Now we over here do have an ant we call fire ants. Their stings burn like fire plus they bite and you definitely do not want step on their mounds as they can quickly cover you up. Destroying them is the only to control them. An invasive species. And according to the research here you also have them.
Not nearly as bad here at the new place but they are here. At the old place I had war with them and it was nearly a stalemate. Sometimes I was winning and other times I was losing.