Comments on: New! – Chicagoboyz “Know Your Insects” Series

By: beloml

beloml — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:05:24 +0000

Texas A&M has a good website on fire ants and how to control their population. Even the experts don’t talk about eradication.

http://fireant.tamu.edu/

By: Soap

Soap — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:27:40 +0000

Yes, and the stuff you can still get at the home store just runs them to the neighbors yard. I have had a couple folks tell me that feeding the mound with instant grits kills them as they eat this and it swells up in their insides when it gets wet killing the worker ants. I am not sure if that’s right or if they just store enough food they don’t need to come out to forage for a while. But, they are a nuisance here in Florida. You guys up North… the cold is your friend.

By: TomH

TomH — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:29 +0000

I was at Fort Hood and the MP are tough there about dress code. They stopped their humvee because I was out of uniform, but they noticed I was weed-eating around red ant mounds. They just waved and moved on. I guess I looked like a young shiek who jumped up and down every five minutes. Duct tape rocks.

By: Jay Manifold

Jay Manifold — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:06:54 +0000

Re-enacting the plagues of Egypt for Pesach? ;^)

All the years I lived in TX and never got bit … I have a bad feeling that my day will nonetheless come.

By: Tyouth

Tyouth — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:23:37 +0000

I’ve had them under my long pants well up my thighs while working. Odd how one doesn’t notice the little beggars until after the damage is done.

By: Carl Ortona

Carl Ortona — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:29:56 +0000

nasty, nasty, nasty … we have ‘em here too… you can actually feel the poison coursing through your veins/skin, so to speak. once they start developing a delightful, pus-like head, hot compresses help … rubbing alcohol as soon after helps too.. but looks like you didn’t get the chance

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:36:15 +0000

Thanks, Wayne. They only got my lower leg where I was kneeling. I had little reaction other than itching. Cheap lesson.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:16:29 +0000

Nice leg, shame about the ….. LOL

You are lucky and hopefully they didn’t get any highter up your leg/s. The venom from Fire ant stings can cause severe allergic reactions in some people and can result in death if medical assistance is not forthcoming quickly. Don’t bust the blisters or they can get badly infected.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:22:40 +0000

Oooh. Bet that smarts.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:08:28 +0000

Insect that evolved in the Amazon rain forest aren’t wimps.

They seem to be easily offended.

By: Dan from Madison

Dan from Madison — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:14:21 +0000

Bummer, glad we don’t have those around here.

By: Shannon Love

Shannon Love — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:03:11 +0000

Insect that evolved in the Amazon rain forest aren’t wimps.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:55:09 +0000

I bet those are Florida legs!