red ants
Stinging picnic invaders
Red ants is an informal term for various ant species with reddish coloring, most commonly fire ants, known for their aggressive behavior and painful stings.
The name is imprecise—it groups unrelated species by appearance rather than biology: The yard is infested with red ants.
In casual speech, any small reddish ant encountered outdoors may be called a red ant.
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- swarmMass of moving insects
- stingSharp wound from insect
- bitesCuts with teeth
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
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red antsblack ants
Dark six-legged colonizers
carpenter ants · white ants · termites · sugar ants · cockroaches
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