[ExI] ants again

[BillK]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:09 PM, spike wrote:
> Thanks BillK.  This particular species has a bite, but not a particularly
> sincere one, nothing like a fire ant, which has both a bite and a bad
> sting.  I don't think these guys have a sting.  I may be wrong, but
> my previous experimentation with them got me a few half-hearted
> bites and no stings, or if they have stings, their venom is incompetent.
>


Another thought occurred to me. It might be unwise to get your young
son handling ants. Your skin is probably much tougher than his young
skin.

>
> Fire ants will participate in wars.  My notion is to see if this can be
> replicated with fire ants.  I am from the south, so I know fire ants,
> and I do this experiment with some trepidation.  Those guys are
> appropriately named: their stings burn like fire.  I might try to find
> a fire-ant war and reproduce the experiment.
>

Oh no!  Some experiments should be left to someone else!  :)


BillK