->  The two red bites are still visable a day and ahalf later, no more
-> burning. The discomfort was aggrevatred by location. (one bite smack
-> in the middle of my right palm and the other near the thumb joint.)


->  WC> My entire body from the waist up welled up into raised red welts
->  WC> that lasted for weeks.

->  WC> Don't know why that reaction never recurred.

->  Maybe theres some immunity from the first reaction so the secnond
-> isn't so severe?
-> ........

No idea, with allergies it's usually the other way around, worse second
time around.

->  WC> In the yard I just look at the weather radar and if I see a rain storm
->  WC> headed this way an couple hours off I broadcast some grits ( uncooked)
->  WC> into the yard.

->  WC> The workers feed the queen the grits, it rains, she drinks and the
->  WC> grits swell up, pop no more queen, no more colony.

->  HEY! Grits are good for someting after all!???? heh.. heh.. thanks! 

Yeah it's the one use I found for them.

-> Now we'll just go out and buy that instead... BUt after a rain? I'll
-> haveta just do it after the sprinklers go off instead.

You spread it around BEFORE the water arrives thus the queen is fed dry
grits, drinks and bye bye.

I cleaned out the entire yard with this method and single small bag of
grits, you just have to time it so it rains after allowing some time for
the queen to be fed the stuff.

->  WC> You can ID fire ant colonys in they generally build mounds in a
->  WC> straight line.

-> Iv'e seen the mounds but this paritcular encounter was a food
-> gathering mission I think... away from the mound. (I think the mound
-> might be hidden in the grass on the other side of the fence.)

When they hit me on the bus it was a similar food gathering mission,
trash remaining from inconsiderate people too lazy to dispose of their
edible remains at the bus bench all of three feet from a can placed
there for that very purpose :-(
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