Fire Ant Bites: 6 (Natural) Home Remedies to Treat It Fast

Red fire ant worker on tree, closeup.

Fire ants are aggressive little creatures that seem to get a kick out of stinging humans. Individual bites may not be high on the pain scale, but when you’re bit by hundreds of these pests, you feel like your entire body is on fire.

A fire ant sting doesn’t require immediate medical attention, but there are natural ways to calm the inflammation and pain, and treat the fire ant bits eventually.

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9 Red Fire Ant Facts That 84% People Don’t About

Fire Ant Facts

A fire ant on the white stone-like ground.Think the common house ant is a pain? Wait until you meet the fire ant. Known for their fiery bites and being nearly immortal, these ants are the last pests you want in your yard or home.

Before you start a war with one of the feistiest ants in town, you need to learn everything you can about them.  

1. What Are Fire Ants?

Fire ants are ants that fall under the Solenopsis genus. They represent just a small fraction of the genus, which includes more than 200 species across the world.

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Facts About Red Ants

Red Ants are insects that belongs to family formicidae. They belong to genus Solenopsis. This genus have approximately 200 species of red ants. Red ants are classified into kingdom Animalia, phylum arthropoda, class insecta, order, hymenoptera, family formicidae and sub-family myrmicinae. Red ants live as colonies that are made of the queen, males and female workers. …

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