It is interesting to watch how fire ants react to bed disturbance

I stirred up a bed next to some concrete today while working. What was interesting was how fast the small worker ants raced out onto the concrete in a zigzag pattern I assume looking for the threat. The larger ants were out later and patrolled the area near the bed. Much of this probably has to do with the larger ants being deeper. The little ants were like rockets though setting up the perimeter, and are probably the ones that will bite you if you are standing back.

Sprays from a can of brake cleaner made short work of them. I almost hated to harm them, but really didn’t have a choice.