HOUSTON — Easter is this Sunday and if your kids are heading out on an Easter egg hunt, here’s something to watch out for – fire ants! We’re just now getting into the peak fire ant season ...

Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die.

which can hold up to 200,000 ants and a queen ant laying almost 1,600 eggs daily. The LSU Ag Center said these fire ants make many tunnels underground. It can take months for the mound to become ...

all sorts of critters sneak inside fire ant nests. And while many of them are harmless, others are horrible house guests. For example, beetles burrow into the nest and devour the eggs and larvae!

The Lubbock-based pest control service Bug Tech describes the long-distance migration of the fire ant. New queens - meaning those that have been newly mated - establish new colonies, lay eggs ...

The hybrid fire ants thrive in warm open areas and build mounds up to two feet tall. They can be distinguished by their shiny, red coats. Their queens can can release around 2,000 eggs per day.