Fire ants are reddish brown and about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch in length. Unlike our native ant species, they have two waist segments rather than one. They also have two backward pointing spines and ...

While most of the bites and stings of insects heal by themselves after several days of mild discomfort, it is important to know what kind of bite it is so that you can take adequate measures for first ...

Tawny crazy ants bite and excrete formic acid, which they use like venom. What do tawny crazy ants in Florida eat? According to the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural ...

As its moniker implies, the invasive ants hail from overseas and pack a sting that feels like being burned by fire; they were first discovered in the eastern United States in the early 1900s ...

Is this a fire ant? Tawny ants in Florida number in the millions, asphyxiate their prey, create huge supercolonies that are nearly impossible to eradicate.