Moving to South Carolina? You won’t find this in the brochure.
Fire Ants. From Brazil, via the port of Mobile, Alabama. Once you have them on your property it’s an ongoing battle. We can’t poison them, that would kill everything. Best you can do is control where they are.
Below the ants that live in the arbors. You absolutely cannot climb in there looking to get a better angle on an Anole photograph. These ants are evil.
If you step on an ant mound and not notice it, well they swarm. They don’t bite…until they reach some critical mass. At some signal they all attack at the same time. If lucky you can pull off your shoes and socks and get rid of them. If not… it’s your call what goes next 🤣😂.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, GODOX iT32 flash, ON1 Photo Raw.
What a great place 😂 maybe it’s not so bad at all in Belgium 🙂
And… you don’t have the world hating you 😒😒
Well, the people are great, it’s just the guy running the show over there that we’re not particularly fond of. 😂
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Ohhh noooo 😩 They are an invasive species on parts of Canada too.
I’ve been lucky. Only once did I stand on a mound and the first bite sent me moving away pretty quick too.
Yikes😣
Yeah… the details of wildlife around here can be very interesting.
I never knew that. Thanks for the education.
The education is when you discover this one on your own 🤣🤣🤣😂
Yep. We treat all fireant mounds with fireant killer. I say “sorry” to any flickers that would have enjoyed the snack, but my yard is a “stand your ground” plot.
We do our best with diatomaceous earth. Doesn’t kill everything, but the ants do manage to just move off.