Omelet wrote:
> In article <g0vkvm$k60$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> dt <daletx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Dioclese wrote:
>>> "jOhN" <us271934SPAMNYET@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:2GXXj.8994$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.
The rasberry's are taking out the fire ants so I'm kinda guessing they
are not particularly benign ;-)
The species they say is related in South America may kill animals by
clogging their breathing passages.........not a good visual.
Too many of any species is not a good thing.
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