Fire Ants down south??
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From: Phenix City, AL
Oh, I hate them things. We get them bad in GA / AL. I like the fire method. Get a cup o' gas and dump into mound, light on fire and grab a beer.
Here's a mental image for ya. You'll like this one...............The last time I was in Louisianna, we were doing some stalk exercises and I unknowingly crawled into a nes of them. Well here's the mental image part............They all started biting and up jumps my retarded butt, running through the woods, screaming in pain, stripping off the Ghillie until I was naked and grabbing a 5 gal water can and dumping on myself to get them all off. Ohhhhhhhhh, that sucked. Them little turds hurt!
Here's a mental image for ya. You'll like this one...............The last time I was in Louisianna, we were doing some stalk exercises and I unknowingly crawled into a nes of them. Well here's the mental image part............They all started biting and up jumps my retarded butt, running through the woods, screaming in pain, stripping off the Ghillie until I was naked and grabbing a 5 gal water can and dumping on myself to get them all off. Ohhhhhhhhh, that sucked. Them little turds hurt!
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From: Mesa, AZ.
I thought "Fire ants down south" was a euphamism for crabs. Can't help you there.
A friend of mine says he used to pour half a can of blackpowder on the hill wait for the ants to cart it all off to the deep recesses of the hill then pour a little gas on the hill and light it off. Sometimes it just smokes, sometimes the ground explodes.
A friend of mine says he used to pour half a can of blackpowder on the hill wait for the ants to cart it all off to the deep recesses of the hill then pour a little gas on the hill and light it off. Sometimes it just smokes, sometimes the ground explodes.
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From: Goldsboro, NC
You can spot treat fire ant hills but they'll move and you have to treat the new hill. Takes several tries. I've found the best way to control fire ants is to treat your entire yard. Spread insect granules with a broadcast spreader per the recommended rate and time intervals and you won't see any fire ants.
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From: Southern Louisiana
When they move, I just go back out there with my can of gas and lighter and light em up again, I chase them all the way to the end of the property line and into the neighbors yard and than let them deal with them.
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From: North west La
I've had good luck using Amdro on fire ants. They were taking over my hay fields in La. It took a few trys but I got them out of my fields. Amtro kills the queen by the workers taking it to her.
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one of the worst part of hurricane cleanup for lineman is coming from the northeast like me and meeting those little buggers or the other one bigdaddy might know SALT MARSH MOSQUITOS those monsters are worse i think, feel like getting shot with bb gun when they sting ya
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