Red ants at home can be a serious problem for the owners. They appeared in Ethiopia, but over time were able to spread throughout the world. They now prefer conditions resembling the humid subtropical climate of their homeland. In the houses it is - kitchen, bathroom, and toilet rooms.

Fire ants

Fire ants appear in trash containers, behind plinths and behind tiles. They can also be seen in the cereals stored in the kitchen, in book bindings, among the feet of linen in the clothing cabinets and in electrical appliances. The tiny size of the insects allows them to penetrate rather small cracks.

What are these insects - fire ants

Red ants are real pests. If they settled close to farmland - they can easily destroy them by eating crops. Fire ants in an apartment can cause a fire: climbing into the cracks, into electrical wiring shields - they endanger people. In addition, they spoil the food, gnawing furniture, things, and so on.

If a person is sitting motionless or asleep, the ants are not opposed to follow it. Ants migration occurs

The bite of a red ant is not only painful, it can cause a strong allergic reaction. Every year in America from such allergic reactions caused by the bites of red ants, a few dozen people die. +

A black ant or ant slave owner, even if it enters the house, it will look like an isolated case, and you should not be afraid of the further invasion of their fellows.

Workers make hikes for food, it is them most often seen. The length of the body they have about 2 mm. Males are somewhat larger, their body can reach 3.6 mm. They have a distinctive feature - transparent wings. The largest members of the family are females (uterus) with a length of more than 5 mm. Their lifespan can be 4.5 years.

Each family builds an ant-nest in a hard-to-reach place. It consists of several nests, which are interconnected by turns. The ant family consists of several females that never leave the nest's territory and lay eggs, as well as a large number of working ants that care for the larvae. The process of reproduction in suitable conditions occurs fairly quickly.

Fire ants feed on a variety of scraps from the trash can, fat on the sink, crumbs of food on the table or hollow. They also do not disdain textiles, leather goods, the remains of dead insects, and even insulation on electrical appliances