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No. It just said that cutting them up doesn’t kill them. There was no mention of tossing them in a fire, but I’ll bet that would work.

We've had these nasty little creatures in Alabama for a couple years now. I garden and do yardwork so am particularly attuned to their presence. I didn't see any this past spring/summer, but in 2024, had quite a few. The first time I saw one was a few years back and I had no idea what it was. I dropped it in five gallon plastic bucket and it easily crawled up the side and out of it in less than 30 seconds. I have quite a few ringneck snakes in the area and they will happily eat earthworms and slugs but won't touch flatworms.

When I found out what they were all about, the next time I found one, I poked a fire ant mound and then dropped the flatworm into the ants that made pretty short work of it, so I've discovered the one redeeming feature of fire ants. Normally I just toss them into a little can of rock salt (with a lid) I keep handy in my shed just for them.