Here is a website that has a few different remedy's for ant stings. Hopefully one will help you.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28363
Formic acid, also known as methanoic acid, but that is not the only active ingredient. Nettle sting also contains seratonin and histamine. There are also traces of oxalic acid and tartaric acid.
Yes ant bite acidic very. Ant bites sting because they contain formic acid.
Ants and some other stinging insects release formic acidwhen they bite. Some plants, such as nettles, also release formic acid when touched.
Calamine solution contains zinc carbonate and ant's sting contains Formic acid. The reaction between the acid and the base neutralises the effect of the sting.
Bee venom is acidic: one of its components is formic acid. However, although it will add to the initial stinging sensation, it is not the acid that does the damage. Most of that is the result of two proteins, mellitin and apamin.
Formic acid is the chemical in the sting or bite of most stinging insects.
First of all, Ants do not bite. They sting using the needle at the back of their abdomen.Ant sting usually contain Formic Acid.
An ants sting is Formic Acid
answer is formic acid. moondance
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Ammonia is basic and the idea is that it will neutralise the formic acid in the sting
A bee's sting is mostly Formic Acid.
Formic acid, also known as methanoic acid, but that is not the only active ingredient. Nettle sting also contains seratonin and histamine. There are also traces of oxalic acid and tartaric acid.
Formic acid - the same as used by ants
Probably formic acid (methanoic acid).