They avoid eating the African driver ant and red ants. They are protected from the ants by imitating chemical odours given by ant colony members. Others feed on eggs of other insects, aphids, scale insects, or ant larvae. These snakes live underground in ant and termite nests. Aesop did the same in his fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. The film is inspired by Aesop's fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper". A variety of methods are employed to enter the nest of the host ant. Turnover rate of wood ant nests is very quick. The invasive red imported fire ant is known to prey on hatchlings. Titanomyrma is a genus of prehistoric giant ant. First aid for fire ant stings includes external treatments and oral medicines. Chronology of ant colony optimization algorithms. The relationship is mutualistic, as both ant and aphid benefit. The butterfly releases cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) that mimic the CHCs of the host male ant. Necrophoric behaviour occurs in the red imported fire ant.