Fire Ant

Fire Ants are creatures living in the Capital and in the Mojave Wasteland.

Background
The fire ants of the Capital Wasteland were created by a scientist named Doctor Lesko. The doctor was attempting to return giant ants to their normal size through genetic manipulation and accidentally created the fire ants. He reasons that one small tweak of an error has left the ants with a completely different mutation.

Lesko further explains that the ants breathe fire by expelling flammable venom from what was their venom sacks, then igniting it with a spark made by clicking their mandibles. He calls this process "pyrosis." 