Fire Ant

in animal •  7 years ago 

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Fire ant is one of the genus of the genus of the genus Solenopsis. The length of the worker ant reaches 3mm and the queen queen's length reaches 6mm. This type of ant is brown rather reddish. These insects usually live in colonies with the number of colonies reaching up to 100,000 ants. Each colony of fire ants is led by a queen of ants that produces eggs between 150 and 200 eggs daily.

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Fire ants make mounds of earth that can reach up to 2 feet high. The high mounds are usually made in open and exposed to the sun. Fire ants are able to sting animals and humans. The sting of the fire ant feels painful. Species of this genus can be identified using a microscope to determine its characteristics. The characteristic of the insect is that the first waist between the abdomen and the chest can be seen clearly. Second, each antenna has 10 segments. This type of ant has no teeth or propesal

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