Can flying ants bite humans?

Answer 1

According to the link below, they can deliver a tiny bite....

Answer 2

Do Flying Ants Bite

Answer 3

All ants can bite humans, but they've usually got more important things to do.

The little ants you normally see are sterile females who do all the work. The big ants that fly out of ant nests in hot weather are the breeding adults. Those that don't get eaten by blackbirds spend a couple of days having sex, until the males drop dead from exhaustion. The pregnant females then go on to become queen ants and set up new colonies.

Answer 4

If you notice what appear to be flying ants, they might not be ants at all, but rather flying termites. Both flying termites and flying ants may swarm when they are setting out to reproduce; so how do you tell the difference? It's actually fairly easy.

To deduce whether the insect is a flying ant, look closely at the body. Ants have three separate body parts: head, thorax (chest), and abdomen (tail). The legs of an ant are all attached to the thorax just behind the head in the midsection of the insect. The thorax joins the abdomen in a very thin area that resembles a waist. Ants also have a distinctive and obvious near-90-degree bend in their antennae.

Flying termites only have a head and body. They do not have a thorax or a "waist". The legs of a flying termite are attached all along the length of the body, rather than sprouting from one small area of the midsection. Furthermore, the antennae of flying termites tend to sweep forward, but lack the telltale right-angle bend of the ant's antennae.

The double-set wings of a termite are of equal length, while the double-set wings of an ant are not. However this may be harder to notice if the insect has its wings folded back along its body.

Swarming termites are weak fliers, do not bite, do not live long, and cannot eat wood.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-flying-ants.htm

http://www.pestproducts.com/flyingants.htm

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carpenter ants: Reproduction & Development: Winged males and queens leave the nest to mate and establish new colonies. These flying ants are sometimes confused with termites.

http://www.calacademy.org/naturalhistory/ants.html

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http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/flyant.htm

Answer 5

Yes they can, as can many types of ants. Ant bites can be painful and some may cause a reaction. Depending on the type of ant, if you are bitten, you may wish to capture the ant or at least have a good physical description, should a reaction occur, so that medical professionals will be more informed if necessary.

Answer 6

I believe they can but they don't. Most flying ants are male and their mind (like most males, reputedly) is on one thing. I have heard that they bite their own wings off when they have done what they were created to do, but defence of the nest is one of the furthest things from their mind.

Answer 7

Yes they can...the ones here are the size of small hummingbirds...I think ant bites are formic acid so you treat the bite with water to neutralise the sting, then maybe a little antiseptic cream.

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Answer 9

Yeah it's bad. Their bites are almost as bad as those big black ants.

Answer 10

Absolutely. Some have a really painful bite, too.