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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 ...

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 ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga - There was a moment of silence on a baseball diamond over the weekend for a beloved Gwinnett County mom who loved to watch her son play ball. "As we all know there are moments in ...

In a recent column on child safety in the garden, I mentioned getting rid of fire ant mounds in play areas. As a result, I’ve gotten a few questions on controlling fire ants, which can inflict painful ...

Q My husband and I were clearing weeds when I felt a sharp jab on my leg. I thought the weed whacker had kicked up a rock, but it was a bite from a fire ant. The pain was severe, as was the reaction.

Since the red imported fire ant is an invasive species, they have displaced other fire ant species native to Texas such as “Solenopsis geminata” or tropical fire ants. Oktavianus Mulyadi Pexels As the ...

Australia is facing a fiery crisis—quite literally—as an explosion in red fire ant populations has left 23 people hospitalized and countless others suffering painful stings. The tiny but ferocious ...

Hurricane Sally is bringing floating islands of fire ants to parts of Florida as the Category 2 storm makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a special ...

Carpenter ants are black, red, or brown ants that tunnel through wood to form colonies. They live throughout the United States, particularly in the north. There are more than 1,000 species of ...