Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.

Fire ants can be deadly to small animals and children. Picture: Contributed Dr Swepson made headlines in 2019 claiming the ...

Invasive Red Fire Ants Spreading in Europe Sep. 11, 2023 — One of the most invasive species in the world is Solenopsis invicta, a red fire ant species with a painful sting.

House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been attacked by red imported fire ants at the site of Queensland's latest fire ant outbreak. He repeatedly, unknowingly, walked past nests at a ...

Chinese Ministry of State Security. China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Sunday issued a warning about the ...

A Queensland landscaping supply company has been fined after delivering up to 152 loads of potential deadly fire ant carrying ...

One of the key findings from recent studies is that SINV-3 can significantly reduce fire ant populations. In field trials, the introduction of SINV-3 into fire ant nests led to a remarkable ...

It had on board a colony of Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta). They had hitchhiked across an ocean before settling in Queensland. In the years since, fire ant nests have been found in an ...