Fire ants can cause painful stings and disrupt the ecosystem in your garden and beyond. Regular checks of potted plants and thorough maintenance in your backyard can keep them away. Diatomaceous earth ...

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Imagine this scenario: you’re having a nice picnic with your beloved, and all of a sudden, you see a trail of ants coming straight toward your food. Now, imagine you have a yard with beautiful plants ...

Ants can quickly turn a well-kept lawn into uneven ground covered with soil mounds. These nests disrupt the grass surface, affect mowing, and in some cases damage the roots. The most effective way to ...

Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die. Chance this works: 1 in a very big number. Why: Like you, an ant won’t eat food that ...

They’re small, fast and painful. Fire ants are out and about again in East Tennessee. Although they may not be in everyone's yard, Brian Smith from Russell’s Pest Control says people should still be ...