Moffat says fire ants are reddish brown and less than a centimetre in size, but they pack a powerful punch. She said their sting is milder than a wasp, lasting upwards of a week.

A biologist from the University of New Brunswick says European fire ants are now in New Brunswick, after years of nesting in Maine and Nova Scotia.

While both fire ants and red ants are red in color, they are not interchangeable. One major difference between them is the pain they cause. Fire ants are infamous for their painful, fiery sting ...

They usually form a mound.' Mr Pianta said fire ants, which are native to South America, have killed humans in the United States and can also harm pets as they form 'super colonies'.

“Bring out the torch,” someone else suggested. Fire ants are forming rafts out of their own bodies in Texas floodwaters. KXAN The pesky bugs, which can cause painful stings, are rife in Texas.

Over the past century, red fire ants have spread throughout much of the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, China and Australia. Last year, they were spotted in Europe for the first time.

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 ...