I'm still waiting for the others to bloom. There are jack-jumper ants all over the buds acting like they are nurturing them. I don't know if the buds have any sugars or something similar on them but it is only those ants that are caring for them. Jack-jumpers have a venomous bite that you can form an allergy to and they kill at least one person a year. Nobody dies from their first bite but once your body decides it is allergic to them it reacts with anaphylaxis. It could be your second bite or your 100th bite that gets you if you are going to have a reaction but you will never know which one. There is a course of desensitisation you can have down in the capital city of Hobart if you work around these ants but it is expensive and a huge hassle. Most people take their chances and keep their phones in their pockets. I have been bitten 7 times by jack-jumpers and once by an inchman ant. The inchman was the worst bite I have ever had.
