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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Solenopsidini » Fire Ants and Thief Ants (Solenopsis) » Subgenus Solenopsis (Solenopsis Subgenus Solenopsis) » Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)
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Fire Ants - Solenopsis invicta
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Fire Ants - Solenopsis invicta
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
August 22, 2005
This is what I call fire ants. Please correct me if this is wrong.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 5 September, 2005 - 1:06pm
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 1:46pm

Fire Ants
Once had the great misfortune of sitting on a fire ant hill (College Station TX) when I was around 4 years old. OUCH! They ate holes in my underwear and I had numerous bites. Thank God I'm not allergic! Cool photo.
… Miriam Hill, 7 September, 2005 - 1:17am login or register to post comments

Ask Alex Wild.
I'd send the image to Alex Wild at myrmecos.net and see what he says. Nice shot and he should be able to ID them easily.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2005 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Alex says,
"red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta"
… Lynette Schimming, 6 September, 2005 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

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