Around Mississippi
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local ant information
Ant control in Mississippi
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Ants in Mississippi: what to know
Where the trail leads
Look for the rooms and outdoor areas where you regularly notice ants. Food, water, and small openings are useful things to mention when asking for help.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to know the ant species before getting in touch.
Local research
Ants in Mississippi: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which ants actually live in Mississippi, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
2009
Year tawny crazy ants first detected in Mississippi
A newer invasive now limited to the three coastal counties.
Mississippi State University ExtensionAnt species recorded in Mississippi
- Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) — Reddish-brown stinging ant that builds hard dome mounds up to 18–24 inches high; APHIS lists infestations in AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA and Puerto Rico.…
- Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) — The most common ant in and around California homes and one of the most common nuisance ants in the southeastern U.S.; forms huge multi-queen colonies in mulch, leaf litter and u…
- Tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva) — Non-stinging but extremely numerous invasive ant detected in Texas in 2002, Mississippi in 2009 (still limited to three coastal counties), and Georgia in August 2013; reported i…
When ants are busiest in Mississippi
Tawny crazy ants build to extremely high populations during summer and fall; fire ants peak spring and fall (Mississippi State; Clemson).
Mississippi is federally quarantined for imported fire ants (APHIS). Tawny crazy ants do not sting but accumulate in electrical equipment and are extremely difficult to eliminate once established.
For context, nationally
- more than 367 million acres — Acres infested by imported fire ants. USDA APHIS
- Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico — States and territories with imported fire ant infestations (APHIS). USDA APHIS
Sources: Mississippi State University Extension; Imported Fire Ants; Argentine Ants (Circular 926); Tawny Crazy Ant (Circular 1064). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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