Fire ants are a common nuisance in Tennessee lawns, infesting residential neighborhoods, schools, playgrounds, golf courses, ...

Recent rains in Midland-Odessa bring relief from the heat but also reveal hidden fire ant mounds, posing risks to curious ...

Researchers and Extension entomology specialists across the South work together to develop control strategies for pests such ...

Have you ever a noticed an anthill in your garden and started to panic? Don’t worry. Red ants might not be the garden pests we believe them to be. If you see them swarming around an unhealthy plant, ...

When a fire ant’s mound is disturbed, thousands of individuals will swarm and sting the intruder. This is why, in the video we referenced, the ants were probably red carpenter ants.

It takes some time for this to happen, so baits are a relatively slow way to control fire ants. However, they are very effective because they kill the ant colonies you see and those you don’t see.

Fire ant baits are the best solution The most effective way to kill a fire ant mound is fire ant bait, Wizzie Brown, a pest management specialist at Texas A&M University, told USA TODAY in an ...

5 Things that readers swear kill fire ants…Chance this works: 1 in 10. Why: Again, you will do a good job of killing any insect the gas comes in contact with, along with the grass and plants ...

Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife.

The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to national ...