"You definitely don't want to get covered in fire ants," says Matt Shadlow, from the UK-based insect conservation society Buglife. "Steer clear of them." Red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta ...

the red fire ant, an invasive species that causes great damage in parts of Australia, uses the water masses to form ant rafts and "travel" to other parts of the country. The ants pose a threat.

Fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters across storm ... Native to South America, red imported fire ants were first detected in Queensland in 2001 and have largely been contained ...

Floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey spread living rafts of stinging fire ants ... Texas — it also spread a plague of stinging ants. Red imported fire ants are highly aggressive pests that have ...