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Fire ants form colonies of thousands, building mounds by creating a maze of tunnels underground. The soil from tunneling is deposited at the soil line, forming mounds. They build the mounds up during ...

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5. Vinegar Solution Fire ants were accidentally introduced in the US in the 1930s. ©Scott Bauer / Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository - Original / License ...

Virginia has expanded its Imported Fire Ant Quarantine zone to include Petersburg and surrounding areas due to a growing infestation. Imported fire ants, originally from South America, pose risks to ...

The Red Imported Fire Ant (which is mainly causing the infestation) originally came to the U.S. from South America back in 1930s on cargo imported at ports in Mobile, Alabama.

The red imported fire ants are reddish-brown in color with workers varying in size from 1/16 to 1/5 of an inch. The ants are aggressive when disturbed and form large mounds in open areas.

The ants remained relatively localized well into the 1970s, research shows. In 1962 a very thorough inventory of the ants of North Carolina was conducted by entomologist W.G. Carter.