Thursday, January 23, 2020

Fire Ants

Poor Harry!

I stepped on a fire ant mound in my bare feet.  Only got stung by a dozen or so - the little buggers can literally kill you.  I was researching them online and came across this nugget:

Males (drones)[edit]The main purpose of the fire ant males is to mate with queens during a nuptial flight. After a male has successfully inseminated a queen, its purpose is fulfilled, he will not get accepted back to the mother colony, and eventually dies outside the nest.[19]

Poor Harry!
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