For example, ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods by clumping together to float on the water’s surface.

Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die.

Often confused with fire ants, Asian needle ants may appear harmless but pack a deadly sting. Some people who are stung may ...

As the warmer weather brings people outdoors across Houston, fire ants are waiting. Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans ...

Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the invasive ant native to South America is here to stay − and is adapting.

They are called hybrid fire ants, which are a mix of black fire ants and red fire ants, and they originated from South America. What to know about hybrid fire ant invasion in Va. News / Apr 11 ...

HOUSTON — Easter is this Sunday and if your kids are heading out on an Easter egg hunt, here’s something to watch out for – fire ants! We’re just now getting into the peak fire ant season ...

They are called hybrid fire ants, which are a mix of black fire ants and red fire ants, and they originated from South America. The breed has been around since the 1930s and came to Virginia in 1989.

Cathy Weed, 43, revealed she was "highly allergic" to fire ants in a 2018 Facebook post Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has previously appeared in Entertainment ...