Ants That Go Kablooie!!!!
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
April 21, 2018 11:00am CST
Here in Texas and 16 other states, we have what is known as the Red Fire Ant. This ant originated from South America and was brought to the US via ships into Mobile, Alabama in the 1930's.
When this little booger bites, it only takes a split second for a pimple-like welt filled with pus to appear and trust me, if you've stepped into a Fire Ant mound, you will look like you've come down with a case of the Measles.
Hopefully the new ant species called Colobopsis explodens from Southeast Asia does NOT make it's way into the US. It will attack anything that threatens it's colony by attaching itself and exploding a toxic, yellow liquid.
I have enough of the OTHER guys on my property, I sure don't need these guys too.
http:
www.bgr.com/2018/04/20/exploding-ants-species-southeast-asia-yellow-goo/
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
21 Apr 18
We have fire ants here in Canada too. I saw their mounds everywhere when I was growing up in the country. They are a nuisance. 
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
In Canada??? Holy crap @Starmaiden ; who would have thought they would have come clear up there!! I once saw a picture of an excavation site and the ant mount literally went down below ground 5 stories. It looked liked a below ground apartment complex.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
22 Apr 18
@nanette64 they are not here.Once the weather warmed up.they will be
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
23 Apr 18
@amadeo My ant mounds have already been here for over a month so I know it's gonna just get worse.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
Time to get the poison out and get rid of the buggers @amadeo .
@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Apr 18
Oh good grief, what a stupid mess we're in.
Back in the 1800s some idiots who wanted to live close to the Rio Grande on the southwest side of our mountains introduced salt cedar to the area we once had that was marshy and home to many water fowl. People are so blasted stupid sometimes.
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@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Apr 18
They're actually creating predators for our species @nanette64 the trouble with that is these predators aren't big enough to see on time.
Sometimes being smart isn't a really good idea, just look at what all those smarty pants have done .... you mentioned the stupidity of cross breeding which they did to create the Africanized bees.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
23 Apr 18
@rebelann Oh exactly on the bees. Every time they cross breed something it turns out to be a detriment.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
Plus you've got all those scientist jerks who cross breed certain species @rebelann .
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Apr 18
Fire ants are the worst, glad we don't have them in Oregon.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
24 Apr 18
@nanette64 Umm, no thanks, Nanette, we can do without those.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
24 Apr 18
You don't want me to send you some now do you @JamesHxstatic ? 
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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22 Apr 18
I got attacked by those fire ants while I was in Florida. And their bite really hurts, ouch!!!!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
23 Apr 18
Yes they do @dgobucks226 and it's something you remember for quite awhile.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Apr 18
@dgobucks226 Imagine them getting up under your pants leg and heading upward towards you know what!! Oh yeah, been there done that one.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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24 Apr 18
@nanette64 You are right. I had marks on my foot for quite a while 
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
21 Apr 18
I wonder what the result would be if they attack and explode on a human @karjivk .
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@karjivk (262)
• India
21 Apr 18
@nanette64 I don't know much but heard it feels like burning even if they are strolling on your body.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
@karjivk Definitely not a good thing.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
22 Apr 18
they got in my house in arizona-one of the lil bastiches bit me and it hurt like hell.i had to send my cat temporarily to family and bomb the hell out of that house.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
23 Apr 18
@nanette64 yup.i used to put almost everything in the fridge.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
Yup, I feel ya @scarlet_woman . They got up into my cabinets and got into everything. Imagine my surprise when they were able to get into a jar of peanut butter.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
I hate to spray poison on them but if I don't, they just build new mounds @jstory07 .
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
23 Apr 18
@nanette64 We had enough of the Nile mosquitoes to annoy us, I hope not to see those ants.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
23 Apr 18
You've got that term right @LadyDuck and yeah, I hope they don't come over to you either.
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@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 18
Those are real nasty ants. I sure would not like to meet up with them.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
22 Apr 18
Me neither @RasmaSandra . Putting up with fire ants is bad enough.
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