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They're here now. Hybrid fire ants have arrived.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 6/5/24 at 4:34 pm
I guess there's no way of stopping or eradicating them. Local newspaper link: LINK
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 4:36 pm to BFIV
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Young children should be taught to avoid fire ant colonies
They do a good job of teaching that themselves. I fell into a huge pile at age 5.
frick fire ants.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 5:01 pm to BFIV
"Here" is Virginia, and the scary hybrid fire ants in the article are just the ones we've lived alongside all our lives, finally working their way that far north
Funny that they have to learn to regard Ant Mounds as hazardous
Funny that they have to learn to regard Ant Mounds as hazardous
Posted on 6/5/24 at 6:39 pm to BFIV
I got into them as a pre teen kid in the early 60s in Florida when Dad and I were digging a bunker in preparation for nuclear war during the CMC. It taught me a lesson that I've never forgotten.
A stray will still get me when I'm cutting grass every now and then.
They're taking over all of our pond dams in the tall grass on the water side of the dam.
A stray will still get me when I'm cutting grass every now and then.
They're taking over all of our pond dams in the tall grass on the water side of the dam.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 7:22 pm to luvdoc
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"Here" is Virginia, and the scary hybrid fire ants in the article are just the ones we've lived alongside all our lives, finally working their way that far north
It’s only a thing when it moves out of flyover country and starts affecting the coastal elite.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:04 pm to DownSouthJukin
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It’s only a thing when it moves out of flyover country and starts affecting the coastal elite.
Well, I'm far from being the coastal elite. Having fire ants finally invade and establish their presence here in the Appalachian mountains is certainly new to us hillbillies.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:17 pm to BFIV
Gotta watch out when they raft up in flooded areas. I have never known life without those viscous bastards.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:28 pm to Ace Midnight
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They do a good job of teaching that themselves. I fell into a huge pile at age 5.
frick fire ants.
Sneaky bastards never bite one at a time, they coordinate their attack. They wait until a bunch are on you and one of em counts to three.......then you cuss and slap a lot like you're having some kind of fit and take off for the garden hose.*
*Allegedly
Posted on 6/6/24 at 6:03 am to BFIV
I seem to get into them once a year at least...regular piss ants that is. I don't anything of the hybrid variety of which you speak.
Granny used to pour out grits on the beds. She claimed it would make the stomach explode. I can't say for sure. I know gasoline works though.
Also, supposedly you can take a shovel and scoop from one mound dump it in another mound, mix it up a little bit and they will all start fighting to the death.
Granny used to pour out grits on the beds. She claimed it would make the stomach explode. I can't say for sure. I know gasoline works though.
Also, supposedly you can take a shovel and scoop from one mound dump it in another mound, mix it up a little bit and they will all start fighting to the death.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 6:11 am to BFIV
Keep them down there. One thing I like about where I live at in NW Arkansas is there are no fire ants.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 6:29 am to bayoudude
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Gotta watch out when they raft up in flooded areas.
I stepped into a ball of those little devils while catching bait shrimp in a ditch in Galveston once.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 6:41 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
….yet.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:12 am to BFIV
I hadn't seen the big red ants for many years until about 2 weeks ago while cutting my grass. Felt a bite on my lower leg and figured I had stepped in a disturbed anthill. Looked down and I had about 10 big red ones on my leg. I'm pretty sure my neighbors enjoyed my dance routine.
I was not able to track down where they came from. I looked all around the "tracks" I had mowed.
I was not able to track down where they came from. I looked all around the "tracks" I had mowed.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 12:21 pm to Animal
Stir up the ant hill. Then spray with ant spray.
That kills the ants on the surface. The ants inside come out, drag the dead back inside, and eat them. This kills the second level of ants.
That kills the ants on the surface. The ants inside come out, drag the dead back inside, and eat them. This kills the second level of ants.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 12:37 pm to BFIV
This shite here is the GOAT. Don’t take the paper off the top of the can after you remove the lid. Just punch a bunch of large holes with a Philips head screwdriver and basically make a large salt shaker. Sprinkle on the mound and those cùnts are all dead within 24 hours.
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Posted on 6/6/24 at 1:29 pm to bhtigerfan
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This shite here is the GOAT. Don’t take the paper off the top of the can after you remove the lid. Just punch a bunch of large holes with a Philips head screwdriver and basically make a large salt shaker. Sprinkle on the mound and those cùnts are all dead within 24 hours.
There are a bunch of brands with that same ingredient. I've always used Martin's because that's the cheapest version that the CoOp carries. It works. Sometimes a mound will move because a big mound can have more than one queen, and they don't feed each queen the same diet. I just treat the new, smaller mound(s) when they pop up closeby. It usually knocks them out then.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 1:38 pm to BFIV
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the ants — a hybrid of black and fire ants that started spreading northward from the deep South in the 1930s — have developed a tolerance for cooler temperatures over the decades that gives them more time to spread while preparing for winter hibernation each year.
Okay...Thanks for the heads up.
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Byington said. “Don’t try to burn or spray them until you contact us.
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Byington said the fire ants can inflict a painful bite
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The ants are aggressive though, she said, and can cause problems for pets and livestock. They can attack young livestock — calves, goat kids, lambs and others — causing blindness and sometimes death if farmers do not control ant colonies or keep livestock safe.
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anyone finding a fire ant colony should call their local Extension office immediately for help in treating the infested area.
Same goes for any spider, wasps, bees, yellow jackets and any other stinging bullshite near my place.
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Posted on 6/6/24 at 1:42 pm to scrooster
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Dad and I were digging a bunker in preparation for nuclear war during the CMC. It taught me a lesson that I've never forgotten.
That digging is hard work and absolutely sucks?
Posted on 6/6/24 at 10:19 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
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Keep them down there. One thing I like about where I live at in NW Arkansas is there are no fire ants.
You serious? They arent up there yet? I'm on the north side of lake ouachita and you can't spit without hitting a mound.
Even the winter we had with two weeks in single digits didn't effect them. I grew up in the 80s without them and living with them is misery if you are outdoors a lot.
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