Gotta love the South, Fire Ants & Kudzu Pics

[Pliablemoose]

Kudzu

fire ants

fire ants 2

 

[Ryan]

I HATE Kudzu :|

Anyway, I fear these ant more http://www.myrmecology.org/mac/Images/lca.jpg

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Kudzu

fire ants

fire ants 2

i went to school with girls who wouldnt stop writing crappy poetry about the kudzu.
oy.

 

[yakko]

Isn't kudzu the only plant that you can see grow without timelapse photography?

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: yakko
Isn't kudzu the only plant that you can see grow without timelapse photography?

IIRC, yes. My grandfather used to refer to it as the mile-a-minute plant

 

[Pliablemoose]

Kudzu roots can be up to 3 inches in diameter & 8 feet deep.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Some areas in southern AR around here have it real bad in the hills. What's crazy is that you are driving and over the edge of the road is a 100ft+ drop into kudzu. You can tell by looking that if you drove off the edge your ass would never be found. That stuff would just swallow the car and cover it up.

Originally posted by: yakko
Isn't kudzu the only plant that you can see grow without timelapse photography?

Hurm. I've never stopped to look.

 

[notfred]

So kudzu is just some type of vine?

Anyway... the fastest growing plant in the world is bamboo, and the fastest growing thing in the world is kelp, so I'm pretty sure yakko's comment isn't true.

 

[MrCoffee]

I remember visiting relatives in Florida & seeing all of the fire ant mounds along side the road. They were everywhere!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

How about we put some kudzu and some fire ants into a locked room and let them fight it out?

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: yakko
Isn't kudzu the only plant that you can see grow without timelapse photography?

IIRC, yes. My grandfather used to refer to it as the mile-a-minute plant

some species of bamboo actually grow fast enough to be seen growing before your eyes.

 

[wfbberzerker]

brreeeoooww fire ants rawwwr!

 

[MrCoffee]

LOL!

 

[Flatline]

Kudzu barely beat out hemp as an introduced vector to control soil erosion in the mountains of North Carolina; oddly, the deciding factor (supposedly) was kudzu's faster growth, which is what caused it to take over half the state.

 

[yobarman]

lol @ kudzu... i was never in the south and never knew such a thing existed. also fire ants look like they suck

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
brreeeoooww fire ants rawwwr!

You got me runnig scared now.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Flatline
Kudzu barely beat out hemp as an introduced vector to control soil erosion in the mountains of North Carolina; oddly, the deciding factor (supposedly) was kudzu's faster growth, which is what caused it to take over half the state.

The hemp would have been way more useful (discounting the entertainment factor). At least you can harvest the stuff.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: notfred
So kudzu is just some type of vine?

Anyway... the fastest growing plant in the world is bamboo, and the fastest growing thing in the world is kelp, so I'm pretty sure yakko's comment isn't true.

I thought it was neffing.

 

[MichaelD]

Fire Ants = Evil...like children.

Years ago, I knew I had a mild allergic reaction to insect stings. I found this out when I got stung by a bee and my chest got a bit tight and I got dizzy.

About 8 years ago, I got bit by like 100 fire ants and got as close to analphylactic shock as you can get. My buddy drove me to the ER and they shot me up w/Epinephrine and other assorted drugs.

Fire Ants solidified my allergic reaction to any insect bite or stings.

You would never believe that something so small could:

a. Hurt so damn much
b. Move so damn fast.

 

[LongCoolMother]

i never heard of kudzu either. id like to try it out, it looks cool and strong. maybe plant a little in my backyard

 

[glugglug]

St. Augustine Grass (which is actually a weed btw, nothing actually in the grass family really survives the amount of heat & rain in SE FL), can have each blade grow over an inch a day in the summer. So if you look closely you can actually see "grass" grow without timelapse.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: glugglug
St. Augustine Grass (which is actually a weed btw, nothing actually in the grass family really survives the amount of heat & rain in SE FL), can have each blade grow over an inch a day in the summer. So if you look closely you can actually see "grass" grow without timelapse.

Yep, my lawn is make up of this stuff. If I don't mow it every 5 days, but 7 it's more than a foot tall

 

[Excelsior]

Fire ants SUCK. Almost more annoying than bees..because..you step even somewhat near a "nest" and those fckers are crawling all over you. They itch way worse than mosquitoes too. Just across the street Kudzu has already taken over a clearing. Its all over charlotte.

 

[bunker]

I actually beat those fireant fvckers in my back yard!

That Amdro stuff works great . Had 3 small mounds going back there, put that stuff down and within a week I didn't see another ant.

That was about 2 months ago and haven't seen any since. I know they'll come back and I'll have to do it again though .