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I might be crazy, but I've always been sure they coordinate their bites. You generally don't get bit until several to many ants have crawled onto you, and then
by Amezarak 9y ago
I might be crazy, but I've always been sure they coordinate their bites. You generally don't get bit until several to many ants have crawled onto you, and then you get a rapid succession of bites.
- Mz 9y agoYou are not crazy (see other excellent comment). They are evil little beasties. I have been enjoying the descriptions here, like nasty little balls of hate and invasive species made of spite. Those are much more poetic and apt descriptions than I can come up with. My brother was once sprayed with them by the lawnmower. He was in shorts (so his bare legs were inundated) and he reacts a lot worse to them than most people I know. I took over the lawn mowing for a few weeks after that.
- yourapostasy 9y agoYou are not crazy. They do bite essentially at the same time. Scientific explanations of the mechanism behind that perception: [1] [2]. [1] https://articles.extension.org/pages/34572/why-do-fire-ants-sting-all-at-once https://articles.extension.org/pages/34572/why-do-fire-ants-... [2] http://fireant.tamu.edu/manage/faq/ http://fireant.tamu.edu/manage/faq/