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Are red ant bites dangerous

Updated: 8/11/2023
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No and yes. It depends on what kind of ant it is. If it is a black ant you have nothing to worry about unless you are allergic. But if you get a fire ant's bite it is a little dangerous, and it doesn't matter if you are allergic or not, a red ant's bite can be dangerous.

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yes they could, if that particular species of ant has a stinger, flying ants are just winged reproductive versions of that particular ant that take off flying from their original mound to start new mounds elsewhere

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Fire ants are poisonous as the inject small doses of venom with each bite. Since this highly aggressive ants swarm persons or animal sensitive to the bites can become overwhelmed very quickly.

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Not their bites, but it is their sting. Red ants can inject venom into their bites, making the infection more serious. Their stings can be potent depending on their size. Do not squish them with your bare-hands.

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The bites are not poisonous, so a few bites alone are not dangerous to a human. However, fire ants also sting when they bite, and the stings are poisonous. Unless the person bitten is dangerously allergic, a few stings and bites are nothing to worry about, though they are painful. However, they can be life-threatening to an allergic person.

On the other hand, when a large enough number of fire ants bite and sting a person at about the same time, that can kill. A typical example is when a colony of fire ants is flooded out of the nest by a river in flood. They float downstream in a ball of living ants, and when they reach a tree or house, they clamber out in a hurry all together. Anyone sheltering there, unable to escape, is then attacked and stung by hundreds or thousands of ants, and that sort of situation may lead to fatalities.

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No. But their sting does hurt. Hence their name "fire" ant.

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Yes

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