfect Hong Kong transplant has been the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an invasive species native to South America. “We’ve created the perfect ...

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 ...