Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the invasive ant native to South America is here to stay − and is adapting. Here's a ...

Habitat/range: Black garden ants (Lasius niger) live in Europe and parts of North America and Asia. They’re found under flowerpots in gardens, in pavement cracks in cities, and in our homes ...

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in ... danger − have helped the insect native to South America spread quickly across North Carolina and the Southeast since the bug first hitched ...

Flies in this genus are the subject of considerable interest because they have the potential of being used as classical biological control agents against imported fire ants in North America. This ...