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dt <daletx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dioclese wrote:
> > "jOhN" <us271934SPAMNYET@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > news:2GXXj.8994$nl7.1511@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Omelet wrote:
> >>> In article <7FMXj.4322$7k7.3796@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >>> jOhN <us271934SPAMNYET@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Moe Jones wrote:
> >>>>> Are you getting these ants up in your area?
> >>>>> Crazy Raspberry Ants
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I live in South Houston and we are getting them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Just read about them today. They are hoping the little bastards
will
> >>>> stay close to the coast. From what I read they eat fireants and
kick
> >>>> their butts completely.
> >>>>
> >>>> Good luck.
> >>>>
> >>>> jOhN
> >>> If they eat fireants, they are WELCOME here!
> >>> Somebody ****p me a colony, quick. ;-)
> >>>
> >>> We can't grow raspberries here anyway. The climate is wrong.
> >> Careful what you wish for....they're named rasberry because of the
guy who
> >> discovered them. Apparently they are a mucho prolific species and can
> >> multiply beyond the ability to control them even with pretty deadly
> >> pesticides. The Rasberry guy is a pest control operator and he thinks
they
> >> are bad news for his business since their resistance to control leave
his
> >> customers unsatisfied. He goes on to say he probably loses money on
every
> >> job in order to attempt to satisfy his clients.
> >>
> >> Chase down some info on the web if you want to know more. Heck, they
even
> >> take down computers according to an article in Information Week!
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/6ftvwn
> >
> > Did see something on TV about them as well. They (TV) emphasized
> > electronic
> > gizmos. Yet, they showed an extremely short video of a well pump
solenoid
> > as an example. This is an ELECTRICAL device with moving parts (relay)
that
> > activates a pump deep within the ground. Think both the news media
and
> > others should look into the difference between electrical and
electronic
> > before trying to convey facts, irregardless if the general public does
not
> > know the difference. A well pump is a source of water, which can be
more
> > im****tant than any PC.
>
> We were having ants get on pump relays back in the '60s, before fire
> ants were around. Every so often, there wouldn't be any water in the
> house and one of us kids would have to go down to the pump house and
> bang on the solenoid with a screwdriver to knock all the ants out of it.
>
> I'm not sure these things have spread enough for us to tell yet what
> sort of impact they're gonna have on wildlife. Bet the overall
> consequences won't be good, though.
>
> DT
Better than fire ants... The fire ants are wiping out ground nesting
birds such as meadowlark and bobwhite quail.
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Peace! Om
"Human nature seems to be to control other people
until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein
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