‘Island Of Fire Ants’ Discovered In Houston Flooding

CBS DFW ^ | August 27, 2017 10:41 PM

[Sasparilla]

Nasty little critters.

[M Kehoe]

Spray with kerosene (charcoal fluid), and light.

Best part is listening to their little screams.

5.56mm

[chris37]

Used to see floating fire ant islands all the time in the floods that occurred in Metairie, Louisiana when I was a kid.

People that like to walk around in flood waters know about them. Avoid them!

However, this is probably caused today by Glowbull Warming and Donald Trump.

[mewzilla]

=8-0

[AFreeBird]

I had a mound of fire ants like that in my backyard when I lived in Fla., didn’t call the press.

[grobdriver]

Gas - match.

[Viking2002]

We’ve got them here in Alabama, and they are nasty little buggers. They’re tiny but one bite feels like you got injected with acid. I accidentally disturbed a hidden nest of them in the yard one year, and a half dozen bites was all it took for my hand to go numb up to my forearm.

[moose07]

WD-40, Lighter.

[real saxophonist]

My dad used to pour gas on fire ant beds in our yard in south Georgia. Didn’t light them on fire. So there were these big brown splotches in the yard, and the fire ants would just build a new bed about 6 feet from the old one.

[Made In The USA]

I hate those bastards. Use whatever you’ve got including tactical nuclear weapons then hang their little heads on sticks as a reminder to any survivors.

[1Old Pro]

I’ve tried these granular products for regular ants - after using the whole can I found no decrease in ants.

[yldstrk]

Biblical

[gundog]

Less dense than water.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I had a mound of fire ants like that in my backyard when I lived in Fla., didn’t call the press.

They are common whenever there is flooding in fire ant territory. I have seen them floating down river after floods in Texas. I am usually more concerned with the water moccasins though.

[tillacum]

I think most southern states have fire ants now.

[Bubba_Leroy]

looks like fire ants are pretty common in parts of Texas

Unfortunately, yes they are.

[raiderboy]

I am quite familiar with the bayou area just to the east of Houston permeated with gators, water moccasins , nutria rats, and vermin of many distinct species . These areas are expanding into huge areas of coverage and we are gong to see some strange things in our populated ares.

[gundog]

Basic training in San Antonio. Lay a rake in the wrong place for a minute, go to pick it up, and it’s covered in ‘em. Nasty.

[Responsibility2nd]

These boogers can swim. And they can bite the fire out of you while swimming.

Trust me, I know.

[MeganC]

Nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.