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Re: [OM] [OT] South Carolina Flooding

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] South Carolina Flooding
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:33:38 -0400
Jim,
   Stick your hand in the mound. If every ant in the mound that touches
your skin immediately bites you repeatedly, they are Fire Ants. None of our
native species of ant will do this; most will simply crawl around on you. I
say this in jest though, do not actually attempt this, Jim.

Charlie

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm not sure that these we have are really the "real" fire ant, but they
> are a real pest.  It has been a while since I examined them closely, so I
> can't give appearance details.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 10/9/2015 2:12 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
>> I'm surprised you have them, Jim. I would have thought your winters would
>> be cold enough to keep them in check.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just noticed a fresh mound at my back property line.  I guess I better
>>> give it another try.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>> On 10/9/2015 1:58 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>>
>>>     They can only be managed, Jim, not eliminated. I regularly patrol my
>>>> lawn
>>>> and place poison bait on the nascent mounds. Helps if the neighbors do
>>>> the
>>>> same as it takes longer for them to move back in. Clemson University has
>>>> been experimenting with a South American fly that hunts them and they
>>>> are
>>>> effective, but officials are rightly reluctant to introduce another
>>>> non-native species. That plan often backfires.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As you know, Charlie, hardly anything can kill them.  Commercial ant
>>>>
>>>>> poison doesn't seem to bother them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/9/2015 1:43 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     One of the odd things to come out of this weather event. Around
>>>>> here
>>>>>
>>>>>> we
>>>>>> have a particularly nasty species of ant called Fire Ants. They were
>>>>>> introduced into Texas from South America back in the 1940's and over
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> have spread all over the southeast. They are very aggressive and have
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> nasty bite that forms a pustule that is slow to heal. Any hope that
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> weather event would drown these suckers was dashed when someone saw
>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://abc7.com/weather/ants-form-floating-island-to-combat-flooding-in-south-carolina/1021709/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>>
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