Their mother, the queen, roams around the nest while laying ... Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony ...

Targeted insecticides can be applied to individual mounds to eliminate the queen ant. For widespread ... are generally ineffective in eradicating fire ant colonies. They're uninvited guests ...

Fire ants are notorious for their large mounds and ... with the primary goal being to eliminate the queen. One of the most efficient methods is using bait that attracts ants to carry insecticide ...

The most common fire ant species, the red invaders are a mix of lots of worker ants and one or several queens per colony. Workers only live a few months at most, while a queen ant − which can ...

Red Imported Fire Ants are a nuisance in gardens, lawns and pastures. Fire ants are native to Brazil and have been in North Carolina since the 1950’s. Eradication efforts were ...

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.