Thousands of fire ants have been spotted floating on floodwaters through the Texas city and forming rafts using their bodies with residents now reporting the gross behavior. KXAN Austin took to X to ...

Believe it or not, viewers have submitted videos of piles of red ants on what appears to be a floating raft made of insects.

Red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta Buren and S. richteri Forel) are a species native to South America that were accidentally introduced to the United States decades ago, according to the U ...

The Red Imported Fire Ant (which is mainly causing the infestation) originally came to the U.S. from South America back in 1930s on cargo imported at ports in Mobile, Alabama.

Virginia has expanded its Imported Fire Ant Quarantine zone to include Petersburg and surrounding areas due to a growing infestation. Imported fire ants, originally from South America, pose risks to ...

Fire ants are notorious for their large mounds and painful stings. These mounds can grow as tall as 18 inches or more, with tunnels that extend as deep as 20 feet underground, branching out like ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announces that Virginia’s Imported Fire Ant Quarantine was expanded today to include the counties of Chesterfield, Lee ...