"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."
Posted on 08/05/2015 8:19:57 AM PDT by w1n1
Yes, used some this Spring in NC. Worked great.
I grew up in S. Fla. We had several varieties of 'red ants'.
One was a small red ant, about 1/16" long. Very painful swarming bites.
A couple were larger, around 1/8". Very painful also.
Not true fire ants. Hard to imagine fire ants being worse
BTW, we also had a long (3/8") thin black ant, very fast, lived single in trees. Run, stop, run, stop. Really really painful. Thankfully uncommon.
"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."
Hahahahah...ALWAYS makes me laugh!
I have mostly the small fire ants, but there are also some fire ants in this area that are about twice the size of the little ones and those big ones deliver bites like a yellowjacket sting.
I had one fly down my collar once also.
After that I kept a small bottle of meat tenderizer in the glove compartment.
I swell up badly. Got whacked 3 times on my upper lip and nose once by yellow jackets. Looked like I’d gone a round w/ Mike Tyson. awful.
DDT was found to be the most effective pesticide for use on red imported fire ants. We can thank the propaganda and lies originating from Rachel Carlson's book, Silent Spring for the continued prevalence of this invasive pest. For her efforts she may be featured on the next $20 bill after they ditch Andrew Jackson.
Got your Faith strengthened also huh?
I know your story bolstered mine.
God may not always give us the answer we want, but He always answers!
LOL :)
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