iron_thunder wrote:Spiders I don't mind TOO much (though I might think differently had I experienced spider-trauma, or if we had some kind of deadly spider in Toronto) ... what I truly hate are ANTS. I HATE THEM with an all-consuming passion. They make me nauseated and panicky. EW EW EW EW EW....
So I can totally get your spider-phobia, because I feel the same way about ants. Like... it makes you angry, nervous, sick and everything all at the same time. what a terrible feeling... BLAH! ANTS! :puke:
Oh_Oh,
Here I go about Ants! Here we have FIRE ANTS! :shud: They bite AND Sting! And it feels like Fire--hence the name. And, the bites leave huge whelps on you. I have had them all over my feet&hands before. The pain is so terrible that if you have more than a few bites you'll become very ill!
There have been deaths from Fire Ant bites.
Sometimes these little SOBS get inside your house--I have had them several times&I just pour Clorox or Vinegar on their path&it screws their sense of smell up, which is their main sense. They will leave very quickly!
Fire Ants create giant mounds up to 4 ft high&they bury/dig deep up to 20Ft. below the surface--which is why they are so hard to kill. The Queen is in an isolated chamber&is just a big egg-laying machine. You have to kill the queen to get rid of the mound. After they eat all the grass from a certain area, the ants just move on--just a few ft. away&create another Mound. The area where they leave the mounds is literally picked clean of all living material! Ergo, these critters have devastated certain areas in the South.
I could write mucho much about these hideous things--makes me think of that OUTER LIMITS Episode(The Zanti Misfits)about ant aliens sent from an ET Penal Colony that attempt to take over the Earth.
Well, Fire Ants have just about taken over the South&they ain't no Misfits!
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