Q. Do you know if the city of Orange ever sprays to control the ant population? Our neighborhood was overrun with them through the summer of 2012. and they are back again this year in full force.

Calls about red imported fire ants spiked at the Orange County Vector Control District this week, likely a result of a rare combination: rain followed by hot weather. That is just the way the fire ...

In the world of spiders, sometimes the unexpected discoveries can be the most rewarding. Cody Raiza went to Laguna Coast Wilderness Park last month in search of a particular type of spider. The UC ...

Lowe’s Home Improvement and Home Depot were identified Thursday as stores to which hapuu, or Hawaiian tree ferns, were shipped with infestations of the non-native little fire ants that have government ...

Oct. 9—First detected in Hawaii in 1999, an ant species that's native to South America and considered among the world's worst invasive species continues to pose a threat to the islands. First detected ...

D-Limonene, an extract found in orange peels, acts as a natural ant deterrent. I recently read an article that claimed orange peels can kill ants. An extract found on the peels, D-Limonene, kills the ...