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‘Island Of Fire Ants’ Discovered In Houston Flooding
CBS DFW ^ | August 27, 2017 10:41 PM

Posted on 08/28/2017 10:38:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

One danger evacuees and first responders are dealing with along with the flooding in Houston is fire ants.

Islands of fire ants!

CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca tweeted a photo from Houston as the ants formed a protective island in the high water.

According to Orkin.com, fire ants can exist in colonies of up to 250,000 workers and will sting intruders repeatedly. Fire ants feed on animal or vegetable sources of food according to the web site.

No reports yet of anyone getting bitten by fire ants.

Tropical Storm Harvey continues to head back toward the Gulf of Mexico at a slow pace.

In its 10 p.m. CDT Sunday advisory, the National Hurricane Center reported that the storm still had sustained winds of up to 40 mph and is centered 20 miles east of Victoria, Texas, about 120 miles southwest of Houston. It continues to creep to the east-southeast at 3 mph.

That means it remains virtually stalled near the coast and continues to drop heavy rain on the Houston and Galveston areas. In the past 48 hours, numerous spots in the region have measured more than 25 inches of rainfall.

The hurricane center says Harvey’s center was expected to drift off the middle Texas coast on Monday and meander offshore through Tuesday before beginning “a slow northeastward motion.”


TOPICS: US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: fireants; flood; houston; hurricaneharvey; insects; wildlife
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To: Red Badger

Civilian flamethrowers, now!


41 posted on 08/28/2017 11:04:24 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Do they live atop each other? How do they keep afloat without drowning?

Tiny little life preservers.
42 posted on 08/28/2017 11:04:48 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Red Badger

They feasted on me a time or two also. Absolutely miserable and they leave scars. It’s amazing how if one hits one of their colony’s with a rake how quickly they will swarm up the handle. I hate them.


43 posted on 08/28/2017 11:05:09 AM PDT by VR-21
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To: MeganC

Didn’t work for Sigourney.

It won’t work for us.......................


44 posted on 08/28/2017 11:05:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

was that seen Chimney Rock and Post Oak? I lived in an apt complex there in the late 70’s - it was built on top of an ant hill - never COULD keep the ants out.


45 posted on 08/28/2017 11:06:35 AM PDT by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: Red Badger

The naked jungle.


46 posted on 08/28/2017 11:14:42 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s got to sting!


47 posted on 08/28/2017 11:17:49 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: 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.

Serves you right, soldier. Who said you could lay that rake down? ;-)

48 posted on 08/28/2017 11:19:08 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: Red Badger

Damn you, Donald Trump!


49 posted on 08/28/2017 11:19:16 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve seen fire ants strip a dead lizard down to bones in just a few hours.


50 posted on 08/28/2017 11:20:33 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

They sacrifice themselves for the colony. 3rd


51 posted on 08/28/2017 11:21:41 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Dang, I bet you won’t forget that experience.


52 posted on 08/28/2017 11:23:17 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Red Badger

Real grits works better and is far less expensive. When they land on some ground and start another mound, just sprinkle a little around the mound not getting any on it. The workers take it into the mound for the queen to eat and when she does, it grows so much that the queen explodes.


53 posted on 08/28/2017 11:23:54 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Red Badger

In Louisiana we are well acquainted with these little guys.

Whenever it rains heavily I see a few of these islands in the yard or street.


54 posted on 08/28/2017 11:24:05 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Red Badger

The only thing I’ve tried that works is Ortho Orthene Fire Ant Killer.

Whenever I open a bottle of it, I feel like I should be wearing a hazmat suit.


55 posted on 08/28/2017 11:26:18 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Skooz

In Louisiana we are well acquainted with these little guys.

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We saw some nasty snakes at Fort Polk, LA.


56 posted on 08/28/2017 11:26:20 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Red Badger

I fell asleep on a nest of them at Ft. Hood once. The ants ended up in my pants. No joke. My junk swelled up to the size of a beer can. That was a pretty bad night.


57 posted on 08/28/2017 11:26:44 AM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Red Badger
Easy way to kill a colony is to pour vegetable oil on to the top of the mound. The oil coats the pathways in the mounds and the ants suffocate. Will wipe out a complete nest in under an hour.

A more fun way to do it is to pour molten aluminum onto the mount, not only does it incinerate the buggers but you end up with a really cool one of a kind sculpture afterwards. But also a huge hole in your yard.

Fire Ant Art

58 posted on 08/28/2017 11:28:33 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
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To: Red Badger

If y’all aren’t familiar with fire ants then you live in a pansy area. They real, they bite, it hurts (and I’m allergic to them). I hate them.

You can sprinkle uncooked grits on the mound and they eat the grit, swell up, then explode. Totally organic.


59 posted on 08/28/2017 11:30:11 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: commish

“Easy way to kill a colony is to pour vegetable oil on to the top of the mound. “

Preferably after you just used it to fry a turkey.


60 posted on 08/28/2017 11:30:15 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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