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

You could try pouring boiling water into fire ant mounds. It can work, but be careful not to burn yourself (or anyone else).

A new major threat to Guam’s endangered birds has been stopped in its tracks. The Guam Department of Agriculture has ...

It’s hard to miss the eggs of apple snails. Popped out in a curious shade of Pepto-Bismol pink, they are packed full of a ...

Advion Ant Gel Insecticide provides absolute kill to thief ants, workers, and the whole colony. A trusted product to try. It smells funny. If you want to find a specific insect killer to handle fire ...

Highly invasive red fire ants could soon be setting up home in Britain thanks to global warming, a pest expert has warned. The creature may only be the size of a grain of rice but their bites can ...

Instead, Adkins uses a bait in a ring around the mound to kill off the colony within 24 hours. Red and black fire ants are both common in North Carolina, and can cause anaphylactic shock ...

Background: Stinging Hymenoptera can induce fatal anaphylaxis, especially in patients with systemic mastocytosis. Fire ants, Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri, from South America have recently ...

Homemade remedies are generally ineffective in eradicating fire ant colonies. They're uninvited guests that can quickly cause problems and interfere with most outdoor activities, and officials ...

‘These poisons are not able to specifically target fire ants, and as such, will poison all insects that take the bait. ‘Going up the food chain the effects are both immediate and cumulative, and are ...

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 ...

The hybrid fire ants thrive in warm open areas and build mounds up to two feet tall. They can be distinguished by their shiny, red coats. Their queens can can release around 2,000 eggs per day.