Thanks for all the great information! My gf had the ants on her leg
and got stung/bit two or three times. Then I went to go look at where
it was, and while I was walking back into the backyard, I felt a
stinging/biting feeling on my stomach. I look down and saw the small
red ant right where it hurt.

Again, thanks for all the great information!


Mike


On Aug 11, 5:09 pm, Lar wrote:
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