Do fire ants have noses

Answer 1

Yes, fire ants do have venom. Unlike many other ants, which bite and then spray acid on the wound, fire ants bite only to get a grip and then sting (from the abdomen) and inject a toxic alkaloid venom called solenopsin, a compound from the class of piperidines.

Here is a link to a picture of a fire ant with its stinger:

http://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/Tramps-and-Invaders/9549697_2t5e3/1/578630305_orJQA#578628928_MGDVF

and here is a picture of a fire ant actually biting for grip and then stinging:

http://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/Tramps-and-Invaders/9549697_2t5e3/1/578630305_orJQA#578630305_orJQA

Answer 2

The males do. The females don't. Often when mating the males carry the female in flight. You could say that she is hitch hiking a ride. It helps her spread her eggs to places too far for her to have walked.

But watch out, there have been some confused questions here. "Velvet ants" are not ants, but wasps in the family Mutillidae. Some folks have been talking about "velvety tree ants" and suchlike, which are real ants, not velvet ants. That should give you some idea about why scientists don't trust the common names of animals and plants.

Only the adult males and queens of the real ants have wings; the workers do not.

Answer 3

No, they haven't, although they smell with their antennae.

Answer 4

No these are commonly confused with the species of fire ants that have wings, but red ant do not possess the correct gene to produce the right amount of protein to create the wings.

Answer 5

no