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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93792] Tue, 08 June 2004 22:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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we could make virus to kill them Cool
Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93796] Tue, 08 June 2004 22:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Although I haven't had any encounters with fire ants, I do however have another ant that pisses me off.

Flying carpenter ants.

OH! I had one of those like styrofoam airplane things and I left it out over night and the next morning I picked it up threw it up and it EXPLODED! Those assholes flew almost all over me.


ohhh man best laugh ive had in a while. I can Seriouslly Imagin that .


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93797] Tue, 08 June 2004 23:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Those fire ants sound like Hell alright...Blazer you live in AZ? Where in AZ? I'm in the Valley, Peoria specifically. (about 71st Ave. + Thunderbird Rd.)

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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93798] Tue, 08 June 2004 23:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You realize that almost no one in that party knows what side of various issues, and the ones that do don't dare speak about them because they would be seen for the communist(insert-radical-anti-human-political bent here) that they are.

On topic, Fire Ants are bad. Best thing to do is pour a gallon of diesel fuel in the hill and let it soak for a couple of hours, then burn the bastards. Gas won't do it because it evaporates too quickly. There are also various poisons available, Amdro being the best. If it's really bad(a dozen hills or more) call an exterminator as you're in over your head with a super-colony.


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93802] Tue, 08 June 2004 23:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We don't have them as far as i'm aware Smile


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93810] Tue, 08 June 2004 23:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wait, this isn't about Red Alert? Confused

Anyway, if burning them is the best way to get rid of them, does that mean that if they crawl all over you stinging, you should light yourself to get rid of them? Razz

And now I see the shitty climate over here has it's positives.
Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93817] Wed, 09 June 2004 00:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We don't have them as far as i'm aware Smile


/me bows down to the UK


Watch out, they made it to Australia...nobody is safe! Shocked
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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93820] Wed, 09 June 2004 01:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We don't have them as far as i'm aware Smile


/me bows down to the UK


Watch out, they made it to Australia...nobody is safe! Shocked
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants/


Oz has many many things that are much worse than these, I have loads of friends that live there and I'm so glad I'm going to stay here in the great UK where the worst thing we got is bees and wasps Razz

But on a side not we do have the insect with the most leathal sting in the world over here. Fortunately it's teeth can't bite through our skin so we are very very safe. They are known to use as daddy long legs. Basically they are flying spiders but they are so weak and skinny that they are so easy to get rid of.

Xtrm2Matt did you know about this?

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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93826] Wed, 09 June 2004 02:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I dunno I had fun with them when I lived in florida. Albeit I was like 6 or 7 years old I had little wars with them and screwed their nests up and laughed as they tried to catch me.

Sometimes they did catch me and I got mad and deployed the "orbital hose cannon"
Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93842] Wed, 09 June 2004 04:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ha the good old Daddy Long legs, the most poisonous animal on the planet, a single one contains enough poison to kill several fully grown men, thank fuck their jaws are too small to bite us otherwise human kind would no longer exist.
Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93843] Wed, 09 June 2004 04:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That daddy-long-legs being deadly thing has yet to ever be proven. Yes they can't bite humans as they are too small, but after a quick google search every page I came to said the same thing: Since no-one has been bitten, and there has been no studies on it, there is no proof that they are in fact deadly.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdaddy.html
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

However, thos fire ant look like they suck. I suddenly appreciate the cold, wet, crappy climate of the UK.
Why Fire Ants Suck [message #93898] Wed, 09 June 2004 08:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That daddy-long-legs being deadly thing has yet to ever be proven. Yes they can't bite humans as they are too small, but after a quick google search every page I came to said the same thing: Since no-one has been bitten, and there has been no studies on it, there is no proof that they are in fact deadly.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdaddy.html
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

However, thos fire ant look like they suck. I suddenly appreciate the cold, wet, crappy climate of the UK.


I thought that the fact that they have this poisen in them that it basically was almost 100% that it would kill you. Maybe someone wants to try and eat one and let us know Razz (If your still alive Wink)

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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94091] Thu, 10 June 2004 00:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Those fire ants sound like Hell alright...Blazer you live in AZ? Where in AZ? I'm in the Valley, Peoria specifically. (about 71st Ave. + Thunderbird Rd.)


Blazer and I live near I-17, between Cactus and Peoria.


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94096] Thu, 10 June 2004 01:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You can get rid of ants with cinnamon. They hate the stuff. It interferes with their ability to secrete/detect pheromones, which is how they communicate.

I drove a whole colony out of my bathroom without killing a single one using cinnamon. Razz


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94098] Thu, 10 June 2004 01:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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BTW, you should never squish an ant... when they die they secrete a "help me" pheromone, that, when detected by the colony, results in an increased response.

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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94122] Thu, 10 June 2004 05:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94124] Thu, 10 June 2004 05:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You can get rid of ants with cinnamon. They hate the stuff. It interferes with their ability to secrete/detect pheromones, which is how they communicate.

I drove a whole colony out of my bathroom without killing a single one using cinnamon. Razz


Very interesting. I will have to try that.

Thank you on behalf of my ever-frightful wife.


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94144] Thu, 10 June 2004 08:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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ya, i havent gotten stung by fire ant, but a few weeks ago, me and my cousin were just, burnin ants with magnifying glasses, when he just started jumpin up and down, i was just like wtf, then he just ran inside his house i dont know what he did but the ants most were off, he still had a few on him, it was the funniest thing i have ever seen, i think he was by a colony, i dont know what ant it was but they were black and about a millimeter long,but they did leave blisters

I live in Illinois, good thing we dont have those fire ants around here Very Happy Very Happy
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ya, i havent gotten stung by fire ant, but a few weeks ago, me and my cousin were just, burnin ants with magnifying glasses, when he just started jumpin up and down, i was just like wtf, then he just ran inside his house i dont know what he did but the ants most were off, he still had a few on him, it was the funniest thing i have ever seen, i think he was by a colony, i dont know what ant it was but they were black and about a millimeter long,but they did leave blisters

I live in Illinois, good thing we dont have those fire ants around here Very Happy Very Happy


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94393] Fri, 11 June 2004 05:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You can get rid of ants with cinnamon. They hate the stuff. It interferes with their ability to secrete/detect pheromones, which is how they communicate.

I drove a whole colony out of my bathroom without killing a single one using cinnamon. Razz



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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94519] Fri, 11 June 2004 11:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Fire Ants are nothing compared to Austrialian Bull-Dog ants, these things love to fight, you will be just sitting and eating a sandwich and bulldog ant will come and bit your ass, it will fight you also if you try to fling it away with your hands.

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I've dealt with both. Fire ants are by far worse.

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Or you could just get an anteater for a pet and pump it full of anti-venom.


Then it'll kill all the ants for you.


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Why Fire Ants Suck [message #94829] Sat, 12 June 2004 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ive also delt with both, fire ants are by far the worst.... but i still hate bulldog ants.

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We don't have them as far as i'm aware Smile


/me bows down to the UK


Watch out, they made it to Australia...nobody is safe! Shocked
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants/


Oz has many many things that are much worse than these, I have loads of friends that live there and I'm so glad I'm going to stay here in the great UK where the worst thing we got is bees and wasps Razz

But on a side not we do have the insect with the most leathal sting in the world over here. Fortunately it's teeth can't bite through our skin so we are very very safe. They are known to use as daddy long legs. Basically they are flying spiders but they are so weak and skinny that they are so easy to get rid of.

Xtrm2Matt did you know about this?

Tilly


UH.. daddy long legs are leathal?! /me hides Mad


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