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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost everyone in the South knows what a fire ant bite feels like. The aggressive insects swarm over anyone unlucky enough to get ...

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 ...

Meet the Asian needle ant. Better yet, try to avoid it. It's scientific name says it all: Brachyponera chinensis — roughly translated as "short, wicked ant from China." The stinging, carnivorous ants ...

The Asian needle ant, an invasive insect known for its painful and potentially deadly bite, is spreading across the United States, according to officials. The invasive ants were first discovered in ...

We've got bugs with stingers and bugs that bite, but now there's a new insect wielding a needle. "They're quarter inch, a little more. They're brown to blackish. They're very similar to the fire ant ...

Asian needle ant stings are less painful than bee stings and comparable to a mosquito bite. The risk of anaphylactic shock from a needle ant sting is similar to that of bees or wasps. A 2019 study ...

A Massachusetts man said the sting of an Asian needle ant left him feeling sick. The invasive insect has been spreading across the U.S., and experts say their venomous sting can potentially be deadly.

The Asian needle ant has been spreading in the United States. For some people, the sting from an Asian needle ant can cause anaphylaxis, a life-threatening condition. While not aggressive like the ...