Ant Taxonomy Fail 5 Comments / Ants, Taxonomy / By myrmecos Spread the loveI understand the product works by converting fire ant DNA into that of other species.
myrmecos March 3, 2010 at 8:42 am For those curious about the insect in the picture, it’s a bullet ant, Paraponera clavata. The bullet ant is a giant South American species with a sting harsh enough to make a fire ant swarm seem like a soothing massage. Reply
Joshua King March 3, 2010 at 8:58 am A picture of a single fire ant is not really all that scary compared to a burly bullet ant. I suspect that wasn’t an accidental substitution. Reply
TGIQ March 3, 2010 at 3:25 pm Ha. That is some well-deserved snark. It’s almost as bad as this guy’s version of a “horse”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3nPJPE80ic Reply
I understand the product works by converting fire ant DNA into that of other species.
For those curious about the insect in the picture, it’s a bullet ant, Paraponera clavata. The bullet ant is a giant South American species with a sting harsh enough to make a fire ant swarm seem like a soothing massage.
A picture of a single fire ant is not really all that scary compared to a burly bullet ant. I suspect that wasn’t an accidental substitution.
That’s hilariously horrible advertising! Great find!
Ha. That is some well-deserved snark.
It’s almost as bad as this guy’s version of a “horse”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3nPJPE80ic
LOL!