Imported fire ants swarm and sting aggressively when disturbed. Their painful stings cause blisters. All of Hampton Roads and much of South Virginia are quarantined.

Invasive insects like the tiger mosquito and the Asian hornet are becoming increasingly common across Europe, with ...

Solenopsis richteri. Also a native of South America, Solenopsis richteri is commonly known as the black imported fire ant. Black fire ants are only found in a few states in the Gulf Coast and ...

The scientific name for the black fire ant is Solenopsis richteri. They’re members of the Formicidae family, which contains most ant species. What do black fire ants look like?

Matching biotypes of potential biocontrol agents to target host populations can greatly improve the effectiveness of control. This study was designed to determine if the fly Pseudacteon curvatus ...

Scientists know them as Solenopsis invicta Buren and Solenopsis richteri Forel, but you can call them Red Imported Fire Ants. And they’re getting close to the DC area . Late last month, the Virginia ...

The threat of death is no obstacle for some hungry fire ants. To escape drowning while feeding on sugary water, black imported fire ants built syphons out of sand that moved the water to a safer spot.

The diversity and abundance of protozoa and fungi infecting colonies of the fire ants Solenopsis richteri Forel and S. quinquecuspis Forel were surveyed in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. A total of ...

Clever ants use grains of sand as 'tools' to reach their food when faced with the risk of drowning, study finds. Researchers wanted to see if black imported fire ants used some tools ...

In 1918 a few stowaways from South America arrived on North American shores, dug in and made themselves at home. Since then, the descendants of these imported black fire ants (Solenopsis richteri ...

It seems Solenopsis invicta × richteri is enjoying the best of both worlds as it combines the traits of its parents to be able to thrive in cooler conditions than a pure-bred ant might prefer.

Bellowing "get off my land" at a trespassing ant will do no good at all. You'd do better to get right up close and whisper, Philip Ball finds. Ants sense each other's whispers with their antennae ...