No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral communication methods like antennal codes, ants can work together to build or ...

Fire ants often attack small animals and can kill them. Unlike many other ants, which bite and then spray acid on the wound, fire ants only bite to get a grip and then sting (from the abdomen) and ...

Tawny crazy ant engaging in detoxification behavior next to imported fire ant dispensing venom. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 13, 2014, issue of Science Express ...

What’s more, it secretes a formic acid that makes it invulnerable to the fire ant’s sting. “Crazy ants beat fire ants,” the Texas Scientist magazine declared a few years back; the ...

The red fire ant has marched south but has not been recorded in Victoria yet. There is no shortage of common insects which have a Schmidt index pain rating higher than the fire ant's score of 1.2 ...

Fire ants are usually found in the southern region of the U.S. and in places as far north as Tennessee, said Wizzie Brown, a pest management specialist at Texas A&M University.

Fire ant piles wash up as kids play in the flood waters along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront as Hurricane Sally moves more east, in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.

A few active ingredients used in fire ant control products, such as boric acid, pyrethrin, pyrethrum, rotenone, citrus oil extract and diatomaceous earth, are organic pesticides.

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 ...

Residents have been told to be on high alert for fire ants, as ex-Cyclone Alfred may have helped the 'super pest' invasive species spread through Queensland.. Since arriving in Australia in the ...