If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life.

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Jun., 1985), pp. 253-261 (9 pages) A field investigation was conducted to compare the diel periodicity and rates of recruitment of the red imported fire ant, ...

The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) and European fire ant (Myrmica rubra) are also invasive, meaning they displace native insects and cause other ecologic (and economic) havoc.

The government needs to prevent Solenopsis invicta from spreading widely in Japan by continuing strict border controls and expanding close cooperation with other affected countries. Fire ants ...

Meet Solenopsis invicta × richteri. The hybrid ants are already established in East Tennessee, plus parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, writes Case Keatley for Virginia Tech News – and now ...