Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Nature
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 04-30-2011, 05:58 PM
 
Location: Sarasota, Florida
15,395 posts, read 22,464,620 times
Reputation: 11134

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by plwhit View Post
Living in South Texas fire ants are a way of life.... After a good rain all those mounds popping up in the yard. My neighbor stepped in a mound and went into toxic shock, they did save him at the hospital..

Yeah I've seen these fire ant rafts...

Between the fire ants and scorpions here God should be paying us combat pay for living here....

LMAO, fire ants vs humans, humans will loose every time.
I don't think some folks realize just how aggressive and deadly they can be......IF you are allergic to their venom.......one bite is enough and they attack by the thousands.

Like another poster mentioned....... Use/carry Benadryl and/or a good antihistamine to counter some of the venomous effects.......just in case.

Whenever I go to the beach or outdoors I always keep antihistamines handy.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 04-30-2011, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
26,338 posts, read 93,537,811 times
Reputation: 17829
Fire ants use air pockets to form raft over water, study says - latimes.com
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-30-2011, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
42,579 posts, read 86,702,293 times
Reputation: 36642
Water has a very high surface tension, which make it possible for paper clips to float. Ants, and many insects, float on the surfact, and if forced beneath the surface, carry a bubble down with them, as a result of water's property of surfact tension.

If you're going to be at risk in water, you could carry a vial of a surfactant with you, which, when added to the water around the ants, would reduce their capacity to float. Laundry detergent would work for that purpose, and if poured onto the surface of the water, would make the ants sink, or at least drown.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2011, 01:26 AM
 
Location: Sarasota, Florida
15,395 posts, read 22,464,620 times
Reputation: 11134

YouTube - Pythons VS Florida Residents:Pets Under Attack


YouTube - Florida Fire Ants
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Nature
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:20 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top