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Hairy Crazy Ants

There was an article in the paper about professional climbers scaling the Washington Monument to check for earthquake damage. The headline: "Climbers Face Monumental Task." That was good.

Then there was an article about the Narc's breaking up a cocaine ring. The headline: "Police High On Cocaine Bust."
It makes reading the news fun.

An article in Sunday's paper read: "Hairy Crazy Ants Invade From Florida To Texas."
There was a close up face photo of one of these ants. It looks like a fuzzy faced bat with fangs.
The article read, "It sounds like a horror movie; biting ants invade by the millions.. The flea sized critters are called crazy because each forager scrambles randomly in fast forward. They're called hairy because of fuzz on their bodies.
A circle of poison stops them for only a day, then a fresh horde shows up bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes. Masses of them short out industrial equipment.

Well, they're like fire ants--an introduced species we'll have to adjust to.

susil

posted on Oct 4, 2011 12:56 PM ()

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Zebra mussels are the problem in Lake Michigan. Currently the big problem is Asian Carp. They jump around like a maggot on a hot rock. They haven't made it into the lake yet, but it doesn't seem to take such nasties long to get everywhere. Sorry you have those ants - they sound like a nightmare. We don't have fire ants yet. Phew! If we ever do get them, mom has a garage full of fire ant killer. I think she meant to take it to Florida but it never made it. We're prepared until I throw that out.
comment by catdancer on Oct 22, 2011 8:17 PM ()
As a longtime newspaper editor and headline writer, I enjoy the good ones, too. As for the ants, all I can say is ugh, so glad I live north of the recent infestation. Hopefully, some predators will find them tasty and keep the population from exploding long term. Poison never really works and is horrible for the environment.
comment by marta on Oct 6, 2011 6:22 AM ()
Hi marta; Do y'all have fire ants yet? Whatever starts down south eventually spreads north, but I had never heard of these ants before.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2011 8:53 AM ()
I have yet to see these ants. We have periodic invasions of flying insects, tiny, that cover one's house, and they get inside and get on everything, but when you see them they are dead, and you have to wipe them away, or hose down your house. And a new crop are back the next day. They don't bite. They're just THERE. If I am going out, I spray myself with Bug off, no exceptions -- sunny, shady, wet, dry -- I just spray. As a result I get maybe or or two bites a year. Noseeums are also, with this routine, not a problem.
comment by tealstar on Oct 5, 2011 3:27 PM ()
Hi teal; that's the best things to do--use bug spray when you go out.
I had never heard of these hairy crazy ants before--maybe it'll take a few years before they get to my house and yours..
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2011 8:57 AM ()
We are plagued with noseeums. Their sting is horrible and takes a lot of the
pleasure out of working in the yard.
comment by elderjane on Oct 5, 2011 5:10 AM ()
Hi jeri; I hate tose noseeum's--you swat and they're right back and get in your eyes and ears and everything. I can sit in the swing for a while but they soon find me..
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2011 9:00 AM ()
Those crazy introduced species! We're fighting mussels that are carried between the lakes and reservoirs on boats.
comment by troutbend on Oct 4, 2011 7:52 PM ()
Hey, I've heard about those mussels in the Great Lakes; I guess they can go anywhere carried on boat hulls.
reply by susil on Oct 9, 2011 9:03 AM ()

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