‘Island Of Fire Ants’ Discovered In Houston Flooding

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

[doorgunner69]

Civilian flamethrowers, now!

[Old Yeller]

Do they live atop each other? How do they keep afloat without drowning?

Tiny little life preservers.

[VR-21]

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.

[Red Badger]

Didn’t work for Sigourney.

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

[RebelTXRose]

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.

[longfellow]

The naked jungle.

[afraidfortherepublic]

That’s got to sting!

[CommerceComet]

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? ;-)

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Damn you, Donald Trump!

[Rebelbase]

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

[longfellow]

They sacrifice themselves for the colony. 3rd

[laplata]

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

[mazda77]

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.

[Skooz]

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.

[Skooz]

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.

[laplata]

In Louisiana we are well acquainted with these little guys.

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We saw some nasty snakes at Fort Polk, LA.

[RC one]

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.

[commish]

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

[Noamie]

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.

[AppyPappy]

“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.