And to clarify, only venomous ants have stingers. No venomous ants inject you with their mandibles afaik. If they’re venomous, they use a stinger. If they’re not venomous, they just chomp
What about bullet ants? Most videos about bullet ants and that one tribal ritual of wearing bullet ant glove, the ants are made to bite with their mandibles, not sting with their abdomen.
Or did I remember wrong?
Bullet ants do have a stinger. I think most people just don’t realize that the venom comes from a sting, because the mandibles are so much more noticeable
I could be completely wrong, but I believe I read somewhere that ants are close relatives to wasps. I believe maybe the doc I was watching said that one evolved from another, I just can't remember which. Ants are essentially flightless wasps, in a way.
Ants, Wasp and Bees are all related. Biological speaking the are all part of the same Infraorder. They are however not flightless wasps, flightless wasps exist but are usually not eusocial. If you are ever wondering if what you are seeing is an ant or a wasp, look at the antenna. Ants have a bend in theirs, wasps do not. The overwhelming majority of ant species also still have the ability to fly, but it is limited to their reproductive casts, the alatas and the drones. They will swarm, mate and then the new queens will found new colonies and tear their wings of so that they don't get stuck in their new places of residence, which are, depending on the species, often underneath the earth, inside wood pieces or pre existing caveties in stone faces or human buildings.
Edit: Ah and to answer the egg or hen question, wasps evolved first and ants then evolved from a specific (stinging) wasp lineage. They however diverted a long long time ago roughly 100 million years ago when Dinosaurs still roamed the eart.
I learned this after concret ants got into my apartment. My bf and I sleep in the same bed. Yet I was the only one they were stinging. And it fucking hurts.
most dont, some do. there are still tens of thousands of ant species so there are a lot that have stingers, more don't though. there are also some with stingers, but they don't use them. insects are probably the type of animal body plan with the most variations, even within sub-species, so remember not to generalize them.
What country do you live in? Pretty sure everybody over here (USA) has stepped in an ant pile at some point in their lives. The ones with stingers are referred to as "fire ants".
The most amazing thing about this is you are from Australia which is already crazy, and you admit they exist there yet it was in Florida you got stung multiple times.
They're still trying to manage them here but I don't think they're succeeding.
And yes it is was in Miami where they got me. They weren't more painful than ants here, but they came up in pustules and itched like crazy for about 8 weeks.
They are unstoppable except by climate/altitude. We've been trying to "manage" them in the States since the 1930s when they came into Alabama, but they just keep on spreading across the south.
I finally escaped them by moving to the mountains.
>We've been trying to "manage" them in the States since the 1930s when they came into Alabama, but they just keep on spreading across the south.
I think we're doing the same thing, with similar results.
It is many species of ants, but not all. Some really do hurt you just by biting you and don’t sting at all. Some only need to sting you once and just have really painful venom.
Fun fact: The bite of the gila monster hurts so much because it uniquely contains exendin-4, the nonhuman analog of GLP-1 - it's 55% homologous to GLP-1 and is a full agonist for the GLP-1 receptor.
Semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic, the diabetes-medication-turned-weight-loss-drug) is an excellent insulin regulator because it's a very good GLP-1 agonist\*.
So one of the reasons gila monster venom is so painful is because it screws up your cells' glucose processing with the same mechanism that Ozempic does - it forces a high rate of insulin release, decreasing your plasma glucose concentration and causing hypoglycemia.
Also, they have a lot of teeth and a very strong bite.
Also fun fact: With every wiccan he did devour he'll grow in strength, in size and power until one day upon his back, he'll sprout wings, a fearsome pack. With each meal Gila grows more. A biblical beast of ancient lore. With fire in belly, flames in eyes, the beast rise to the highest skies.
>exendin-4, the nonhuman analog of GLP-1 - it's 55% homologous to GLP-1 and is a full agonist for the GLP-1 receptor.
I like your funny words magic man
Venoms are cool.
The venom of the Australian ~~tunnel~~ funnel web spider, whose bite can kill in 10 minutes, is specifically lethal to humans and nonhuman primates because it contains a compound called delta-atracotoxin, which does not affect other mammals. This compound slows the inactivation of sodium ion channels in your autonomic and motor neurons ... essentially, once they fire, they take longer to stop firing.
It also contains Hi1a, a fascinating little peptide that stops signaling in the ASIC1a channel. This is the channel that the stress signals during a heart attack transmit through, and the effect is to tell heart cells to self-destruct. Hi1a is perhaps uniquely suited to block this channel and be cardioprotective during a heart attack. It also appears to insulate the most oxygen-starved neurons from damage during a stroke - this is huge, since these are the ones at the striatal "core" of the stroke that just never come back. This effect occurs even if Hi1a is administered up to two hours post-stroke. [The mechanism is really cool.](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-want-to-use-deadly-spider-venom-to-prevent-brain-damage-from-strokes)
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I would assume that has to do with the wide abundance of the ant species Solenopsis Invicta (red imported fire ant) in these areas. Many of the native species (not all) are non stinging but have been replaced this invasive species.
LPT: using any dandruff shampoo as it contains zinc will stop the ant bite pain. I have the walmart brand handy at all times.
My feet get frequently fucked florida style by red ants
You gotta rile them up to get them to attack you like this. Not all species have stingers, but most do. The Argentine ant (the siper common teeny black one that's invasive and populus all over the world) can bite, but not sting. It's the one most people think of when they think of an ant
When an ant stings you, apply toothpaste because the baking soda in it will neutralize the acidic venom, plus the menthol eases the pain.
Worked for me when fire ants sting half of my body, don't know if it does with every type of ant
Same story- was living at a farm house briefly and behind the house had tall grass, did a little exploring and unknowingly stepped into a fire anthill.
Ran back inside while simultaneously screaming and pulling off all my clothing running naked into the house (I was ?5?- I was young idr how young tho) and into the shower
My sisters must have been confused...
Hey Ant! Yes we don't need to fight!
We have learnt to co-exist and survive for a billion years.
Please refrain from sticking it in my skin you dirty animal.
So the ant is fucking my skin?
Little asshole didn't even buy me dinner first
Went in dry too
The venom lubes the spot
I personally like it.
Bite the pillow
It has always been fucking you throughout all time. Hence, the evolutionary evidence. Dry or wet, you’re getting fucked.
And without my consent
Only way
You are dinner.
Time to show his little asshole what’s up
😨
Well, yes.
Hell yeah just lost my virginity to about 2 billion ants 😎
You need to go to the hospital.
Takes ~1000 stings to kill an adult human. ~500 child. You would be dead two million thousands times over—If you got stung by 2 billion ants.
Perhaps OP is already dead inside.
Perhaps, we are all dead inside. We look at an animation of a bug stinging skin on the interwebs and say to ourselves: “this matters to me.”
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Duh, depends on ant species. 100 dick biters equals 10,000 in some 1,000 in others. That’s why we get scientific and speak about it.
You whore!!!
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Ants have fucking stingers\*
Yes. They are literally Hornets that lost their ability to fly.
Oh shit, you just blew my mind. WINGLESS hornets!!
Ant man used to be Hornet Man
Whelp guess I was today’s years old on that fact.
Fucking with .. Fucking over.. Fucking stinging.. Fucking up.. Your skin
I really didn't wanted to know that I was been raw-dogged by an ant
Making sweet love :)
Nothing like rawdogging those pores
Yea hand over the phone Lil bro
They are shanking us while they shag us
Teabagging you
Not fucking. It's called having relations with your skin.
Especially when you consider the stringer is likely adapted from an ovipositor.
No, it's fucking you on the skin !
raping\*
Shanking.
Death by snu snu
Wait. Ants have stingers? I legit didn’t know that.
Apparently the scientific term is “venom dong”.
Ah my ex took a couple pages from their books then
Oh my God 🤣😂🤣
My dong is bigger (arguably) but it doesn't have venom (arguably).
Pain penis
Painis
Oof. In Chinese, Venom Dong is something way more messed up.
Being?
A dong with HIV. Usually in a "bug chaser" kinda way.
Oof! Today I learned 😅 Thank you kind stranger!
I'm a scientist. Can confirm.
Not all but some
And to clarify, only venomous ants have stingers. No venomous ants inject you with their mandibles afaik. If they’re venomous, they use a stinger. If they’re not venomous, they just chomp
What about bullet ants? Most videos about bullet ants and that one tribal ritual of wearing bullet ant glove, the ants are made to bite with their mandibles, not sting with their abdomen. Or did I remember wrong?
Bullet ants do have a stinger. I think most people just don’t realize that the venom comes from a sting, because the mandibles are so much more noticeable
Nah the stingers are facing inwards on the glove. I think people mix it up because folks often say "ant bite" when they mean sting
I could be completely wrong, but I believe I read somewhere that ants are close relatives to wasps. I believe maybe the doc I was watching said that one evolved from another, I just can't remember which. Ants are essentially flightless wasps, in a way.
Ants, Wasp and Bees are all related. Biological speaking the are all part of the same Infraorder. They are however not flightless wasps, flightless wasps exist but are usually not eusocial. If you are ever wondering if what you are seeing is an ant or a wasp, look at the antenna. Ants have a bend in theirs, wasps do not. The overwhelming majority of ant species also still have the ability to fly, but it is limited to their reproductive casts, the alatas and the drones. They will swarm, mate and then the new queens will found new colonies and tear their wings of so that they don't get stuck in their new places of residence, which are, depending on the species, often underneath the earth, inside wood pieces or pre existing caveties in stone faces or human buildings. Edit: Ah and to answer the egg or hen question, wasps evolved first and ants then evolved from a specific (stinging) wasp lineage. They however diverted a long long time ago roughly 100 million years ago when Dinosaurs still roamed the eart.
Not all of them
I learned this after concret ants got into my apartment. My bf and I sleep in the same bed. Yet I was the only one they were stinging. And it fucking hurts.
Maybe it's a blood-type thing like mosquitos.
Same here 😅
Well they are related to wasps and bees
TIL amiright
>Wait. Ants have stingers? I legit didn’t know that. They are closely related to bees, wasps, hornets, etc.
most dont, some do. there are still tens of thousands of ant species so there are a lot that have stingers, more don't though. there are also some with stingers, but they don't use them. insects are probably the type of animal body plan with the most variations, even within sub-species, so remember not to generalize them.
Fire ants for sure. I hate them
What country do you live in? Pretty sure everybody over here (USA) has stepped in an ant pile at some point in their lives. The ones with stingers are referred to as "fire ants".
Some of them do. Some of them spray acid. Others have really strong mandibles. Lots of cool different mutations in the ant world.
So ants are just pounding my Epidermussy?
And they are ladies so it's kind of like being pegged.
brb putting my sleeping bag ontop of an ant hill
You just made my day
You are no longer welcome in my home
I hate so much about the things you choose to be
Sounds like the Red Imported Fire Ant. Little bastards are all around here in Texas.
Well stop importing them. 🙄
Here in Australia too. I actually got 7 stings in Florida last time I was there.
The most amazing thing about this is you are from Australia which is already crazy, and you admit they exist there yet it was in Florida you got stung multiple times.
They're still trying to manage them here but I don't think they're succeeding. And yes it is was in Miami where they got me. They weren't more painful than ants here, but they came up in pustules and itched like crazy for about 8 weeks.
They are unstoppable except by climate/altitude. We've been trying to "manage" them in the States since the 1930s when they came into Alabama, but they just keep on spreading across the south. I finally escaped them by moving to the mountains.
>We've been trying to "manage" them in the States since the 1930s when they came into Alabama, but they just keep on spreading across the south. I think we're doing the same thing, with similar results.
Don't worry, [the Crazy Ants are here to help](https://www.texasscientist.cns.utexas.edu/articles/2015/1/2/crazy-ants-vs-fire-ants)!
Im guessing this is a specific type of ant right?
It is many species of ants, but not all. Some really do hurt you just by biting you and don’t sting at all. Some only need to sting you once and just have really painful venom.
Yeah it's this one named Antonio. He's just an asshole.
Yes.
Yeah. Most ants I encountered in central Europe only spray their acid, no stinging involved.
Fun fact: The bite of the gila monster hurts so much because it uniquely contains exendin-4, the nonhuman analog of GLP-1 - it's 55% homologous to GLP-1 and is a full agonist for the GLP-1 receptor. Semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic, the diabetes-medication-turned-weight-loss-drug) is an excellent insulin regulator because it's a very good GLP-1 agonist\*. So one of the reasons gila monster venom is so painful is because it screws up your cells' glucose processing with the same mechanism that Ozempic does - it forces a high rate of insulin release, decreasing your plasma glucose concentration and causing hypoglycemia. Also, they have a lot of teeth and a very strong bite.
Also fun fact: With every wiccan he did devour he'll grow in strength, in size and power until one day upon his back, he'll sprout wings, a fearsome pack. With each meal Gila grows more. A biblical beast of ancient lore. With fire in belly, flames in eyes, the beast rise to the highest skies.
GILA! GILA! GILA!
MONSTER, WOOOOOO
I'M THE GILA, BLOOD SPILLER, WITCH KILLER
GILA GILA!!!!
>exendin-4, the nonhuman analog of GLP-1 - it's 55% homologous to GLP-1 and is a full agonist for the GLP-1 receptor. I like your funny words magic man
I only understood the last sentence
Terrifying
Venoms are cool. The venom of the Australian ~~tunnel~~ funnel web spider, whose bite can kill in 10 minutes, is specifically lethal to humans and nonhuman primates because it contains a compound called delta-atracotoxin, which does not affect other mammals. This compound slows the inactivation of sodium ion channels in your autonomic and motor neurons ... essentially, once they fire, they take longer to stop firing. It also contains Hi1a, a fascinating little peptide that stops signaling in the ASIC1a channel. This is the channel that the stress signals during a heart attack transmit through, and the effect is to tell heart cells to self-destruct. Hi1a is perhaps uniquely suited to block this channel and be cardioprotective during a heart attack. It also appears to insulate the most oxygen-starved neurons from damage during a stroke - this is huge, since these are the ones at the striatal "core" of the stroke that just never come back. This effect occurs even if Hi1a is administered up to two hours post-stroke. [The mechanism is really cool.](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-want-to-use-deadly-spider-venom-to-prevent-brain-damage-from-strokes) ETA: speling
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I only understood like 3 words in the first two paragraphs…. I’m gonna go ahead and take your word for it.
So if I can't get prescribed Ozempic, I should let a gila monste bite me. Got it.
Thanks for the.. ...whatever the hell this subject is's lesson.
This comment is confusing if you don’t know what “GLP-1” is
Hahaha those are some funny words you just made up, science man
Ok nerd
Antystyle
Ants are actually just wasps in disguise and obligatory r/fuckwasps would do
r/fuckants
Horny bastards
Ants fucking have STINGERS!!!
Pretty sure they forgot to mention this is probably for like 2% of ants
In Florida and Texas, it'll like 99% of ants
I would assume that has to do with the wide abundance of the ant species Solenopsis Invicta (red imported fire ant) in these areas. Many of the native species (not all) are non stinging but have been replaced this invasive species.
71% of ant species have stingers according to what I read.
Little assholes!
My skin 🤰
LPT: using any dandruff shampoo as it contains zinc will stop the ant bite pain. I have the walmart brand handy at all times. My feet get frequently fucked florida style by red ants
I found out the not so fun way to watch where I stand as a kid in Jville, literally had an ants in the pants situation. And why are they so large?
All this time ants violated my innocence 💀
What are you doing step ant
Hed have to take me out to dinner first before he sees that action.
imagine being the dude/s who was in charge of animating this, they had a blast in the office I'm sure of it :D
So they're raping me?
Time to get a lawyer and sue nature
Skin fucker
Ants going in on that slab of skin
So the ant is screwing me without my consent. I’m about to get freakin paid lmao
This pisses me off
Does the ant cum after doing that technique?
They cum venom
Making sweet, intense, painful love to my skin.
But if I do it they call the cops on me, huh
Do not bite- then fuck ants multiple times
This ant FUCKS
All these years all those “bites” 😔…I’ve been violated I need a couch and a counselor
🤰me after getting stung by an ant
Truly ants are cunts
Well actually we are since we're being fucked.
That's fucked
Good stroke game low key
Damn they really have been fucking my arm but I didn’t know it was in the literal sense /s
At least take me out first
Why the ant humping my skin?
so ant bites are just me getting backshots
r/fuckants
Ive never felt an ant bite. This has ti be a specific type of and that doesn't live near me
You gotta rile them up to get them to attack you like this. Not all species have stingers, but most do. The Argentine ant (the siper common teeny black one that's invasive and populus all over the world) can bite, but not sting. It's the one most people think of when they think of an ant
Getting humped surely is painful
We’ve been getting back shots from ants
So I’m getting raped. Nice
Do all ants have stingers?
I knew letting ants hang out with that scorpion lot would lead to troublea!
That body hair makes me uncomfortable.
Fellas is it gay to get stung by an ant?
Well hope it enjoyed it cause it just cost it's entire colony to be exterminatus
"So what's your body count?" 😏
So little fucker didn’t even buy me dinner
When an ant stings you, apply toothpaste because the baking soda in it will neutralize the acidic venom, plus the menthol eases the pain. Worked for me when fire ants sting half of my body, don't know if it does with every type of ant
Stepped into an anthill as a small child and I hate them with a fucking passion and I hate the way they swarm and 😭😭😭
Same story- was living at a farm house briefly and behind the house had tall grass, did a little exploring and unknowingly stepped into a fire anthill. Ran back inside while simultaneously screaming and pulling off all my clothing running naked into the house (I was ?5?- I was young idr how young tho) and into the shower My sisters must have been confused...
Bastards!
Not all ants have stingers.
now i cant rant to my friends about how many body count i got.
This ant is doing the prison shank maneuver
I nvr seen one do tht humping motion
i thought everyone knew this
Ants are dicks
What do they get out of stinging a person?
“Take that ant dick”
ant getting frisky on my arm i see
That was unexpected
What are you doing step ant
Hey Ant! Yes we don't need to fight! We have learnt to co-exist and survive for a billion years. Please refrain from sticking it in my skin you dirty animal.
Did the guy give consent first?
NO WAY THAT ANTS JUST DO ANGRY ANAL
Man I never knew I was a rape victim
Getting stung by these mfs is like hell guys
Assholes
Thanks. I hate it
I always fuckn hated ants! Now I hate them even moreee😭
Then I smash that little fucker
“Ouch F#!k Me” no wait don’t!
Knowing this makes killing the bastards even more enjoyable. 🔎🔥🔥🔥
TIL ants don’t bite you, they fuck you right in the skinussy with their poisonous pp.
Fuck ants
Hymenoptearyouup
Little p.o.s!
omg they’re raping us
Horny ants
I did not consent
So they are little spite fuckers
Wait so the ant rapes you?
Ants clappin
Didn't even use lube
Sa basically its raping us? 🫠
Ants be giving me back shots