Invasive insect poses health threat in 19 states, expert warns

An invasive species spreading across America has created a "medically important" and "life-threatening" threat, according to experts.

Originally found in places like China and Korea, the Asian needle ant was first introduced to America in the 1930s, but was overlooked for nearly a century, according to Dan Suiter, a Georgia-based entomologist.

"It never really garnered a lot of attention," Suiter, a professor of urban entomology at the University of Georgia, told Fox News Digital.

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