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If ant mounds are popping up all over your yard, D-Fense Dust is an inexpensive, easy-to-use product that can eliminate the pests without damaging your grass.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It is normal to come across an ant hill (nest) in your yard from time to time. Ants build the nests from beneath the ground and deposit the ...

Fire ant piles wash up as kids play in the flood waters along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront as Hurricane Sally moves more east, in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.

Fire ant piles wash up as kids play in the flood waters along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront as Hurricane Sally moves more east, in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.

Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the invasive ant native to South America is here to stay − and is adapting.