Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes.

It's an extreme example of what can happen when the ants — which also can disable huge industrial plants — go unchecked. Controlling them can cost thousands of dollars. But the story is real, told by someone who's been studying ants for a decade.

"Months later, I could close my eyes and see them moving," said Joe MacGown, who curates the ant, mosquito and scarab collections at the Mississippi State Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University.

He's been back to check on the hairy crazy ants. They're still around. The occupant isn't.

The flea-sized critters are called crazy because each forager scrambles randomly at a speed that your average picnic ant, marching one by one, reaches only in video fast-forward. They're called hairy because of fuzz that, to the naked eye, makes their abdomens look less glossy than those of their slower, bigger cousins.

[Jamos]

The government is going to have to ease off of these pesticides for us Southerners, we need something that will kill these ants rather than just moving them to another spot. What the heck will we do since the fire ants are such a problem already.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

The government is going to have to ease off of these pesticides for us Southerners, we need something that will kill these ants rather than just moving them to another spot. What the heck will we do since the fire ants are such a problem already.

There is not a good poison that really gets rid of them anymore. All the poison does is make them scatter to other areas of the yard. When it rains they rebuild their mounds back.

[KoKoPuf]

An article in our local paper said to mix 2 TBS of Dawn (maybe any dishwashing liquid) with 1 Gal of water and pour on fire ant mounds to get rid of them. I haven't tried it but I intend to use it on some big mounds. But apparently these hairy ants don't build mounds so I guess you would have to squirt some on each ant. Sounds like a good government jobs program.  

[BAMAWV]

An article in our local paper said to mix 2 TBS of Dawn (maybe any dishwashing liquid) with 1 Gal of water and pour on fire ant mounds to get rid of them. I haven't tried it but I intend to use it on some big mounds. But apparently these hairy ants don't build mounds so I guess you would have to squirt some on each ant. Sounds like a good government jobs program.  

Generally, when you see dish soap as part of a toxic ingredient list, it is included to help the actual poisons stick to the target. If you are sure you (or the newspaper) did not miss an ingredient, so much for my being of any help.

[ricky023]

I've used every fire ant killer there is and nothing works. Even by directions. I thought about contacting 60 minutes. RTR!

[BAMAWV]

I've used every fire ant killer there is and nothing works. Even by directions. I thought about contacting 60 minutes. RTR!

Explain that you are a Preacher and you are going to poison some aunts. Hope this helps,

[SUPERCOACH]

I've used every fire ant killer there is and nothing works. Even by directions. I thought about contacting 60 minutes. RTR!

Explain that you are a Preacher and you are going to poison some aunts. Hope this helps,

[ricky023]

I've used every fire ant killer there is and nothing works. Even by directions. I thought about contacting 60 minutes. RTR!

Explain that you are a Preacher and you are going to poison some aunts. Hope this helps,

I didn't say aunts BAMAWV, rofl, you got it going on, it is ants. RTR!

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