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

Authorities are investigating how fire ants came to be at a rural subdivision but say it is likely they arrived in mulch, plants, turf or soil.

Landowners in the Sunshine Coast hinterland have been left reeling after the deadly fire ant pest was found at a local ...

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

Fire ants can be deadly to small animals and children. Picture: Contributed Dr Swepson made headlines in 2019 claiming the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program had wasted millions of ...

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 ...