HO!LY! SH-BEEP!-T! (NWR)

ring_pop · November 2009

I've heard of using Malt O Meal to kill a nest; they eat the grains and it swells to explode their stomachs. Not sure if that would work on those buggers though. Gah! Thousands of EXPLODING ants!

shannonalise · November 2009

Salt, no we are currently renting right now. We told our landlord about the problem and she is going to pay for the pest guy. FI is going to take care of sealing off the back door (I guess with caulk? I don't know anything about that stuff). But landlord knows she has some baseboards and other foundational stuff she's going to have to fix.

Bippy · November 2009

... Are red fire ants the new form of fuucking zombies? Seriously, this is horror flick material.

vicmo5 · November 2009

I am so relieved you don't own the house!

ricksang · November 2009

There is one queen but there are female winged ants that can become queens. The males are winged too sometimes but they are only helpers.

laboheme68 · November 2009

Have you asked your landlord to pay for a night in a hotel? I know I've had leases that safeguard the tenant against living in certain conditions (excessive pests, heat breaks, etc).

shannonalise · November 2009

La, I hadn't thought of that. I'll run it by FI and see what he thinks!

shannonalise · November 2009

There is one queen but there are female winged ants that can become queens. The males are winged too sometimes but they are only helpers. Ugh... wings make me nauseous now.

salt78 · November 2009

Whew well at least you won't have to pay for all of that yourself. That said, if it's a hazardous place for you to be, you could always try to get your landlord to pay for a hotel. If you are allergic to insect bites, this could be a very bad situation to stay in.

DanielleH910 · November 2009

I can not even imagine this. Good luck and hopefully you can talk to your landlord about paying for a hotel, those sound like really unsafe conditions especially because you have allergies.

TheSaltyPeanut · November 2009

Oh no! I'm sorry... that sucks. I do have the heeby jeebys now!

shannonalise · November 2009

Bippy, I know. I wouldn't be surprised if I woke up in the middle of the night to find that they'd eaten everyone in our neighborhood, set our cars on fire and were crawling up the stairs to start chewing on our faces. And FI just told me that they have mandibles, but they don't actually just bite - they have mandibles and stingers. They use their mandibles to hold onto you and then they STING YOU REPEATEDLY. This just keeps getting better.

RachNRich · November 2009

I had an infestation of flying ants two years ago. I set off bug bombs. I just had to leave the house for six hours--can you find a place to go for that long? The floors were covered in bugs when we got back--but at least they were all dead.

shannonalise · November 2009

Is anyone else itching?

vallyhoo · November 2009

I hadn't heard of these things in FL. Crazy.

danieliza1127 · November 2009

Holy crap that sucks!! I think I would have to find another place to stay, I would be way too creeped out imagining them crawling everywhere.

tidetravel · November 2009

Shannon - I have Hilton Honors points saved up from gov't travel. I think they have to be used by the end of the year and we're not planning any trips any time soon. They would cover a night or two at a hampton inn level of hotel, depending on where you live.. I offer them to you.email me if you want - jarmocida at yahoo

ricksang · November 2009

Vally, really? We have them in MS. I thought the entire deep south would have all kinds of red stinging bugs.

shannonalise · November 2009

"I had an infestation of flying ants two years ago. I set off bug bombs. I just had to leave the house for six hours--can you find a place to go for that long? The floors were covered in bugs when we got back--but at least they were all dead. " That's a good idea too. I think FI is going to try to find something industrial to bring home and treat the outside nest with. If that doesn't make the inside nest go away, we will probably have to bug bomb. For these little fuuckers, it might need to be an atomic bug bomb.

missy68 · November 2009

Oh holy hell - I'm itching all over thinking about this !!I'm SOOO sorry you and pups are having to deal with this until FI gets home and the pest guy gets there tomorrow. I wonder if a friend would take you in with the pups for the evening? I don't even think I could sleep at all!

vallyhoo · November 2009

Ang- I'm sure they're here, I'm just glad I haven't encountered them yet. Maybe they're afraid of the water? Yeah, that must be it.

shannonalise · November 2009

Tide, that is the sweetest gesture. I can't tell you how awesome it is that you would offer that. I think you should hang onto those points though in case you need them. If the situation gets desperate, I know some people we could stay with. But from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU so much for offering something like that to someone you don't know. :::hugs:::

shannonalise · November 2009

I'm going to see what FI comes home with tonight! He said it will make them wish they had never happened upon OUR house.

So excited! I hope their demise is as dramatic as their first appearance.

vallyhoo · November 2009

I should clarify, I've seen red ants before. I was responding more to Shannon's comment of this is a crazy type of ant that was brought over to Florida from another country:)

aMrsin09 · November 2009

Will your renters insurance cover the hotel?

BecW2be · November 2009

Tide, that was seriously the nicest thing I've seen today. You are awesome.

RachNRich · November 2009

I would definitely try the bug bomb. It will take care of the bug in that room without a doubt.

shannonalise · November 2009

Vally, I will find some information on them. Here's something I found - it's really interesting - but I'm not sure if this is the same ant we have. But it talks about the Federal Government's War On Fire Ants in the '50s. (Scroll down to Red Ant) http://www.safe2use.com/pests/fireants/fireants1.htm Not clicky. Sorry!

tidetravel · November 2009

No problem, Shannon. Let me know if anything changes though. It's getting to be Christmas - Random acts of kindness and all

vallyhoo · November 2009

Thanks Shannon. Now I am going to be paranoid about these and stupid palmetto bugs. Gah!

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