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Attack of the hairy crazy ants: The two-millimeter pests crawling through America
Daily Mail ^ | September 23, 2011 | Leon Watson

Posted on 09/25/2011 3:47:13 PM PDT by Daffynition

They are tiny, destructive and they bite - so whatever you do don't ant-agonise them.

A plague of pesky little alien invaders are causing mayhem as they spread across America

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ants; nylanderiafulva
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To: donhunt

Leave them alone ... leave them alone.


21 posted on 09/25/2011 4:41:39 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
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To: Daffynition

22 posted on 09/25/2011 4:42:38 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: ToxicMich; SeaDragon
That movie freaked me out!

SD, obligatory Phase IV ping.

23 posted on 09/25/2011 4:43:47 PM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Sounds dreadful. Anyone loving the outdoors must be very disheartened with these pests.


24 posted on 09/25/2011 4:45:44 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Daffynition

Just buy dish soap and spray it all over your yard. The soap kills them instantly and they won’t stay where the soap is.


25 posted on 09/25/2011 4:48:02 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Uhhhh!)
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To: Daffynition

Last summer we had a bad case of carpenter ants...they scared the hell outta me cause I had never seen black ants that huge. We usually have small red ants and that’s it. But these suckers were HUGH they skeered me. They were hard to get rid of, they usually enter the home be eating their way through the wood. We solved the problem by removing any accumulation of water or leaks near our house. They are nasty boogers though.


26 posted on 09/25/2011 4:48:27 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Daffynition
Would becoming an anteater breeder be a good business to go into? I wonder what kind of pets anteaters make....

Might be better to rent them out than to sell them as pets. Otherwise they might starve when their work was done.

27 posted on 09/25/2011 4:52:53 PM PDT by wideminded
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28 posted on 09/25/2011 5:01:00 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Daffynition
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I for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

29 posted on 09/25/2011 5:05:23 PM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Orange oil usually works very well - kills ants and keeps them away and it’s not toxic.


30 posted on 09/25/2011 5:06:56 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: RikaStrom
“That movie freaked me out!”

The music is what stayed with me for a very long time. I just listened to it on Youtube and that “freaky” feeling came back quickly... lol...

31 posted on 09/25/2011 5:07:31 PM PDT by ToxicMich (PLEASE LEAVE THIS SPACE BLANK)
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To: Daffynition

These ants, like the fire ants, are attracted to electrical currents for unknown reasons. They wipe out a lot of electrical equipment.


32 posted on 09/25/2011 5:07:35 PM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I was reading some home-remedies on line...giving me the *willies.*


33 posted on 09/25/2011 5:08:48 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: NakedRampage
We're like-minded on the solution! Wanna start a *rent-an-anteater* franchise?


34 posted on 09/25/2011 5:13:21 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Joe 6-pack
You can keep your LA-bugs, snakes 'n 'gators!


35 posted on 09/25/2011 5:16:25 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Doogle

HEHE... just B4 dusk I was out cutting flowers in the garden to make an arrangement...the skeeters were so bad a swarm of them came into the house with me! **Itching!!!**


36 posted on 09/25/2011 5:19:46 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Daffynition

Sure, if you’re willing to foot the massive tax on starting a business!


37 posted on 09/25/2011 5:20:32 PM PDT by NakedRampage (Fortis cadere, cedere non potest (A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield))
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To: sphinx

Sure. As long as it doesn’t harm my pink Gulf Shrimpies!


38 posted on 09/25/2011 5:23:00 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Just buy dish soap and spray it all over your yard. The soap kills them instantly and they won’t stay where the soap is.

Does that work on ants too, or just liberals?

39 posted on 09/25/2011 5:28:39 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: SkyDancer
This stuff works like magic for the black ants that invade northern California. Just put two or three of these where the ants are getting into the house, and within six hours they're gone.

Terro Liquid Ant Baits

40 posted on 09/25/2011 5:31:47 PM PDT by giotto
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