Fire ants inflict painful stings and create unsightly mounds in our landscapes. Unfortunately, there is no treatment that will eradicate them from a yard permanently. You will have to control fire ...

State officials are closing the popular Lanikai Pillbox Trail Wednesday morning, as well as on future days, for the treatment of invasive little fire ants. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- A free treatment program from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) will tackle little fire ant (LFA) infestations on residential properties on O‘ahu. HDOA’s Plant ...

EAST TEXAS - Just last week, I kneeled down to get a closer look at a weed and put my knee squarely in a fire ant mound. I swatted my pants leg and got all of them off without getting stung. It was a ...

Fire ants are a problem in the South…. down here, they're everywhere! They don't care if you live in the city or out in the country; they just want to invade your space and settle down in your home, ...

What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die. Chance this works: 1 in a very big number. Why: Like you, an ant won’t eat food that ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Do you have a little fire ant problem? The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture has the solution for you — and it’s free of charge. The state partnered with multiple pest control ...

Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant and the hardy black fire ant. Imported fire ants have spread from their ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Ka‘iwa Ridge Trail, popularly known as the Lanikai Pillbox Trail, will close Wednesday for little fire ant (LFA) treatment. The closure, from 6-10 a.m., will be the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia officials have expanded the quarantine zone for imported fire ants as the South American insects continue to spread throughout the state. Last week, the Virginia Department of ...

COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Little fire ants are shown. 1 /2 COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Little fire ants are shown. COURTESY OISC Worker conducting a survey for little ...