On (21 Mar 98) wl-ski wrote to Marilyn Boissoneault...
 w>  My Dad said that if they *do* get to you,
 w>  you're okay unless they decide to*sit*!
I heard that they get you from both ends. They bite from the 
front and sting with the other end.
I've used the Amdro. It's supposed to be something the workers 
bring to the queen and it kills her. Then I heard that it makes 
her sterile. Either way, it's too slow, and all it seems to do 
is make them move the hill 5 feet in a different direction.
Other brands of fire ant killer seem to be just diazanon or 
dursban. They also move the hill 5 feet....
I tried the switching of dirt. Didn't notice any difference.
The thing I'm doing now, is spraying the mounds with dursban.
It mostly kills the surface ants, but I stir the mounds up with
a long stick first. Get 'em crawling all around, then soak 'em.
I don't know how well it works in the long run, but it's 
satisfying.
There was something in the paper a couple weeks ago, about
a woman who was in critical condition after a bunch of bites.
I think the poison killed her liver. I haven't heard an more.
Jimvee 
 
... Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.
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