For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...

Warnings of a potentially dangerous invasive ant have popped up on news sites and social media this week. You’d be forgiven for thinking a new threat had arrived. But this insect, the Asian needle ant ...

If the name “Asian needle ant” sounds slightly ominous, it should. The Brachyponera chinensis, or Asian needle ant, is only 3/16 of an inch long, but its bite can cause anaphylactic shock, which can ...

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. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can mean ...

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 ...

Asian needle ants thrive in NC's mild climate and nest in wood and mulch areas. Stings from Asian needle ants may trigger anaphylaxis in about 2% of cases. Prevent infestations by removing debris, ...

Almost everyone in the South knows what a fire ant bite feels like. The aggressive insects swarm over anyone unlucky enough to get close to a nest, then bite and sting. The feeling burns, and people ...

The NHS has released a comprehensive list of the insect bites you could potentially suffer as temperatures rise across the UK. The joys of summer often see millions of Brits flocking outdoors to bask ...

It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...

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, ...