Flying Ants

"The fire ants I was watching, also called imported fire ants, have origins in South America and they are more aggressive and invasive than our native fire ants."

By Andy Wood

Wilmington, NC – Following more than a week of off and on rainfall, some of it substantial, a change in the weather seemed to be in the making as I was taking an account of some wet places around my property.

Andy Wood is education director of Audubon North Carolina and author of "Backyard Carolina," a collection of his WHQR commentaries.