Bit by an alate?
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Bit by an alate?
Earlier today, I got into my car to head to my classes when I noticed I had a winged hitchhiker. Now the thing was small, and flying around quickly, and I didn't get a good chance to look at it because, well, watch the road, not the bug.
It looked an awful lot like an ant though, and I think it was a male, could have sworn I saw a thin abdomen. He was trying to use me as a landing pad so I shook and swatted. A few minutes later, I felt an itch below my wrist and, lo and behold, I had a bug bite.
So do even the alates bite if they feel threatened?
It looked an awful lot like an ant though, and I think it was a male, could have sworn I saw a thin abdomen. He was trying to use me as a landing pad so I shook and swatted. A few minutes later, I felt an itch below my wrist and, lo and behold, I had a bug bite.
So do even the alates bite if they feel threatened?
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Your days are numbered...dinoman9877 wrote:Earlier today, I got into my car to head to my classes when I noticed I had a winged hitchhiker. Now the thing was small, and flying around quickly, and I didn't get a good chance to look at it because, well, watch the road, not the bug.
It looked an awful lot like an ant though, and I think it was a male, could have sworn I saw a thin abdomen. He was trying to use me as a landing pad so I shook and swatted. A few minutes later, I felt an itch below my wrist and, lo and behold, I had a bug bite.
So do even the alates bite if they feel threatened?
(This is a joke, obviously. I don't actually know)
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Re: Bit by an alate?
You're thinking about a sting, in the case of an ant/wasp, and a bite in the case of a fly. Male ants can do neither.
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Re: Bit by an alate?
Most of the time. My crematogaster queen bit me.Batspiderfish wrote:You're thinking about a sting, in the case of an ant/wasp, and a bite in the case of a fly. Male ants can do neither.
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Re: Bit by an alate?
Yeah, ants can bite, but unless it is a leaf-cutter/Camponotus major or Polyergus, a bite is barely going to be noticeable. A sting is what would leave a mark like that.
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To me, I barely notice Camponotus bites. They tickle.Batspiderfish wrote:Yeah, ants can bite, but unless it is a leaf-cutter/Camponotus major or Polyergus, a bite is barely going to be noticeable. A sting is what would leave a mark like that.
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Re: Bit by an alate?
I think I'd know if I've been stung. I mean it was like a mosquito bite, just an itchiness that made itself known after a bit. But there was no mosquitos, just this little thing that looked awfully like an ant.
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My Camponotus queen bit me and.... Owwwwwwdinoman9877 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:08 amEarlier today, I got into my car to head to my classes when I noticed I had a winged hitchhiker. Now the thing was small, and flying around quickly, and I didn't get a good chance to look at it because, well, watch the road, not the bug.
It looked an awful lot like an ant though, and I think it was a male, could have sworn I saw a thin abdomen. He was trying to use me as a landing pad so I shook and swatted. A few minutes later, I felt an itch below my wrist and, lo and behold, I had a bug bite.
So do even the alates bite if they feel threatened?
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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Re: Bit by an alate?
Camponotus pennsylvanicus bites hurt, and the other Camponotus species around my house just tickles.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
Re: Bit by an alate?
When i went to coasta rica 3 years ago i accidentally stepped on a leaf cutter trail. A median bit me and when i looked down i had a nice sizable cut on my toeBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:26 amYeah, ants can bite, but unless it is a leaf-cutter/Camponotus major or Polyergus, a bite is barely going to be noticeable.
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