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 ...

Native to South America, fire ants were accidentally imported to Alabama in the 1930s and are considered an invasive species ...

Q. Years ago, when my younger sister was 2, she stepped on a fire ant mound. My mother rushed her to the hospital. The doctor there told my mother to get meat tenderizer and make a paste and cover her ...

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Meet the Asian needle ant. Better yet, try to avoid it. It's scientific name says it all: Brachyponera chinensis — roughly translated as "short, wicked ant from China." The stinging, carnivorous ants ...

Asian needle ants are spreading in Mississippi. Their sting is more painful than a fire ant's and can be deadly. Know what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meet the Asian needle ant. Better yet, try to avoid it. It's scientific name says it all: Brachyponera chinensis — roughly ...