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KarenInMA (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 11:59 AM Original message |
What's a fire ant? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ant that bites, HARD. |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a red ant that is hard to kill and likes to bite people and animals |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. There's no such thing as *a* fire ant. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. like this: |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yeah. Like that. |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I've seen them like that, they build rafts out of themselves..... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Yikes! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's like a piss ant |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Primer here: |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. A vicious ant |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. they are little assholes that live in my yard |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Orange oil. |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. thanks |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Thanks for the link |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:08 PM Original message |
go to a farm store or feed store... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Do nematodes work on FIRE ants, too? |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. yes they do...and very well (nt) |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. The ones that work on fleas |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Fleas, too? That's GREAT news! How 'bout CHIGGERS? |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. SHE wanted something to get under the skin of men |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. LOL good one nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. small black biting ants common in southwest and gulf coast |
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jean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yaaay! Something to fight them with - White Vinegar! |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. They actually have a red tint to them. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. while living in Ethiopia several years back, I had these things |
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mourningdove92 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. they are practically indestructible critters that are a royal |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. This is where they have spread in the US: |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. They're the Hell's Angels of the ant world |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:07 PM Original message |
Just to clarify. The bite is just the beginning. They also sting. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Non-native species of ant with a destructive sting |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sometimes cold weathr is a blessing in Massachusetts |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh, you silly, silly Yankee..... n/t |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'd rather have the black flies! *l* |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. fire ants use a stinger like a bee. very painful |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. An awful creature that torments humans and animal alike. |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Unfortunately they kill people too. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I read about those poor old people. How awful. |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I'll have to check into the wasp thing... |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Growing up, there was a girl who lived across the street from my family |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. it's a neocon ant |
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scarface2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. one bite |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. I beileve they are originally from South America... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I blame Hugo Chavez EOM |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. Trust me, once one of those suckers bites you, you don't believe in the |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. The subject of a kick-ass Mastodon song |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Good site on prevention/ treatment of fire-ant bites |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. the mounds are often raised a bit higher than a common ant mound |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. They bit me on the hand last week while I was cleaning a water trough. |
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Ignoramus (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. About 2 pints |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. FYI, a completely non-chemical way to get rid of them. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Fire ants are bad news |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. Something us Northerns will never have to deal with thank god |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. they aren't all that far from you. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ants that have a red tint and hurt more than other ants! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. I, for one, welcome our insect overlords |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. There are even worse ants |
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LT TX (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. What is crazy |
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