Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 09:31PM

Hey, at least the ants won't bother 'em

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 09:53PM

I dunno Kim, I've camped in Texas and the ants there chewed right through the tent fabric.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 09:58PM

those big red MF's are mean little bastards. the only ants i have ever personally seen that can pinch you.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 10:09PM

We've got some pretty huge black carpenter ants up here and they are definitely big enough to pinch you. The worst ants I've run into though are in those little red fire ants you folks have down there. Owie owie owie! I think that is the worst insect bite I've ever experienced.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 11:06PM

they're bad because they come by the hundreds.

quasi Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 11:12PM

Every time I mow the yard I end up with at least one fire ant bite and usually several; little bastards.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 11:31PM

gasoline and some fire is the only way to get 'em.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 11:41PM

Fight fire with fire, eh? Probably ultimately safer than the chemical poisons and a lot more fun too.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 19, 2012 11:48PM

take a stick and poke it as deep as you can in the mound, quickly remove stick before they run up the stick and get you, pour in gas quickly, and light 'em up!

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 12:10AM

The gasoline itself is killing them. It won't burn once it is in the dirt, there's not enough oxygen for it to. All that will burn are the fumes as it evaporates out so the fire is on the surface, not in the mound. It's still more fun though.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 12:51AM

yes genius, but when you poke the stick in, they come running to the surface.

pulse Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 04:15AM

There is nothing on that rack that I wish to eat.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 04:29AM

extra strength excedrine...............

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 11:26AM

Use DE on fire ant mound. Diatomaceous earth. Works good on anything with an exoskeleton.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 01:22PM

DE works. Boracic acid does as well.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: August 20, 2012 02:18PM

FIRE F F F FIRE!!!

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: August 21, 2012 11:48AM

I tried boric acid on the roaches which migrated from the neighbors home to my house and it didn't work but DE did and now we are roach free.

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: August 21, 2012 12:54PM

I think it depends on how thick the exoskeleton of the bug is. My sister said the same thing about palmetto bugs and both BA and DE. Larger bugs probably take longer to dehydrate too and that's what kills them using those things.

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: August 22, 2012 11:53AM

I guess Patience is what is important when fighting insects.