I give ants a healthy respect. Once, while riding my bicycle I just happened to fall on top of a anthill. Did they mind their own business? No, they crawled all over me and those bites did not tickle at all. Once, at the college library, I found a fly crawling on the ground. It couldn't fly. Right nearby, was a lady's sandaled foot. Intrigued, I placed the fly on her foot to see what her reaction would be. It crawled on her foot for awhile, until she took her other foot and squashed my fly friend. Better to ask permission before placing insects on people for tickle purposes.