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

Fire ants also are famous for forming into large ... that local cooperative extension offices also are great sources of information and advice for homeowners and farmers on the best ways to ...

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 ...

They are called hybrid fire ants, which are a mix of black fire ants and red fire ants, and they originated from South America. The breed has been around since the 1930s and came to Virginia in 1989.

On Friday, the National Fire Ant Eradication Program said they found fire ants in Bilinga, near the Gold Coast Airport. A statement from the program urged residents and businesses to ...