Fire Ants

• Fire Ants can sting several times
• Male fire ants die soon after mating
• A fire ant queens’ lifespan is 7 years or more
• Fire ants are extremely aggressive, especially if their nest is disturbed
• The fire ant uses it’s antennae to hear, smell, find and taste food
• Fire Ants are reddish brown to black in color and are about a quarter inch long
• Fire ants were accidentally imported to the U.S. in the 1930’s via South America ships
• The ants themselves are reddish brown in color and roughly 1/8 to 1/4 inch in length
• One fire ant colony may have numerous queens, each with the fertility to lay up to 1,500 eggs per day
• Fire ant mounds may reach two feet in height and have been found to extend twenty feet into the ground
• Fire ants mate when the temperature is between 70 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, with peak times during the spring and fall months
• Once the queen has established a group of new workers, she continues to lay 100,000 to 300,000 eggs per year and can live for six or seven years