Ants · SWFL Pest Identifier

Red Imported Fire Ant

Worth a pro look Damage or health risk grows quickly once established.

How to identify it

Size

Small (grain of rice)

Where you'll see it

Lawn / garden · Lanai / patio

Looks like

Ant-like

Did you know

Workers grip with their jaws and pivot to sting multiple times — and they cue on movement, so they tend to sting all at once.

What it means for you

With kids or pets in the yard, mounds are worth treating properly — kicking them just relocates the colony.

Text a photo and a licensed local tech will identify it for free — or run it through the interactive identifier.

Dark head, pale almost-transparent body and legs

Sandy soil piles between pavers and along foundation

Large — among the biggest ants you’ll see indoors, reddish-and-black

Erratic, zigzag "crazy" running — never a neat trail

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