tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post3214559995465082115..comments2024-02-24T02:36:37.956-06:00Comments on Dizzy's Wanderings & Wonderings: Wondering about a Dangerous Tree.Dizzy-Dickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-50348134117514935192013-12-12T18:46:15.174-06:002013-12-12T18:46:15.174-06:00Yes they are nasty, for sure. I haven't figur...Yes they are nasty, for sure. I haven't figured out yet what they are good for.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-64915873608131699122013-12-12T18:44:18.809-06:002013-12-12T18:44:18.809-06:00This time she used a leaf off her alae vera plant ...This time she used a leaf off her alae vera plant and it helped a lot. She is getting over it, but it will take a little while.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-12919083080808437572013-12-12T18:27:17.724-06:002013-12-12T18:27:17.724-06:00My lovely wife and I are still recovering form our...My lovely wife and I are still recovering form our last batch of fire ant bites. Those things are nasty. Hope she feels better soon -hope you feel better too. <br /><br />Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-80403893184566357682013-12-12T18:22:12.415-06:002013-12-12T18:22:12.415-06:00I love the gargoyle but I'm sure sorry about t...I love the gargoyle but I'm sure sorry about the attack on your wife. Please give her my regards for a speedy recovery!Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052445200220681513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-12664949552048071852013-12-12T15:19:56.100-06:002013-12-12T15:19:56.100-06:00I agree that Texas fire ants are the worst. The G...I agree that Texas fire ants are the worst. The Gargoyle is my wife's and when she put it in the tree to take the picture, she was attacked by the ants.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-25688014337880071502013-12-12T14:08:56.563-06:002013-12-12T14:08:56.563-06:00I can tell you.... Texas fire ants are straight fr...I can tell you.... Texas fire ants are straight from what I hear hell is like ... I have never ever experienced anything like those ants. I googled and found that bathing in the hottest water you can stand along with soap immediately will get the poison down to a small roar.<br /><br />But since I didn't know this until I googled ... I thought I was going to die and it took weeks for those welts and blisters to go away... horrible ... my condolences to your wife.<br /><br />I didn't know they were in trees?! They live in mounds ... and yes putting that DE/diatomaceous earth on the mounds ... killed the mound... but takes a while.. little rat bastards<br /><br />Gargoyles are guardians ... they bring luck but what is one doing in your tree? Ha? I've never seen such... did you do this or the previous owners? Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663919207326700505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-47498800843126876112013-12-12T13:57:42.040-06:002013-12-12T13:57:42.040-06:00I have them in North Carolina, but anywhere I have...I have them in North Carolina, but anywhere I have found them, they all seem a little weaker than the Texas varieties.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-85989215762240596492013-12-12T13:56:21.935-06:002013-12-12T13:56:21.935-06:00You can also use it to kill fleas. I guess it scr...You can also use it to kill fleas. I guess it scratches them and they bleed or loose bodily fluids or something like that.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-2703970874061169352013-12-12T13:54:51.790-06:002013-12-12T13:54:51.790-06:00H.J., I guess it brought her bad luck, since she g...H.J., I guess it brought her bad luck, since she got attacked by the ants after she took the picture of the gargoyle.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-29893601953843915652013-12-12T12:43:02.062-06:002013-12-12T12:43:02.062-06:00My first encounter with fire ants was in 2005 in S...My first encounter with fire ants was in 2005 in South Carolina. It was so vicious that I can even picture the place I was standing. Since then I've had a couple other incidents and try to stay out of range. We were living in the Valley several years ago and when driving around just sightseeing came across a grade school... their mascot name was either "fire ants" or "red ants"... either way I wondered just how vicious those kids were. Hope your wife gets over her bites soon... and you start feeling better.The Odd Essayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168404014947652773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-55804057600269885582013-12-12T12:23:58.678-06:002013-12-12T12:23:58.678-06:00DE/diatomaceous earth (a non-toxic) found at farm ...DE/diatomaceous earth (a non-toxic) found at farm an garden supplier will decimate that fire ant problem fast. Best stuff for many pesky problems, even dog worming. Good for people parasites too. Try it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-80831569313498817032013-12-12T11:49:45.557-06:002013-12-12T11:49:45.557-06:00I don't know what concerns me the most...the f...I don't know what concerns me the most...the fact that you have fire ants in your tree, or that you actually took a picture of the resident gargoyle! Isn't that supposed to be bad luck or something?<br /><br />Hope the wife is getting over all the bites!HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-75066966093647171332013-12-12T11:26:50.011-06:002013-12-12T11:26:50.011-06:00I had a friend that went camping and they got in h...I had a friend that went camping and they got in his sleeping bag. He ended up in the hospital.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-4780789141691559212013-12-12T10:48:35.715-06:002013-12-12T10:48:35.715-06:00My nephew was barely walking, still in diapers, wh...My nephew was barely walking, still in diapers, when he sat down in them. Then just sat there and cried, of course, til his Mom grabbed him, stripped him, put him in the bath tub, then took him to the ER. He was ok but OMG, bites all over.TROUBLEnTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101519457688182222noreply@blogger.com