Red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta ... Each raft can contain as many as 100,000 individual ants, which use their waxy, water-resistant bodies to link together around their queen as ...
Fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters across storm-ravaged Australia, aiding the spread of one of the world's most invasive species. Considered a super pest, fire ants can cause ...
Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods by clumping together to float on the water’s surface. Other species, like the newly discovered Pheidole ...