-=>> Quoting Don Dodson to Wl-ski <=-
DD>> I haven't seen any here in the Piedmont section of North
DD>> Carolina. If I  get a glimpse of 'um I got some diazinon
DD>> waiting for 'em. .....
 MB> Those fire ants are are a more resistant than reg ants.
 MB> The diazinon will kill a bunch but never seems to wipe
 MB> the colony out. I hope you luck out and never do get a
 MB> glimpse of those darn things.  And they didn't get the
 MB> name "fire" for nothing. Those things hurt. They jump
 MB> on you by the hundreds if you disturb their nest, and
 MB> they ALL bite!  :(
You're *right*, Marilyn, they are *terrible* to contend with!  I,
too, am glad for Don that he hasn't seen them in his section of
the Piedmont... Like I said, I saw a map of their "march" and was
astounded to see that they had migrated as far north as (parts of)
Va.  We tried using diazinon on them at my parents (in Alabama)...
they just laughed, as they planted their dead... and continued to
build new homes!  
cheers,
WL Sakowski
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