Electric ant

The electric ant, also known as the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, is a small (approx 1.5 mm long), light to golden brown (ginger) social antnative to Central and South America, now spread to parts of Africa (including Gabon and Cameroon), North America, Puerto Rico,[2] Israel,[3][4] Cuba, and six Pacific Island groups (including the Galápagos Islands, Hawaii, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands) plus north-eastern Australia (Cairns),[5][6]
The name, electric ant (or little fire ant) derives from the ant's painful sting relative to its size.[7] This ant's impact in those environments and countries outside of its place of origin has been described as follows:[6]
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