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What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

Fire ants bite with their jaws and can sting several times, injecting venom. The venom can cause a blister. But you shouldn’t pop these blisters. When their nest is disturbed, fire ants may swarm and ...

Fire ants have an amazing ability to ruin your day, especially because they can bite and sting you at the same time, says entomologist Roberto M. Pereira, Ph.D., an insect research scientist with the ...

If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can mean ...