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Lar

wrote:

Hi!

I live in Chicago and just stumbled upon some sort of really small red
ants. It turns out that it bit me and felt like a sting. I did some
research on 'fireants', and I read that they can't survive/live in
Chicago.

I was wondering if anybody has any ideas on what could have stung
me!

Thanks!
Mike

As mentioned you are thinking of the imported fire ant rather than the
native ants that can also sting...not sure if yall even have true native
fire ants up there. Every few years though I will see an article talking
about an imported fire ant nest actually surviving a Northern winter.
Fire ants are common in southern Illinois so I would think it would be
possible for someone to transport them from there to Chicago.

Lar