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‘Island Of Fire Ants’ Discovered In Houston Flooding
CBS DFW ^ | August 27, 2017 10:41 PM

Posted on 08/28/2017 10:38:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

One danger evacuees and first responders are dealing with along with the flooding in Houston is fire ants.

Islands of fire ants!

CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca tweeted a photo from Houston as the ants formed a protective island in the high water.

According to Orkin.com, fire ants can exist in colonies of up to 250,000 workers and will sting intruders repeatedly. Fire ants feed on animal or vegetable sources of food according to the web site.

No reports yet of anyone getting bitten by fire ants.

Tropical Storm Harvey continues to head back toward the Gulf of Mexico at a slow pace.

In its 10 p.m. CDT Sunday advisory, the National Hurricane Center reported that the storm still had sustained winds of up to 40 mph and is centered 20 miles east of Victoria, Texas, about 120 miles southwest of Houston. It continues to creep to the east-southeast at 3 mph.

That means it remains virtually stalled near the coast and continues to drop heavy rain on the Houston and Galveston areas. In the past 48 hours, numerous spots in the region have measured more than 25 inches of rainfall.

The hurricane center says Harvey’s center was expected to drift off the middle Texas coast on Monday and meander offshore through Tuesday before beginning “a slow northeastward motion.”


TOPICS: US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: fireants; flood; houston; hurricaneharvey; insects; wildlife
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To: Red Badger

Nasty little critters.


21 posted on 08/28/2017 10:47:19 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: Red Badger

Spray with kerosene (charcoal fluid), and light.

Best part is listening to their little screams.

5.56mm


22 posted on 08/28/2017 10:47:26 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Red Badger

Used to see floating fire ant islands all the time in the floods that occurred in Metairie, Louisiana when I was a kid.

People that like to walk around in flood waters know about them. Avoid them!

However, this is probably caused today by Glowbull Warming and Donald Trump.


23 posted on 08/28/2017 10:48:20 AM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: Red Badger

=8-0


24 posted on 08/28/2017 10:48:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Red Badger

I had a mound of fire ants like that in my backyard when I lived in Fla., didn’t call the press.


25 posted on 08/28/2017 10:49:41 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Red Badger

Gas - match.


26 posted on 08/28/2017 10:50:57 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Red Badger

We’ve got them here in Alabama, and they are nasty little buggers. They’re tiny but one bite feels like you got injected with acid. I accidentally disturbed a hidden nest of them in the yard one year, and a half dozen bites was all it took for my hand to go numb up to my forearm.


27 posted on 08/28/2017 10:52:09 AM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: Red Badger

WD-40, Lighter.


28 posted on 08/28/2017 10:53:37 AM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Forward to the glorious world of next Tuesday !)
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To: Red Badger

My dad used to pour gas on fire ant beds in our yard in south Georgia. Didn’t light them on fire. So there were these big brown splotches in the yard, and the fire ants would just build a new bed about 6 feet from the old one.


29 posted on 08/28/2017 10:54:49 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: Red Badger

I hate those bastards. Use whatever you’ve got including tactical nuclear weapons then hang their little heads on sticks as a reminder to any survivors.


30 posted on 08/28/2017 10:55:07 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve tried these granular products for regular ants - after using the whole can I found no decrease in ants.


31 posted on 08/28/2017 10:57:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Biblical


32 posted on 08/28/2017 10:58:40 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Less dense than water.


33 posted on 08/28/2017 10:59:22 AM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: AFreeBird
I had a mound of fire ants like that in my backyard when I lived in Fla., didn’t call the press.

They are common whenever there is flooding in fire ant territory. I have seen them floating down river after floods in Texas. I am usually more concerned with the water moccasins though.

34 posted on 08/28/2017 10:59:47 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: Sacajaweau

I think most southern states have fire ants now.


35 posted on 08/28/2017 11:00:39 AM PDT by tillacum (I'm still a Deplorable and I COLLUDED during the election SO THE DONALD could WIN! I voted.)
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To: Sacajaweau
looks like fire ants are pretty common in parts of Texas

Unfortunately, yes they are.

36 posted on 08/28/2017 11:01:02 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: Red Badger

I am quite familiar with the bayou area just to the east of Houston permeated with gators, water moccasins , nutria rats, and vermin of many distinct species . These areas are expanding into huge areas of coverage and we are gong to see some strange things in our populated ares.


37 posted on 08/28/2017 11:01:38 AM PDT by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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To: Sacajaweau

Basic training in San Antonio. Lay a rake in the wrong place for a minute, go to pick it up, and it’s covered in ‘em. Nasty.


38 posted on 08/28/2017 11:01:59 AM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

These boogers can swim. And they can bite the fire out of you while swimming.

Trust me, I know.


39 posted on 08/28/2017 11:02:54 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Red Badger

Nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.


40 posted on 08/28/2017 11:02:59 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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