I hate....

[stomachmonkey]

...fire ants.

More than mosquitos.

Such aggressive little ****ers and their bite hurts more the second day.

Ankle is itching so bad I'm tempted to go slap some 40 grit onto the power sander and go to town.

[vash]

you ever see that special on the wasp pheromone that renders those things useless?

[Hugh R]

Got bitten by one once. MAN! I could not believe how much pain that little fucher could inflict.

[M.D. Holloway]

and to make matters worse they communicate and bite all at the same time...

[osidak]

sat down in a nest on my first date with my now wife.......

Lets just say there are areas of your body that their bite and resulting itch is much worse than an ankle

[BRPORSCHE]

Oh I know them well...

Put your foot under the tap with the absolute hottest water that you can stand. Almost scalding in temperature. Keep your foot in there for a few minutes and then you will have relief for a few hours. Thn rub some neosporin and take a benadryl and you are dandy.

Source: I have been bitten many times at scout camp.

[SiberianDVM]

Take some prednisone.

[Baz]

I carry one of these in my work truck and have another in my home for just such scenarios.

The key is to get the afflicted area sprayed pronto.

Really does help!

[recycled sixtie]

Apparently mosquitoes are more deadly than fireants as global warming has promoted more deadly viruses to be carried in mosquitoes in the US. West Nile virus plus ?.....G

[id10t]

Some rubbing alcohol (or drinking kind) rubbed on the bites will take away the itch for a little while.

Of course, if you use the drinking kind, you can always apply it internally as well....

[Tobra]

Benadryl is about it. You could try making a paste out of meat tenderizer and apply that, helps with bee stings, but that is a different toxin, not sure if it would work on formic acid. Actually, on second thought, I don't think fire ants use formic acid.

[weseeeee]

Ever notice that they get all over your leg then it seems like one of them signals all the others to bite you at the same time! Sneaky little bastards:/

[74-911]

Not to worry, the "Rasberry Ants" are moving in and will drive out the fire-ants... and apparently making us long for the good old days of fire ants.....
Welcome to Texas:

"Crazy Rasberry Ants" Come to Houston -- & You Thought Fire Ants Were Bad | Houston Press

[schamp]

Find the bed and sprinkle some grits around the area. Dead in a day. I use lots of grits in our blueberry field. I was quite surprised that it works. Cheapest grits you can find.

[lane912]

[lane912]

[BlueSkyJaunte]

That. Is. Friggin'. Cool.

[rusnak]

Pee on them.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by rusnak

Pee on them.

Oh hell no.

Those bastards co-operate.

They make floating ant rafts to cross open water.

My luck they'll go all World War Z on me and build an ant ladder to climb the stream and bite me in the

[vash]

it's a fly! a phorid fly.

wipes them out..saw a video where some scent the fly emits vapor locks the ants.

https://www.extension.org/pages/30546/natural-enemies-of-fire-ants#.U-ExsmOMLTo