Ant bites are often said to have curative properties.

They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Yahweh said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.