How bad is an ant bite?

[MuskieBait]

Yeah, I've been bitten at Center Island a few times before by those ants...but never this bad.

Strange thing is that I was bitten on the arm, chest and neck, but only the bite on the arm swelled up. The bites on my neck and chest stayed pretty small and look just like a regular mosquito bite.

Immunity can work either way...either repeated exposures lead to less reaction each time...or more reaction each time (allergic reaction). I'm still trying to figure out if this was just an odd case or if I really did develop an allergy against ant venom. It would such if it's a real allergy...which means fishing would be less fun from now on if I have to watch for ants all the time...

We shall see...