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Hairy, 'crazy' ants invade from Texas to Mississippi
yahoo.com/Associated Press ^ | Sat, Oct 1, 2011 | JANET McCONNAUGHEY

Posted on 10/02/2011 4:02:22 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes.

It's an extreme example of what can happen when the ants — which also can disable huge industrial plants — go unchecked. Controlling them can cost thousands of dollars. But the story is real, told by someone who's been studying ants for a decade.

"Months later, I could close my eyes and see them moving," said Joe MacGown, who curates the ant, mosquito and scarab collections at the Mississippi State Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University.

He's been back to check on the hairy crazy ants. They're still around. The occupant isn't.

The flea-sized critters are called crazy because each forager scrambles randomly at a speed that your average picnic ant, marching one by one, reaches only in video fast-forward. They're called hairy because of fuzz that, to the naked eye, makes their abdomens look less glossy than those of their slower, bigger cousins.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: ants; crazy; hairy; nylanderiafulva; wtf
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
I didn't know she was from Texas...


21 posted on 10/02/2011 4:36:32 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: COBOL2Java

LOL!


22 posted on 10/02/2011 4:37:53 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

What options are there to kill crazy ants?


23 posted on 10/02/2011 4:38:58 PM PDT by tbw2
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24 posted on 10/02/2011 4:39:01 PM PDT by magslinger (To properly protect your family you need a Bible, a twelve gauge and a pig.)
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To: tbw2

I use a commercial “fire ant killer” tho I have found it necessary to use about triple the strength they recommend.


25 posted on 10/02/2011 4:40:35 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog

Ain’t that the truth.Even with the best red ant killer you can buy.But someone told me not to kill them all LOL because they eat termites.Well I couldn’t kill em all anyway.Ever heard of the kitchen micro pissants remedy of drawing a line of chalk and they won’t cross it?


26 posted on 10/02/2011 4:41:50 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Illegal ants in your pants!


27 posted on 10/02/2011 4:42:30 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: tbw2

I don’t know I will go read the entire article maybe.But I’ll bet since they heard they didn’t need an ID to vote they will get special fancy free hotels after they vote for Obama.


28 posted on 10/02/2011 4:44:21 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Hey nowadays that is not too far off.


29 posted on 10/02/2011 4:45:55 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: lefty-lie-spy; Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Chet99? Is that you?

Every dog has it's day...on the dinnertable...(and before ya start carping lefty...)

What does this have to do with global warming and herpes?

Just that the burning in your hemispheres ascending thru the nether regions doesn't mean ya have to go to the free clinic and tell them about the skank from the night before. Ya just need be call Terminix.

30 posted on 10/02/2011 4:46:14 PM PDT by bigheadfred (But alas)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

I have never heard of that one. You just draw a line or do you write “do not cross line on penalty of death” too.


31 posted on 10/02/2011 4:47:15 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: bigheadfred

Thanks for replying I didn’t have a clue what they were saying and who is chet?


32 posted on 10/02/2011 4:48:17 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: yarddog

LOL but seriously

http://www.rd.com/home/13-common-items-for-getting-rid-of-ants/


33 posted on 10/02/2011 4:51:31 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!; mickie
They caught me in Florida. They move up your leg in an instant, virtually invisible they're so fast.

I had to go to the doctor for a shot as they did a lot of damage in an instant.

My leg and the top of my foot looked like the Burma Road after an Allied bombing.

I poured something I got at KMart's garden section, forget the name, but it worked. No more ants in the nest...which I then destroyed.

Leni

34 posted on 10/02/2011 4:52:29 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Not a problem.


35 posted on 10/02/2011 4:55:59 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

“THEM””!!!! Sorry, couldn’t resist it. (for you ‘50s sci-fi fans)


36 posted on 10/02/2011 4:59:36 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: MinuteGal

Damage as in you had an allergic reaction or what?It was worse than itching and the red ant sting?


37 posted on 10/02/2011 4:59:36 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (I used to have____'s name here of support I am waiting until SB's are all done trashing all to pick)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Chet99 was a former FReeper who posted daily about pitbull attacks, and nothing else. This reminded me of his posts, and I thought global warming and herpes might have some relevance as well, so I threw that in there too. ;)


38 posted on 10/02/2011 5:01:06 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: MinuteGal

Ah, we, that is the US of A built the Burma Road. We didn’t ‘’bomb’’ it.


39 posted on 10/02/2011 5:02:22 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Chet used to post all and every dog attack, especially on kids, EVER.

Back in the day Temik (banned) in a hamburger ball was the cure for a big rangy dog.

Monitor 4 Spray (banned) killed everything else. Including small leghugger dogs and pregnant women.

My dad and bro were having a discussion a couple of weeks ago about killing hobo spiders and my bro told dad he was using Tempo, and my dad hit him really hard in the head twice and told him what to really use, but I was laughing so hard I dinna get the name ...


40 posted on 10/02/2011 5:11:57 PM PDT by bigheadfred (But alas)
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