How to deal with sulfuric acid ant bites

Many people have not heard of sulfate ants. This type of sulfate ant mainly lives in Africa. Its characteristic is that its body fluids are corrosive, so it is called sulfate ants. If you are accidentally bitten by a sulfate ant, do not slap it with your hands to avoid the corrosive liquid from continuing to erode your body. Be careful to blow it off. Once skin corrosion occurs, seek medical attention in time.

How to deal with sulfuric acid ant bites

1. Sulfuric acid ants are mainly active in Africa. Their body fluids are extremely corrosive. The wounds caused by their body fluids or bites will be difficult to heal for a long time and will cause severe pain. 2. If you are accidentally bitten or come into contact with its urine, you should use anti-inflammatory and detoxifying drugs as soon as possible and go to the hospital for treatment. If it crawls onto your body, do not kill it; instead, blow it off carefully. Its body fluids are extremely corrosive.

Treatment method: Soak in weak alkaline water first to neutralize the formic acid, and then apply general anti-inflammatory ointment.

Sulphate Ant

1. Its scientific name is rove beetle, also known as "shadow beetle" or "green waist beetle". It is 0.6~0.8cm long. It is phototactic, living under weeds and rocks during the day and coming out at night. It is most common in summer and autumn.

2. It is phototactic, living under weeds and rocks during the day and coming out at night. It is most commonly seen in summer and autumn, and likes to fly around fluorescent lights. It does not have venom glands in its body and will not sting people, but it does have venom in its body (strongly acidic venom, pH 1 to 2), which will flow out after it is killed. It looks like it has been splashed with sulfuric acid, so we also call this kind of ant "sulfuric acid ant".

3. The rove beetle is a small black flying insect, named because its wings are hidden under its abdomen and are not easy to detect. It has a black head, an orange-yellow chest, three pairs of legs, and is covered with short hairs. This insect can be found throughout the country, especially in the hot and humid south. It lives in dark places such as damp grass during the day and comes out at night. It likes to fly towards places with lights, especially fluorescent lights, so it often causes illness when people are sleeping.