Fire ants often live in huge colonies. There are thousands of them in each colony. Even if you can find the nest, it is nearly impossible to kill them all. However, Ortho can destroy the mound in 15 ...

Since being imported here they have spread naturally via annual mating flights where males and females fly out of the nest, mate, and the new queens go off to start colonies of their own. These fire ...

These small ants are extremely aggressive and should not be touched. Fire ants have been found throughout South East Queensland. This interactive fire ant map shows where they've been identified. Each ...

The black garden queen ant (Lasius niger) ensures colony survival by laying thousands of eggs after a single mating. Her diet, including honeydew, insects, and sometimes her own infected larvae ...

The National Farmers’ Federation is warning that the Federal Government’s “dismal response” to the Red Imported Fire Ant Senate Inquiry Report will come back to bite. In the Government’s response to ...

Some creatures are willing to do anything to survive. Ants, in particular, do not hesitate to adopt radical behaviors to ensure the survival of their colony. But why do queens eat their own offspring?

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 66, No. 1, Mar., 1983 Semiochemicals and the Red Imported Fire... Semiochemicals and the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis ...

Staff from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program have responded to the discovery of fire ants and nests outside its containment boundary on Thursday, October 31.

The black garden queen (Lasius niger) ant plays a crucial role in the survival and growth of her colony. As the sole ...

Rep. Gene Ward (R-Hawaii Kai) is a former entrepreneur trainer and consultant with the United Nations in Africa and former Peace Corps volunteer in Asia. He represents House District 18.