IMPORTED FIRE ANT: Known for their venom, large mounds and bad attitude, imported fire ants have become a pest in 12 states in the South since their introduction, one species around 1920 ...

Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a... fire ant? OK, fine, fire ant queens are probably way too small to see when they’re 400 feet above the ground, but flying is a ...

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When floods sweep through the homes of fire ants, they either huddle into floating balls or build a tower reaching upward using the most immediate material available: themselves. Often ...

Fire ants inflict painful stings and create unsightly mounds in our landscapes. Unfortunately, there is no treatment that will eradicate them from a yard permanently. You will have to control fire ...

Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. When Solenopsis invicta, a.k.a. the red imported fire ant, was first identified in East Texas, in the seventies, stakes were high.

Invasive species experts say the eradication of little fire ants on 175 acres in Nahiku is “in sight” after years of efforts to eliminate the painfully stinging pests across a wide swath of ...