How to Use fire ant in a Sentence

fire ant

noun
  • What does a fire ant bite look like?
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In that case, use a drench to kill fire ant mounds.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • Questions have boiled out like fire ants these past few weeks.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Palmer said the best control method for fire ants is to use baits.
    — Katie Nichols Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Most stinging ants, such as the fire ant, will nest in the ground.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al.com, 1 July 2019
  • Is there a best way to treat for fire ants, and when should it be applied?
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • His colony of fire ants was plotting an escape.
    — Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 19 Sep. 2025
  • We were getting bitten by fire ants.
    — Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • We were getting bitten by fire ants.
    — CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Young children should not be playing in a yard full of fire ant mounds.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • Watch Larter recall her painful run-in with fire ants in the clip above.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The rest of the lots are filled with sparse grass and fire ants, awaiting backhoes.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Debbie wakes with her own feet burning, though there are no fire ants in her room.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Not only do some of the venues not allow pets, but the grounds and fields are sprayed to kill fire ants.
    — Diane Cowen, Houston Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Use a fire ant bait to control mounds over a wide geographic area.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Exhaust fumes from a car or riding lawn mower can be pumped into fire ant mounds.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2017
  • The clear lids have a tight seal that locks the temperature in and keeps the fire ants and love bugs out.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The water turned thick and oily, boiling with angry clusters of fire ants.
    — Shaila Dewan, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2017
  • This acts as a slippery barrier that prevents the fire ants from climbing out.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 17 June 2026
  • The blue poison dart frog feeds on fire ants, which could cause their toxicity.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • Eastern fence lizards may improve their resistance to fire ant stings by eating fire ants.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2023
  • According to Brown, the most effective way to kill a fire ant mound is fire ant bait.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • Ant bait for fire ants, such as Amdro, can be effective, says Oi.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There are fly parasitoids that decapitate (or take the heads off) fire ants.
    — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
  • El Abayarde, which means fire ant or stinging ant, had no fear in its lyrics or delivery.
    — Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Colonies of fire ants, having swarmed together, were floating around like rafts of live embers.
    — The Economist, 2 Sep. 2017
  • With reddish-brown bodies, fire ants travel in swarms and build large colonies deep underground.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 17 June 2026
  • Controlling fire ants in the vegetable garden is more complex.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 25 May 2018
  • We’re told to watch for fire ants, will spy tiny hopping frogs and many tree branches contain some sort of colorful pet.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • On that note, this fire ant killer may not work during hot and dry conditions because ants will likely be deep in the nest.
    — Anna Halkidis, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2023

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