What is Fire ant?
{{Taxobox | image = Fire ant queens 3589.jpg | image_caption = ''Solenopsis'' queens and workers | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | subphylum= Uniramia | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = Hymenoptera | subordo = Apocrita | familia = [[Ant|Formicidae]] | subfamilia = Myrmicinae | tribus = Solenopsidini | genus = '''''Solenopsis''''' | genus_authority = John Obadiah Westwood, 1840 | diversity_link = > 280 species + subspecies <!-- in ? subgenera --> | range_map = | range_map_width = 250px | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Solenopsis invicta|S. invicta]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis conjurata|S. conjurata]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis daguerrei|S. daguerrei]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis fugax|S. fugax]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis molesta|S. molesta]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis richteri|S. richteri]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis solenopsidis|S. solenopsidis]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis wagneri|S. wagneri]]''<br /> ''[[Solenopsis xyloni|S. xyloni]]''<br /> &nbsp;many more }} '''Fire ants''' are stinging [[ant]]s. They are also called ''ginger ants'' and ''tropical fire ants''.<ref>''hormigas coloradas'' or ''hormigas de fuego'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]), ''fourmis de feu'' ([[French language|French]]), ''Feuerameisen'' ([[German language|German]]), ''mod-kun-fai'' ([[Thai language|Thai]]), ''aka-hi-ari'' or ''aka-kami-ari'' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]), and ''Langgam'' ([[Filipino language|Filipino]])</ref> They evolved in [[South America]], but have become a major pest in [[North America]]. They are known for a painful sting. This sting uses a [[Base (chemistry)|base]], not an [[acid]]. == Invasion == In 1918, fire ants were [[accident]]ally moved into the [[United States of America]] by a ship from [[South America]].<ref name=ant>{{cite book | title = Earth Science| url = https://archive.org/details/holtsciencetechn00na_0| publisher = Holt, Rinehart and Winston| date = 2001| location = United States of America| pages = 211| isbn = 0-03-055667-8}}</ref> They were moved in large amounts