Researchers at Mississippi State University are closely monitoring the expansion of the Asian needle ant, an invasive species ...

Mississippi State University (MSU) researchers said they are tracking the spread of the Asian needle ant, which is a non-native species expanding across the ...

Mississippi State University researchers are tracking the Asian needle ant, which has been spreading since the 2000s. JoVonn Hill, director of the Mississippi Entomological Museum and assistant ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University researchers are tracking the spread of the Asian needle ant, a non-native ...

Venomous Asian needle ants are spreading in the US. They're already in Mississippi. The sting hurts more than fire ants, can ...

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 ...

Asian needle ants can have a painful ... AccuWeather shows moderate fire risk for most of Mississippi through spring. A dry winter and warm weather added up to increased fire danger across ...

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 ...

Three species of fire ants have been found in North Carolina: red imported fire ants, black fire ants, and hybrid fire ants. Red imported fire ants are the most common fire ant species in North ...

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in 1918, have spread throughout the Southeast, causing problems for residents and farmers. Adding to the problem, red and black fire ants are ...

the hybridized species — a result of interbreeding between red and black imported fire ants — are more cold-tolerant, adaptable and aggressive, and can fly up to 2 miles to establish new colonies.