fire ant

基本解釋

Take a fire ant—don’t forget your gloves.
用手捉火蟻？千萬別忘了戴上手套。
A species of fire ant called Solenopsis invicta originated in the rainforests of Brazil.
有一種學名叫Solenopsis invicta的紅火蟻，它們起源於巴西的熱帶雨林，在進化中適應了雨林裡經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的洪水，能夠利用“木筏”觝禦洪災。
The spread of scale insects would have delighted one of the region's native species: the tropical fire ant, which is fond of dining on the sugary excrement of scale insects.
介殼蟲的蔓延會讓一種該地區(qū)的本土物種感到高興：熱帶火螞蟻。這種螞蟻喜食介殼蟲含糖的排泄物。

It would also be a bad idea to ingest acephate, used in Ortho Orthene Fire Ant Killer.
FORBES: Magazine Article

any mound-building predatory ant of the genus Solenopsis, of tropical and subtropical America, that can inflict a painful sting