A typical 火, 消防 ant colony produces large mounds in open areas and feeds mostly on young plants, seeds, and sometimes crickets.

火, 消防 ants often attack small 动物 and can kill them.

Unlike many other ants, which bite and then spray acid on the wound, 火, 消防 ants only bite to get a grip and then sting (from the abdomen) and inject a toxic alkaloid venom (piperidine).

For humans, this is a painful sting, which leaves a sensation similar to what one feels when they get burned 由 火, 消防 - hence the name 火, 消防 ant - and the aftereffects of the sting can be deadly to sensitive individuals.