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Houston, we have an ant problem

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:10 pm
by ALUmnus
Sly, have you been fighting these things?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_ ... texas_ants

I hate ants. I've successfully kept them out of my house for about a a year, but erradicating them from my yard has been a losing battle. Maybe next year.

Free DDT!!!

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:15 pm
by LUconn
The hairy, reddish-brown creatures are known as "crazy rasberry ants"
Good job Texas. Can you imagine if Adam were a Texan? "I call this thing a 'loco taco bell dog'. And these primates over here, these are 'flaming red butt monkeys'."

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:34 pm
by blwall1416
"And when you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide."
Ha...

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:38 pm
by flamesbball84
blwall1416 wrote:
"And when you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide."
Ha...
ah Darwin's theory's on adaptations/evolution/survival of the fittest are being witnessed first hand!

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:59 pm
by Sly Fox
We haven't had them around my place in noticeable numbers. But I live about 50 miles across town from the areas mentioned. But my parents aren't that far.