Movin South... Silly yankee questions...

[2LaneCruzer]

We don't have the fire ants here (yet as far as I know),

but we sure have both ticks an chiggers. You just have to put on your deet any time you are out in the grass or brush.

Man, you can say that again. I'll never forget moving to Missouri (Pierce City); we moved when the wild blackberries were ripe, so of course we went on a berry picking excursion. They ate us alive! In those days, they used wool socks around ankles laced with kerosene.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We don't have the fire ants here (yet as far as I know),

but we sure have both ticks an chiggers. You just have to put on your deet any time you are out in the grass or brush.

Man, you can say that again. I'll never forget moving to Missouri (Pierce City); we moved when the wild blackberries were ripe, so of course we went on a berry picking excursion. They ate us alive! In those days, they used wool socks around ankles laced with kerosene.

 

[lostcreekranch]

We don't have the fire ants here (yet as far as I know), but we sure have both ticks an chiggers. You just have to put on your deet any time you are out in the grass or brush.

Nope, the imported fire ants are a long way from MO.

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[lostcreekranch]

Nope, the imported fire ants are a long way from MO. Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

Here's a map of progress of the RIFA.

http://www.lawestvector.org/images/RIFA/fire_ant_-_US_range.jpg

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[txdon]

Here's a map of progress of the RIFA.

http://www.lawestvector.org/images/RIFA/fire_ant_-_US_range.jpg

Any map after 1998 or did they stop.

 

[newbury]

OP -
Another thing popped to mind.
Wear a "casual" hat. Be prepared to wear it inside and outside.
Where I came from in Vermont no adult male wore a hat inside while eating dinner. Around NE Mississippi it's common, even at places like Outback.

One restaurant I frequent I've been trying to keep track of adult males with "hats", primarily they wear ball caps with a brand of truck, tractor or college. In summer when tourists come through it's easy to tell them apart, they don't wear hats.

I just got back from a sit down restaurant and out of 10 adult male patrons 3 were wearing hats while they ate (not me). A college, a tractor and a US Marine.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Any map after 1998 or did they stop.

Don;

Dr. Robert Puckett, of TAMU Entomology Dept. told me last week that they (RIFA) are still moving and new map should be released soon.

FWIW the tawny crazy ants are migrating in a similar fashion. Dr. Puckett had a similar map for the TCA which I will try to find and post.

I think both came into US at Port of Mobile, Alabama from S. America.

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[AGRIMAN]

Here in my little part of south GA we have fire ants, rattle snakes, red bugs, ticks, high humidity, hot summers and GNATs. So you may want to stay far far away.

 

[kthompson]

I live near Myrtle Beach SC. We have a large percentage of "Northerners" here in our county. Have many a good friends from up North. Northerners are fine, it is the Yankees that get me, regardless of where they are from. Just remember on 9-11 the whole USA hurt for our lost brothers and sisters in New York City, DC and Penn.

I think Fire ants have been miss in the list. You really need to learn how to avoid and treat for them. They really can kill if enough of them were to sting an animal. Just think of them like small wasp when it comes to stings. Spiders in boots can be real issue.

Sorry did see fire ants after posting.

 

[Scotty Dive]

It's pee caughn......a pee can is what you put under the bed at night.

As far as northerners and southerners.....I have been both.....do what I do.....mind your business, be polite, remember your manners, remember where you are, and hate all people equally. I dont care what color, creed, religion, or faith you are....if your are an a hole, you are no friend of mine