Fire Ant

Fire Ant is a type of Ant

Kingdom: Animalia

Family: Formicidae

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenopterans

Scientific name: Solenopsis

Genus: Solenopsis: Westwood, 1840

Subfamily:Myrmicinae
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Fire ant live colonies & number of ants can be over200,000 ants, in Fire ant colonies are usually made up of female worker ants and one queen, who is responsible for laying all the eggs, sourcs

Fire Ant lifecycle

In Fire ant life there is four stage Fire ants fist begin as eggs, in its life then which becomes larvae when hatched they transition to pupae and finally they grow into adult ants sourcs

Fire Ant Bite

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Fire ant bite venom is called as solenopsins, fire ant stung will feel like a sharp pain and burning, Swelling, redness, itchiness, and pain around on the bite this is the Symptoms fo fire ant bite, minimum fire ant bits remain for 3 to 8 days.

fire ants are a problem

Fire ant has a bad habit of eating seeds it may cause an economic problem and they kill small insects the fire ant is a major problem for Agricultural.

treatment for fire ant bites

covering cloth with cold water and use that cloth to cover the bitten area cover it tightly for 20 minutes, or apply hydrocortisone cream on the skin on bitten area, Watch the sting area with soapy water.

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