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31. We got them in the Tampa Bay area.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2013, 04:54 PM

May 2013

Fairly recent here, but I've already had to replace some electrical equipment at work because of them. I'll be working in an electrical cabinet and they just pour out of the conduits and crawl all over my hands and arms. Really annoying.

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Excellent post, and thanks for cool link to .ecorazzi. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #1

When the temperatures are high the fire ants invade homes looking for cool, food and water. xtraxritical May 2013 #41

Water company meter reader says fire ants love to nest around the underground meter. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #47

Hormigas locas! Cirque du So-What May 2013 #2

As Michelle Bachmann would say railsback May 2013 #3

I must whole-heartedly agree... Moostache May 2013 #4

It's.....THEM! edbermac May 2013 #5

yep heaven05 May 2013 #10

I remember this movie! Granny M May 2013 #20

one of my favorites! frylock May 2013 #32

LOL! silvershadow May 2013 #33

:-D DeSwiss May 2013 #37

We've had heavy rain the past few days. That has caused ants to find drier locations for alfredo May 2013 #6

Ants in your airport? pinboy3niner May 2013 #16

Yep, I mean WiFi box. alfredo May 2013 #18

LOL Art_from_Ark May 2013 #39

I'm about tired of the fucking ants this year snooper2 May 2013 #7

Eat them! Lint Head May 2013 #8

I can see Andrew Zimmerman smacking his lips at this CatWoman May 2013 #11

Go all Bear Grylls on them. alfredo May 2013 #21

Time for people to get chickens and Guinea Fowl JCMach1 May 2013 #9

Guinea fowl make good sentinels. They make a real racket when disturbed. alfredo May 2013 #22

...and ants in Los Angeles. SoapBox May 2013 #12

Ah, sugar Berlin Expat May 2013 #13

Rather than an exterminator Richard D May 2013 #17

I've heard that Berlin Expat May 2013 #27

Yup! ...regarding the Terro brand product. SoapBox May 2013 #28

i use amdro.... Chakaconcarne May 2013 #46

The formula is 1/3 sugar, 1/3 flour and 1/3 boric acid. former9thward May 2013 #51

Ever since T.H. White, we have talked about "not done" ants DFW May 2013 #14

Sugar water with about 5% Borax formercia May 2013 #15

Crazy Aunts? itsrobert May 2013 #19

I used Borax to control cockroaches in my apartment days and when I lived in Houston. mountain grammy May 2013 #23

I think it's boric acid not borax, are they the same? xtraxritical May 2013 #42

I found out that Borax contains boric acid.. my aunt always used it in her apartment in Brooklyn. mountain grammy May 2013 #49

God told me.... Gary 50 May 2013 #24

Tea Party Ants!! cosmicone May 2013 #25

ROFL! SoapBox May 2013 #29

do the chalk lines keep them out hollysmom May 2013 #26

Biologists need to find out what parasite the crazy ants get that is totally dependent on THEM, kestrel91316 May 2013 #30

You can order beneficial nematodes from garden catalogs IrishAyes May 2013 #35

To prevent this new imported species from becoming firmly established WITHOUT harming other species kestrel91316 May 2013 #45

We got them in the Tampa Bay area. secondvariety May 2013 #31

I wonder what the "crazy" ants think of us. 400 ppm CO2 etc. Population video: progree May 2013 #34

eurocentric bullshit... nebenaube May 2013 #52

I don't follow you at all. It is 1 dot per 1 million people -- everywhere in the world progree May 2013 #53

I have a serious ant phobia - my only phobia, I think - crim son May 2013 #36

You think they're bad? DeSwiss May 2013 #38

Great pics -- thanks for posting. Mr_Jefferson_24 May 2013 #40

And people ask me why I live in Northern Minnesota. Brickbat May 2013 #43

That last pic is someone's "crazy uncle". JohnnyRingo May 2013 #44

Please do not compare the congressman to crazy ants... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #48

NRA President Charlton Heston had the answer! freshwest May 2013 #50