For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...

BRIDGEWATER — Norman Chipman's friends, on vacation in Italy, saw the Bridgewater resident on the news for getting stung by an Asian needle ant. They sent him a frantic text. You've seen the scary ...

Americans should be on alert for a stinging insect that's spreading across the United States this June. So far, at least 20 states have detected Asian needle ants. They've been found mostly in the ...

Asian needle ant stings are less painful than bee stings and comparable to a mosquito bite. The risk of anaphylactic shock from a needle ant sting is similar to that of bees or wasps. A 2019 study ...

A Massachusetts man believed he was stung by an invasive Asian needle ant, but an entomologist said the ant the man saved in a baggie was misidentified and was actually a harmless species. Experts say ...