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Originally Posted by BigDon
No obnoxious bites or stings, utterly intolerant of other ant species and is a very effective killer of larger ants. When Boo was three she would lay down on emerging nests and just get covered black with them, with no ill effects other than freaking her father out. Probably can't do that with fire ants, from what I'm told.
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She would've been in the hospital if she tried that with a fire mount mound most likely, especially that young. Here's a picture of what they did to an adult arm:
http://fireant.tamu.edu/img/ants/img0053_med.jpg
Now imagine a three year old covered with that! They've been known to kill new-born calves.
-Richard