"Hantik" The Giant Ants

in #photography7 years ago (edited)

We call this "Hantik" in tagalog in the Philippines. You got to be careful when you these kind of ants, usually they crawl in the green leafy trees. I used to climb many trees when I was young. I've been bitten many times by this "Hantik". Their sting and venom can really... really hurt once they bite you. They don't really attack as long your are not on their way.

These ants are different from a regular ants, these are bigger and red in color. Have you ever seen or been bitten by these ants?

Photo taken : Bicol Region PH
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Here we call Seureungga, they egg we use to bait for fishing...

oh wow! what a difficult name. I'm sure you been bitten by this:)
thanks for dropping by my friend:) always good to see you.

Always bitten when taking eggs. i don't care because fish like it eggs..

hahahaha me too many many times huh! I will never ever forget how painful it was.
(climbing mango or guava trees hahaha)

Thanks, interesting ants. Nope, not been bitten.

It's really too painful when you got bitten by these ants.
lucky you haven't bitten yet hehe
Thanks for dropping by Papa Bear! :):)

Great post! The animals like it ;-)
As a reward you get an awww picture: cute_dog_awww
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