Photo#30113 Copyright © 2005 Jeff Abrams

Fire Ant Raft - Solenopsis invicta

Kisssimee River Prarie Reserve, Florida, USA

June 4, 2005

Size: the mass is about 1 ft



This raft was seen floating in a flooded portion of the Kissimmee Prarie. Im prettty sure the genus is Solenopsis, but Im not sure which species, and I doubt that its identifiable from this picture. It was taken from about 5 feet above the subject from a swamp buggy, and there was about 3 feet of water on the ground, so there was no getting a closer shot.



Can you imagine what would happen if something walked into one of these rafts? I cant even think about what to do if that happened, I doubt even dunking underwater would accomplish anything...



Eesh, scary little buggers