"They don't sting like fire ants do, but aside from that they are much bigger pests, " he said.
The crazy ants are going so crazy, in fact, that some people want their fire ants back, LeBrun said.
Then there are the groups like the Tea Party Fire Ants whose focus is far afield from the core principles of the movement.
Now we are going to go through and whack the fire ants and put something in its place that has a very different biology.
For those who have a history of anaphylactic reactions to insects, vaccines are available for yellow jackets, wasps, honey bees and fire ants, Bassett said.
Just before take-off, fire ants emerged from an overhead compartment.
When I walked off the plane I was hit with such a mighty gust of humidity that it caused me to tear off my jacket, sweater and scarf like they were covered in fire ants.
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Fire ants, he explained, could build stable tunnels in sand or soil with almost no moisture to bind it together, so learning from them might enable designers to build and programme robots that solve these same engineering problems.
The best you'll be able to do is hang on to a light pole, and while you're hanging on, the fire ants from all the mounds -- of which there is two per yard on average -- will clamber up that same pole.
The product also appears to be an effective pesticide against ants, fruit flies, weevils, locusts, and termites, and can also make wood more fire resistant, he added.
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