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by: rmille34 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 7:32am  
The little suckers are so fun to play with... but for once when im not playing with them, watching them or photorgraphing them, I am sitting minding my own business, the one lone wandering fireant crawls into my shoe and stings the crap out of my heel. The initial burn was alright... it went away within the hour. 3 days later I'm all of a sudden in a lot of discomfort because the itching is so bad i wanna rip my flesh off...benadryl, calamine, rubbing alcohol... all these are not working and im about to rip it open a bit adn do a bleach treatment to dry it out...any better remedies before i turn to bleach? 4951
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Turtle II Active Indicator LED Icon 3
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 7:46am  
Why do you watch, play with and film fire ants? I usually put killer on them and walk away
 
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rmille34 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 7:51am  
Why do you watch, play with and film fire ants? I usually put killer on them and walk away
 
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@Turtle II: they're amazing little creatures. I'm that weird little girl that always ran around playing with bugs. Was gonna get into that for college and decided to do photography. hahaatoss a chicken bone down at a good sized mound sometime and watch them devour it. it's amazing
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~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 9:34am  
the only good fireant is a dead fireant. 4951
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TexINS Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 9:43am  
Many fireants carry bacteria on their pinchers. When they bite you the bacteria goes into your body causing what would seem like an allergic reaction. If your symptoms do not go away you should probably go see a doctor. 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:03am  
Fireant's mouth parts are not strong enough to break an adults skin.The stinger however causes all kinds of suffering.Fireants grab hold with the mouth to give them leverage and stability to do the actual stinging. 4951
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TexINS Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:05am  
Maybe it is the stinger that has the bacteria. 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:14am  
Soak in water and borax. Helps tremendously! 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:22am  
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TheTruthHurts Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:42am  
What nasty lil creatures...so much damage from a teeny tiny little bug. Nature's way of giving them an advantage for being so small and seemingly insignificant. lol  4951
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rmille34 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:42am  
I ended up scratching it open so now it's just sore and not itchy... i'll take an open sore over an itching mass anyday!hahahaha 4951
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rmille34 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:44am  
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@SandyKnee: I thought about it... i couldn't imagine being swarmed... this was just one sting. Emoticonbut it was there for a good 60secs or more stinging me bc my shoe was stuck. :-/
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~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:47am  
I like to kill one ant while it is walking in its little chemical trail just to see what the ants coming up behind it will do.  They just go around which proves they have no care, even for their own.  ANTS MUST DIE!!!!!!!! 4951
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rmille34 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 10:56am  
I like to kill one ant while it is walking in its little chemical trail just to see what the ants coming up behind it will do.  They just go around which proves they have no care, even for their own.  ANTS MUST DIE!!!!!!!!
 
@BooBear: These critters run off of pure instinct. they'll cannibalize each other for food. It's natural for them... they don't have the proper neuro capacity to have anything along the lines of emotions... besides a berzerk mode that is only then being defensive. they're living machines.
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~ 11 years ago   Sep 6, '12 11:50am  
My fireant killer of choice

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