Comments on: Baby Fire Ants Play Dead When Attacked

By: Alannah

Alannah — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:55:18 +0000

I had no idea that young ants did this. I wonder how effective it is?
However, about older women of any form, you must watch out for them. They don't have anything to lose.

By: bug_girl

bug_girl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:03:04 +0000

The title of your post is incorrect--these are not "baby" ants, they are adults. Baby ants...well, look a lot like a maggot.

Ants go through complete metamorphosis, so change radically from a larva to a pupa to an adult.

This research is about young (recently emerged from a pupa) adult ants.

Bug Girl, roving insect pedant

By: bean

bean — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:34:50 +0000

This almost makes me want to keep some baby fire ants as pets. Almost.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:31:09 +0000

Fire ants are sweet.

By: jessleigh

jessleigh — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:25:24 +0000

Everytime I see anything about fire ants I remember my 10th grade World History teacher who told us a story about an explorer in either central or latin america who had a member of their party eaten alive by fire ants after he was captured and tied to a tree. I couldn't get that out of my head. It seems like the most horrific way to die, because it happens from the inside!

By: JoBo S

JoBo S — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Sounds like a lot like humans. The older people get the more openly agressive they become!

By: Ant

Ant — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:41:07 +0000

>:)