Are you guys ever weary of girls that make it TOO easy for you?

Like they just basically hand you the box, with you putting forth little to no effort.
I tend to think there is a reason why they are so willing to hand it over so easily.
so I be like ehhhh.......

I doubt the majority of people on here who still take it will admit it.

Fire ant
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Fire ant
Solenopsis queens and workers
Solenopsis queens and workers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Westwood, 1840
Species

S. conjurata
S. daguerrei
S. fugax
S. invicta
S. molesta
S. richteri
S. solenopsidis
S. wagneri
S. xyloni
many more, see text

Fire ants, are stinging ants with over 280 species worldwide. They have several common names including Ginger Ants and Tropical Fire Ants (English),aka-kami-ari (Japanese), and Feuerameise (German).
Contents
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* 1 Appearance
* 2 Behavior
* 3 Roles
o 3.1 Queens
o 3.2 Males
o 3.3 Workers
* 4 Introduced species
* 5 Symptoms and first aid
* 6 Other names
* 7 Natural predators
* 8 Species
* 9 References
* 10 External links

[edit] Appearance
S. conjurata worker

The bodies of fire ants, like all insects' bodies, are broken up into three sections: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, with three pairs of legs and apair of antennae. Fire ants can be distinguished from other ants by their copper brown head and body with a darker abdomen. The worker ants are blackish toreddish, and their size varies from 2mm to 6 mm (0.12 in to 0.24 in). These different sizes of the ants can all exist in the same nest.

[edit] Behavior

A typical fire ant colony produces large mounds in open areas, and feeds mostly on young plants, seeds, and sometimes crickets. Fire ants often attack smallanimals and can kill them. Unlike many other ants, which bite and then spray acid on the wound, fire ants only bite to get a grip and then sting (from theabdomen) and inject a toxic alkaloid venom called Solenopsin, a compound from the class of piperidines. For humans, this is a painful sting, a sensationsimilar to what one feels when burned by fire-hence the name fire ant-and the aftereffects of the sting can be deadly to sensitive individuals. Although fireants do not typically seek out and attack the face, they are as likely to attack an exposed and vulnerable face as any other body part. The venom is bothinsecticidal and antibiotic. Researchers have proposed that nurse workers will spray their brood to protect them from microorganisms.

Fire ants nest in the soil, often near moist areas, such as river banks, pond edges, watered lawns and highway edges. Usually the nest will not be visible asit will be built under objects such as timber, logs, rocks, pavers, bricks, etc. If there is no cover for nesting, dome-shaped mounds will be constructed, butthis is usually only found in open spaces such as fields, parks and lawns. These mounds can reach heights of 40 cm (15.7 in).

Colonies are founded by small groups of queens or single queens. Even if only one queen survives, within a month or so the colony can expand to thousands ofindividuals. Some colonies may be polygynous (having multiple queens per nest).[1]

[edit] Roles

[edit] Queens

A queen is generally the largest individual in the colony. The primary function of the queen is reproduction; she may live for 6-7 years and produce up to1,500 eggs per day. Many fire ant colonies will have more than one queen.

[edit] Males

Mate with the queen ant in order to produce eggs.

[edit] Workers

The workers are sterile females who build and repair the nest, care for the young, defend the nest, and feed both young and adult ants.
The worker ants also go find supplies to build the nest.

[edit] Introduced species

For more details on invasive subspecies, see Red imported fire ant.

Although most fire ant species do not bother people and are not invasive due to biological factors, Solenopsis invicta, commonly known as the Red imported fireant (or RIFA) is an invasive pest in many areas of the world, notably the United States, Australia, the Philippines, China and Taiwan. The RIFA wasaccidentally introduced into the United States due to a South American cargo ship coming to an Alabama port in 1918, but now infests the majority of theSouthern and Southwestern United States.

In the US, the FDA estimates that more than US$5 billion is spent annually on medical treatment, damage, and control in RIFA-infested areas. Furthermore, theants cause approximately US$750 million in damage annually to agricultural assets, including veterinarian bills and livestock loss as well as crop loss.[2]Since September 2004, Taiwan has been seriously affected by the red fire ant.

The US, Taiwan and Australia all have ongoing national efforts to control or eradicate the species, but, other than Australia, none have been especiallyeffective. In Australia an intensive program costing A$175 million has, at February 2007, eradicated 99% of fire ants from the sole infestation occurring inSouth East Queensland.

[edit] Symptoms and first aid
A human leg three days after coming in brief contact with a fire ant colony

The venom of a fire ant sting causes stinging and swells into a bump. This can cause much pain and irritation at times, especially when stung repeatedly byseveral at once. The bump often forms into a white pustule, which is at risk of becoming infected if scratched, however if left alone usually go down within afew days. The pustules are unattractive and uncomfortable while active and, if the sting sites become infected, can turn into scars. Additionally, some peopleare allergic to the venom and, as with many allergies, may experience anaphylaxis, which requires emergency treatment.[3] An antihistamine or topicalcorticosteroids may help reduce the itching.

First aid for fire ant bites includes external treatments and oral medicines.

* External treatments: a topical steroid cream (hydrocortisone), or one containing aloe vera.
* Oral medicines: antihistamines.

Patients who experience severe or life threatening allergic reactions to fire ant insect stings should visit a doctor or hospital immediately upon contact asthese reactions can result in death. These more severe reactions include severe chest pain, nausea, severe sweating, loss of breath, serious swelling, orslurred speech.[4]

[edit] Other names

In Spanish, fire ants are known as hormiga colorada/roja (red ant) or hormiga brava (fierce ant). In Puerto Rico there is a native, very small and slow-movingkind of fire ant called abayarde. In Portuguese, they are called formiga de fogo (fire ant) and formiga lava-pé (wash foot ant).

[edit] Natural predators

Phorid flies. Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. The genus Pseudacteon, or ant-decapitating fly, of which 110 specieshave been documented, is a parasitoid of the ant in South America. Members of Pseudacteon reproduce by laying eggs in the thorax of the ant. The first instarlarvae migrates to the head. The larvae develop by feeding on the hemolymph, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue in the head. After about two weeks, they causethe ant's head to fall off by releasing an enzyme that dissolves the membrane attaching the ant's head to its body. The fly pupates in the detachedhead capsule, requiring a further two weeks before emerging. The phorid flies have been widely introduced throughout the U. S. Southeast, starting with Travis,Brazos, and Dallas counties in Texas, as well as Mobile, Alabama, where the ants first entered North America.

[edit] Species

This species list is incomplete.

* Solenopsis abdita Thompson, 1989
* Solenopsis africana Santschi, 1914
* Solenopsis albidula Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis alecto Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
* Solenopsis amblychila Wheeler, 1915
* Solenopsis andina Santschi, 1923
* Solenopsis angulata Emery, 1894
* Solenopsis atlantis Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis aurea Wheeler, 1906
* Solenopsis avia (Bernard, 197
* Solenopsis azteca Forel, 1893
* Solenopsis balachowskyi Bernard, 1959
* Solenopsis banyulensis Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis basalis Forel, 1896
* Solenopsis belisarius Forel, 1907
* Solenopsis blanda (Foerster, 1891)
* Solenopsis brasiliana Santschi, 1925
* Solenopsis brazoensis (Buckley, 1867)
* Solenopsis brevicornis Emery, 1888
* Solenopsis brevipes Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis bruchiella Emery, 1922
* Solenopsis bruesi Creighton, 1930
* Solenopsis bucki Kempf, 1973
* Solenopsis canariensis Forel, 1893
* Solenopsis capensis Mayr, 1866
* Solenopsis carolinensis Forel, 1901
* Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893
* Solenopsis celata (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985)
* Solenopsis clarki Crawley, 1922
* Solenopsis clytemnestra Emery, 1896
* Solenopsis conjurata Wheeler, 1925
* Solenopsis cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947
* Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881
* Solenopsis crivellarii Menozzi, 1936
* Solenopsis daguerrei (Santschi, 1930)
* Solenopsis dalli (Kusnezov, 1969)
* Solenopsis decipiens Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis delta (Bernard, 197
* Solenopsis deserticola Ruzsky, 1905
* Solenopsis duboscqui Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis dysderces Snelling, 1975
* Solenopsis egregia (Kusnezov, 1953)
* Solenopsis electra Forel, 1914
* Solenopsis emeryi Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis eximia (Kusnezov, 1953)
* Solenopsis fairchildi Wheeler, 1926
* Solenopsis foersteri Theobald, 1937
* Solenopsis franki Forel, 1908
* Solenopsis froggatti Forel, 1913
* Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 179
* Solenopsis fusciventris Clark, 1934
* Solenopsis gallardoi Santschi, 1925
* Solenopsis gallica Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis gayi (Spinola, 1851)
* Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
* Solenopsis georgica Menozzi, 1942
* Solenopsis germaini Emery, 1895
* Solenopsis globularia (Smith, 185
* Solenopsis gnomula Emery, 1915
* Solenopsis goeldii Forel, 1912
* Solenopsis granivora Kusnezov, 1957
* Solenopsis hammari Mayr, 1903
* Solenopsis hayemi Forel, 1908
* Solenopsis helena Emery, 1895
* Solenopsis hostilis (Borgmeier, 1959)
* Solenopsis iheringi Forel, 1908
* Solenopsis ilinei Santschi, 1936
* Solenopsis indagatrix Wheeler, 1928
* Solenopsis insculpta Clark, 1938
* Solenopsis insinuans Santschi, 1933
* Solenopsis insularis (Bernard, 197
* Solenopsis interrupta Santschi, 1916
* Solenopsis jacoti Wheeler, 1923
* Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970
* Solenopsis japonica Wheeler, 1928
* Solenopsis joergenseni Santschi, 1919
* Solenopsis juliae (Arakelian, 1991)
* Solenopsis kabylica Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis knuti Pisarski, 1967
* Solenopsis krockowi Wheeler, 1908
* Solenopsis laeviceps Mayr, 1870
* Solenopsis laevithorax Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis latastei Emery, 1895
* Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
* Solenopsis leptanilloides Santschi, 1925
* Solenopsis longiceps Forel, 1907
* Solenopsis loretana Santschi, 1936
* Solenopsis lotophaga Santschi, 1911
* Solenopsis lou Forel, 1902
* Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915
* Solenopsis macdonaghi Santschi, 1916
* Solenopsis macrops Santschi, 1917
* Solenopsis madara Roger, 1863
* Solenopsis major Theobald, 1937
* Solenopsis maligna Santschi, 1910
* Solenopsis mameti Donisthorpe, 1946



* Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915
* Solenopsis maxillosa Emery, 1900
* Solenopsis maxima (Foerster, 1891)
* Solenopsis megera Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis megergates Trager, 1991
* Solenopsis metanotalis Emery, 1896
* Solenopsis metatarsalis (Kusnezov, 1957)
* Solenopsis mikeyroxis
* Solenopsis minutissima Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis moesta (Foerster, 1891)
* Solenopsis molesta (Say, 1836)
* Solenopsis monticola Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis mozabensis (Bernard, 1977)
* Solenopsis nicaeensis Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis nickersoni Thompson, 1982
* Solenopsis nigella Emery, 1888
* Solenopsis nitens Bingham, 1903
* Solenopsis nitidum (Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994)
* Solenopsis normandi Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis novemmaculata Wheeler, 1925
* Solenopsis occipitalis Santschi, 1911
* Solenopsis oculata Santschi, 1925
* Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894
* Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875
* Solenopsis orbuloides Andre, 1890
* Solenopsis overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
* Solenopsis pachycera (Forel, 1915)
* Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900
* Solenopsis parabiotica Weber, 1943
* Solenopsis parva Mayr, 1868
* Solenopsis patagonica Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis pawaensis Mann, 1919
* Solenopsis pergandei Forel, 1901
* Solenopsis photophila Santschi, 1923
* Solenopsis picea Emery, 1896
* Solenopsis picquarti Forel, 1899
* Solenopsis picta Emery, 1895
* Solenopsis pilosa (Bernard, 197
* Solenopsis pilosula Wheeler, 1908
* Solenopsis pollux Forel, 1893
* Solenopsis privata (Foerster, 1891)
* Solenopsis provincialis Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1865
* Solenopsis puncticeps MacKay & Vinson, 1989
* Solenopsis pusillignis Trager, 1991
* Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901
* Solenopsis pythia Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis quinquecuspis Forel, 1913
* Solenopsis reichenspergeri Santschi, 1923
* Solenopsis richardi Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis richteri Forel, 1909
* Solenopsis robusta Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis rugiceps Mayr, 1870
* Solenopsis rugosa Bernard, 1950
* Solenopsis sabeana (Buckley, 1867)
* Solenopsis saevissima (Smith, 1855)
* Solenopsis salina Wheeler, 1908
* Solenopsis santschii Forel, 1905
* Solenopsis schilleri Santschi, 1923
* Solenopsis schmalzi Forel, 1901
* Solenopsis scipio Santschi, 1911
* Solenopsis sea (Kusnezov, 1953)
* Solenopsis seychellensis Forel, 1909
* Solenopsis silvestrii Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis solenopsidis (Kusnezov, 1953)
* Solenopsis soochowensis Wheeler, 1921
* Solenopsis spei Forel, 1912
* Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896
* Solenopsis substituta Santschi, 1925
* Solenopsis subterranea MacKay & Vinson, 1989
* Solenopsis subtilis Emery, 1896
* Solenopsis succinea Emery, 1890
* Solenopsis sulfurea (Roger, 1862)
* Solenopsis superba (Foerster, 1891)
* Solenopsis targuia Bernard, 1953
* Solenopsis tennesseensis Smith, 1951
* Solenopsis tenuis Mayr, 1878
* Solenopsis terricola Menozzi, 1931
* Solenopsis tertialis Ettershank, 1966
* Solenopsis tetracantha Emery, 1906
* Solenopsis texana Emery, 1895
* Solenopsis tipuna Forel, 1912
* Solenopsis tonsa Thompson, 1989
* Solenopsis tridens Forel, 1911
* Solenopsis trihasta Santschi, 1923
* Solenopsis truncorum Forel, 1901
* Solenopsis ugandensis Santschi, 1933
* Solenopsis valida (Foerster, 1891)
* Solenopsis virulens (Smith, 185
* Solenopsis vorax Santschi, 1934
* Solenopsis wagneri Santschi, 1916
* Solenopsis wasmannii Emery, 1894
* Solenopsis weiseri Forel, 1914
* Solenopsis westwoodi Forel, 1894
* Solenopsis weyrauchi Trager, 1991
* Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915
* Solenopsis xyloni McCook, 1879
* Solenopsis zambesiae Arnold, 1926
* Solenopsis zeteki Wheeler, 1942[/hide]

Isn't this the fire ant thread?

"you catch better with gloves when broads throw it"


roll on that rubber then i'm in there like swimwear.
this is assuming she's at least a 7/10. if you're under and you throw it at me then i'm takin a ball, no romo

dude must be trying to get banned

that was so unnecessary.

Originally Posted by Khlav Kalash

Isn't this the fire ant thread?

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reading is a very fundamental skill

^


It's simple: Woman want sex just as much (if not MORE) than men. Some are just more open to admit it.

Okay, Mr. Fifth Dimension.

I like my women like i like my math problems. Life is short I don't have time for that nonsense. If we ain't smashing I'm moving on.

AntonLaVey


so you rockin wit satan huh?

at this ******
lets see if mods ban OG's too

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurtis

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

at this ******
lets see if mods ban OG's too

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurtis

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They clearly do. Let's bring back 23MuchRespect45!

And unban RyanKMD!

Okay, Mr. Fifth Dimension.

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that was funny to me.

But yeah, if a girl doesnt make me put time in then i tend to be less attracted to them.

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Like they just basically hand you the box, with you putting forth little to no effort.
I tend to think there is a reason why they are so willing to hand it over so easily.
so I be like ehhhh.......

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yep, this one chick wanted to #*%+ me the day she met me in class.

One day i was on facebook and i messaged her saying when we gonna #*%+ and she said whenever u want to just name the time and place, no ducktales. I stilldidnt go through with it though, if i posted a picture on here of her u would know why.

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

at this ******
lets see if mods ban OG's too

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurtis

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favoritism Ftl

Originally Posted by tmukg21

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

at this ******
lets see if mods ban OG's too

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurtis

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favoritism Ftl

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I've been here since NT was founded in the spring of '87.

Originally Posted by Dakingii

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Like they just basically hand you the box, with you putting forth little to no effort.
I tend to think there is a reason why they are so willing to hand it over so easily.
so I be like ehhhh.......

Click to expand...

yep, this one chick wanted to #*%+ me the day she met me in class.

One day i was on facebook and i messaged her saying when we gonna #*%+ and she said whenever u want to just name the time and place, no ducktales. I still didnt go through with it though, if i posted a picture on here of her u would know why.

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lets get that picture anyways

Originally Posted by Dakingii

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Like they just basically hand you the box, with you putting forth little to no effort.
I tend to think there is a reason why they are so willing to hand it over so easily.
so I be like ehhhh.......

Click to expand...

yep, this one chick wanted to #*%+ me the day she met me in class.

One day i was on facebook and i messaged her saying when we gonna #*%+ and she said whenever u want to just name the time and place, no ducktales. I still didnt go through with it though, if i posted a picture on here of her u would know why.

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Maaaaan... you know we'll want pics!!

HOST THEN POST!

Originally Posted by ericberry14

Originally Posted by Dakingii

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Like they just basically hand you the box, with you putting forth little to no effort.
I tend to think there is a reason why they are so willing to hand it over so easily.
so I be like ehhhh.......

Click to expand...

yep, this one chick wanted to #*%+ me the day she met me in class.

One day i was on facebook and i messaged her saying when we gonna #*%+ and she said whenever u want to just name the time and place, no ducktales. I still didnt go through with it though, if i posted a picture on here of her u would know why.

Click to expand...

lets get that picture anyways

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yeah, pics or DUCKTALES....

Originally Posted by Dakingii

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Like they just basically hand you the box, with you putting forth little to no effort.
I tend to think there is a reason why they are so willing to hand it over so easily.
so I be like ehhhh.......

Click to expand...

yep, this one chick wanted to #*%+ me the day she met me in class.

One day i was on facebook and i messaged her saying when we gonna #*%+ and she said whenever u want to just name the time and place, no ducktales. I still didnt go through with it though, if i posted a picture on here of her u would know why.

Click to expand...

U LYING!!!!

i knew i was gonna get flamed