Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus ... ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin.
The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 72, No. 1, Mar., 1989 Impact of the Imported Fire Ant on Labor... Impact of the Imported Fire Ant on Laboratory ...