red ant

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red ant (plural red ants)

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see red, ant.
  2. The European red ant (common red ant), (Myrmica rubra).
  3. The Pharaoh ant, (Monomorium pharaonis).
  4. The red harvester ant, (Pogonomyrmex barbatus), native to southwestern US.
  5. The red imported fire ant, (Solenopsis invicta), native to South America, but broadly invasive.
  6. The European red wood ant, (Formica polyctena or Formica pratensis).
  7. The red bull ant, (Myrmecia gulosa).

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