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Attack of the hairy crazy ants: The two-millimeter pests crawling through America
Daily Mail ^
| September 23, 2011
| Leon Watson
Posted on 09/25/2011 3:47:13 PM PDT by Daffynition
They are tiny, destructive and they bite - so whatever you do don't ant-agonise them.
A plague of pesky little alien invaders are causing mayhem as they spread across America
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ants; nylanderiafulva
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To: Daffynition
We have those all over Pearland (1st city South of Houston). They cover the yard, and have no visible beds. You might not see them until you put your hand on the grass and suddenly have 50 of them on your wrist in 10 seconds. We pest-treated the house, and we sweep up 2 or 3 dustpans full of ant bodies in the house every day, and it doesn't seem to slow down their spread one bit. They're crazy pests, and terrible for the ecosystem, but in my experience they never bite people. We've been dealing with them for years, and it's generally understood that they aren't biters, and since they killed off the fire ants, ant bites seem to be down. I'd rather deal with fire ants rather than the Raspberry ants. FYI, Raspberry was the name of the exterminator in League City who first identified them as a unique species, and mailed samples to a lab at Texas A&M, who confirmed that they were preiously unidentified. - Joel, Pearland Texas, 25/9/2011 21:34
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posted on
09/25/2011 3:50:32 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: Daffynition
See HG Wells' story "The empire of the ants" written in 1905. - Mike A, Channel Islands, 24/9/2011 09:01
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posted on
09/25/2011 3:51:22 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: sinanju
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posted on
09/25/2011 3:53:19 PM PDT
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: sinanju
Would becoming an anteater breeder be a good business to go into? I wonder what kind of pets anteaters make....
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posted on
09/25/2011 3:54:21 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: Daffynition
I wanna see the hairy crazy ants and the killer bees in a cage match.
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posted on
09/25/2011 3:57:40 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: Daffynition
They don’t bite people or large animals, but they overpopulate so intensely that it is truly amazing. They also do not make or follow distinctive trails, which is why they are called “crazy ants.”
They have multiple queens in their nests, to breed that much, and can even overwhelm fire ants by sheer number. Dogs quickly learn they cannot go into a yard without being completely covered by them.
Other than being so huge in number, they also consume plants, and at a huge clip.
Obviously, pesticide will not solve this problem. This has to be solved with biological attack, either bacteria or viruses. But even this is made difficult because their nests are not easy to locate.
For example, a means of attacking fire ants is to set out a jar with some honey in it. Then when it is swarmed, pour water in the jar do drown the ants, and seal it, putting it in a warm, dark place until it grows mold. Then it is poured on the fire ant nest, and can wipe out several colonies in an area through disease.
To: Daffynition
Problem solved.
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:00:11 PM PDT
by
NakedRampage
(Fortis cadere, cedere non potest (A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield))
To: Daffynition
Problem solved.
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:00:15 PM PDT
by
NakedRampage
(Fortis cadere, cedere non potest (A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield))
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:06:27 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:10:01 PM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Yer it!")
To: Daffynition
When I read the headline I thought this was a story about Liberal Democrats ...
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:11:01 PM PDT
by
webschooner
(Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure - Robert LeFevre)
To: webschooner
“Hairy Crazy Ant Pelosi?”
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:14:53 PM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Yer it!")
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:15:06 PM PDT
by
ToxicMich
(PLEASE LEAVE THIS SPACE BLANK)
To: Daffynition
"..had to bring up the scratchy itchy stuff, now I'm gonna be up all night"
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:15:15 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Daffynition
Would it help to nuke Texas and the Gulf Coast, or would that just drive them further north?
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:16:58 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: NakedRampage
It's Texas: The antennae! Shoot the antennae! first, then bring in the critters.
To: Daffynition
Boric Acid. Lots and lots of boric acid.
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:27:34 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
To: Daffynition
Anteater - the original ZOT!
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:35:02 PM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: SkyDancer
I thought I read somewhere that these ants devour liberals.
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posted on
09/25/2011 4:38:02 PM PDT
by
donhunt
(Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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