If you bump into that nest, they will swarm out immediately and aggressively attack you, and no other ants will do that. There are no other stinging ants in North America. So if you get stung by an ant, you can pretty much assume it's a fire ant." Fire ant stings very distinctive, Raupp said. read more
The antibodies are generally specific to a given insect’s venom, so if you’re allergic to fire ant stings, you may very well not be allergic to honeybee stings, and vice versa (though if you’re intrinsically allergy-prone, the odds of being allergic to both are higher). read more