Fire Ant Mound Documentary

Danger of disturbing a fire ant mound mini-documentary. It's not the big red imported fire ant mounds that will get you - those are obviously avooided - its the small fire ant colonies migrating to start a new colony that will catch people by surprise and put the bite on. These migrating ants are exceptionally aggressive and will bite like crazy. This often happens after a number of mounds are treated with poison bait and the survivors move to start new colonies. You just barely have to touch these new nest (not yet a mound) to gets hundreds of ants swarming almost immediately.

Video of fire ant colony on the move in the Florida Backyard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O99Rp3Ci7RA

For more info:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/ants/red_imported_fire_ant.htm
http://articles.extension.org/pages/11124/fire-ant-stings

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