I had a mound of fire ants like that in my backyard when I lived in Fla., didn’t call the press.
They are common whenever there is flooding in fire ant territory. I have seen them floating down river after floods in Texas. I am usually more concerned with the water moccasins though.
Yep, me too. I had islands of floating fire ants all over when we had flooding. I broke them apart with a stick, and they all drowned.