are there ants that eat humans?
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The only ant that could potentially devour you is Siafu, the African driver ant. They are not as bad as they are in the movies [Indiana Jones 4], but are known [or at least rumored] to have killed infants. The issue is that you are not moving, so they can attack you and you can't do anything.
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Additionally Fire ants would most certainly bite and inject caustic alkaloids that would create painful pustules in the mouth if your dog tried to eat them. Some ants, like carpenter ants can deliver quite painful bites. If it were my dog, I'd discourage him (or her) from eating ants.
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Ants are insects, which are part of the animal kingdom.
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Ants attack and defend themselves by biting and, in many species, by stinging, often injecting or spraying chemicals, such as formic acid in the case of formicine ants, alkaloids and piperidines in fire ants, and a variety of protein components in other ants.
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Sugar ants are a common name for tiny pharaoh ants or Argentine ants that like warm climates (the actual "sugar ant" is found in Australia). They love sweets but will eat anything, and they'll swarm a treat left out in the open. Sugar ants are considered hazardous as they can contaminate food and spread salmonella.
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Nope. The Human brain is WAY more complex than an ant brain, plus humans can actually consume the Ophiocordyceps fungus without any ill effects. We also have a whole shelf full of all sorts of antifungal medications at your nearest drug store. Fungal growth can be eliminated easily on or in the human body.
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Are army ants dangerous to humans? Not normally. A human can normally walk away quickly enough to prevent any problems. The ants rely on slow moving or injured animals they can swarm over quickly before stinging it and then tearing it apart.
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Ants are terrific soil builders and as a general rule don't harm plants. My friend the entomologist is an "ant expert" and she says there are only a couple species of ants that actually eat plants. The more likely scenario is the ants are interested in the other insects on your plants.
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Bullet ants, bulldog ants, jumper ants – call them what you want, these little buggers are dangerous as hell! The Myrmecia Gulosa is a big species of Australian ants that are notorious for their painful stings and aggressive behaviour towards humans.
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So why do ants climb trees? ... Ants love to feed on honeydew. To protect their food source, ants will “farm” aphids and scale insects in trees. Ants will protect scales and aphids from natural predators and move pests to better food sources or more favorable microclimates to maximize honeydew production.
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Known to eat meats, greasy and sweet materials. Fire ants are omnivores, meaning they will feed on animal or vegetable sources of food. The fire ant worker's diet includes insects, earthworms, ticks, spiders, arthropod eggs, honeydew and other sweets.
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If a regular ants enters a cage of a hamster they will eat the hamster faster than it can eat them and it will die in a painful way if the ants eat it's eyes it will become blind. The ant will find its food they will not attack unless bothered so they will end up in the hamsters mouth and immediately attack and run.
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The answer to this question is YES, harvester ants are poisonous. In general, the harvester ants in the genus Pogonomyrmex are aggressive biters that inject potent and painful venom with their stingers. Like most stinging insects, their level of aggression and venom potency differs between species within the genus.
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Anteaters, which are not native to the United States, could eat fire ants in areas where both species occur. However, like armadillos, they would be of little use in controlling fire ants.
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Because carpenter ants cause damage to wooden areas where they nest, their presence can be mistaken for a termite infestation. However, while termites eat wood, carpenter ants merely make galleries in wooden areas for shelter. ... There are 24 pest species of carpenter ants in the United States alone.
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Although ants are attracted to sugar, that's not the only thing that attracts them. Ants are like us in many ways (they have societies, they wage wars, they farm), including the fact that they're omnivores.
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Red ants or Fire Ants are unique because unlike other ants they bite with their mouths to hold on and then they sting injecting toxins into their prey (or an unsuspecting human). ... Black ants will bite and spray acid on the wound, but it doesn't hurt as bad as the venom from a red ant.