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Like other species of ants, fire ants look for properties that offer them suitable food sources and nesting spots. Unfortunately, fire ants prefer to nest in open sunny areas, making residential yards, parks, and athletic fields the perfect places for these dangerous ants. Fire ants are omnivores and have varied diets. Trash cans, gardens, and compost piles all are places where these ants gather food for their colonies.

While fire ants will make their way onto any property on their own, they also sometimes hitchhike their way into a yard in new sod, trees, flowers, and plants purchased from a plant nursery or retail garden store.

Fire ants are extremely dangerous. They will attack any person or animal that comes too close to their nesting mound. Since fire ants attack in a group, they can deliver a large amount of venom to the person or animal they attack. Their venom is strong enough to trigger allergic reactions and, in some people, life-threatening anaphylaxis.

Along with the health threats associated with fire ants, they cause damage to farm crops, garden plants, and young plants. They are drawn to electrical equipment and cause damage to air-conditioners, farm equipment, and circuit breakers.