Understand how to get rid of fire ants using effective baits, mound treatments, and professional options tailored for homeowners.

The fastest ways to get rid of fire ants include liquid mound drenches, granule baits, or DIY methods like boiling water. Effective fire ant control often requires an approach that combines mound ...

Red imported fire ants are a particularly nasty type of ant because they are aggressive, and inflict painful stings that may be life threatening. That’s in addition to being a serious threat to ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service, or VDACS, has expanded the state’s Imported Fire Ant Quarantine to include six additional counties and four independent cities, citing ...

ORLANDO, March 22, 2024 – UCF Biology Professor Joshua King has won the 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize and $100,000 for an innovation he created to control a ubiquitous pest — fire ants. His ...

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in 1918, have spread throughout the Southeast, causing problems for residents and farmers. Adding to the problem, red and black fire ants are ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's Imported Fire Ant Quarantine was expanded Wednesday to include Chesterfield and the Tri-Cities after the invasive species was discovered in those areas. "Once established, ...

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WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – Fire Ants traditionally were confined to the Gulf States and far south in Tennessee, but they have migrated north in recent years, spreading locally by development, as ...