As these infestations grow in and around your home, the flying ants can burrow in the wood that contributes to the foundation of your home. This can lead to structural damage and collapse if the ...

Fire ants burrow outside in underground tunnels, but don’t hope for a good rainstorm to flood them out. When fire ants are around, they are known to band together in a raft-like form—now there ...

To overcome these challenges, the insects have developed a very peculiar behavior: collective assembly. They use their bodies ...

Carpenter ants like soft, wet wood. That’s where the “carpenter” comes from. They burrow intricate tunnels by chewing through the wood and leaving the residue behind as sand-sized particles.

Alates have two pairs of temporary wings, which fall off very soon after landing, after which the termite white ant will burrow and become the newly appointed termite royalty: king or queen.

A sun spider is attacking ants trying to get into their burrow in the ground. The sun spider hovers over the entrance, attacking the ants, as only a few ants make an escape safely underground.

They’ll both burrow into wood to create nests inside your home, but one key difference is that termites eat the wood. They feed on cellulose inside your wood. Flying ants do this purely to make ...

Ants are a common pest that can wreak havoc, particularly if your garden is adorned with patio slabs or paving. As spring arrives with its warmer temperatures and longer daylight hours, ants begin ...

A male ant will die right after mating, but the queen will hold onto his sperm for the rest of her life. Once she finds a new home, she'll rip off her wings, burrow in and use the sperm from that ...