March 12th 2010 09:14 am
Invasive Fire Ants Lose Heads to Flies
Discovery-News.com: Of all the methods being used to fight a fire ant invasion in the Southeast, this one might be the grossest. James Williams takes some heat to get the story. For more science news stories, check out www.discovery-news.com
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Mogzyx on 16 Jan 2010 at 4:34 pm #
@ev7000000 the flies only attack fire ants, they wont evolve rapidly
swiminthesoil on 18 Jan 2010 at 10:19 pm #
Fire ants hurt orange trees?!? We need to fix this IMMEDIATELY
puremana22 on 21 Jan 2010 at 9:39 pm #
this is like human vs fire ants. Ants being like Nazis, killing everything in there way. Humans/the flies as the Allies
darkblazer111 on 23 Jan 2010 at 3:36 pm #
Pesticide is quick and nice just open up a can of ant pesticide and spray it where the ants are coming out.
1337w33d on 24 Jan 2010 at 9:04 am #
its better not to spray poisons all over the place, we do it enough anyway
relimes on 25 Jan 2010 at 4:01 pm #
that dude has alot of balls!
WhatDoSheepSay on 25 Jan 2010 at 9:18 pm #
it would suck to be a fire ant and have that shit happen to you
TheGuardian235 on 29 Jan 2010 at 10:29 pm #
They do know that ants adapt fst that means in a few years the flies wont do anything. THERE WILL BE A REBELLION AGAINST THE FLIES RULE… I think. First ever enemy of ants.
piepotatosandturtles on 30 Jan 2010 at 1:20 pm #
the redneck way: shut every ant
Hiyuu4490 on 31 Jan 2010 at 7:43 am #
I learned somthing new lol.
MCMaddogMckenzi on 31 Jan 2010 at 5:55 pm #
Why dont we just send a terminator back in time to kill the guy who first brought the ants here? Come on guys, simple solution.
ubusellers on 02 Feb 2010 at 8:56 pm #
the man deserves a nobel prize once the solution takes action
ucrono on 03 Feb 2010 at 12:05 pm #
Holy crap he got some balls…
masentka on 09 Feb 2010 at 9:49 pm #
@piepotatosandturtles actually it’s pour hot water on them
It’s fun to watch.
mangandoy162 on 10 Feb 2010 at 1:44 am #
genius…..
gamefreak312 on 17 Feb 2010 at 8:47 am #
finally
bomerman104 on 24 Feb 2010 at 11:37 am #
its not that simple ants might of been brought here by accident because they are believed to have stowed away on ships no body really knows how they got here
MCMaddogMckenzi on 24 Feb 2010 at 1:45 pm #
lol, I like that you point out how impossible my plan would be, not because there’s no such thing as time travel or terminators, but because we dont know how it is the ants got here. lol, good point tho man, hadnt considered that.
jimmyboo12 on 25 Feb 2010 at 6:47 am #
Ok, so the fly isn’t attracted to anything else. But what is attracted to the fly? If there’s a species out there that preys on the fly and has a population explosion, it could potentially be worse than the fire ants. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a cool solution, but I just think we should consider all the posibilities.
lmendez63 on 27 Feb 2010 at 9:15 am #
one solution creates another problem.
NikkiBarajasTV on 28 Feb 2010 at 12:15 am #
i threw up while watching this….. i have a weak stomach
NikkiBarajasTV on 28 Feb 2010 at 12:17 am #
and also, wouldn’t this just create a bigger problem? i mean, once the flies get rid of the ants…what gets rid of the flies??? things like this just piss me off…..
ARCcommander102 on 28 Feb 2010 at 1:12 am #
Thats cool.
xlbottomlx on 28 Feb 2010 at 11:17 am #
lol nikki u cipe! the flies wont be able to reproduce once ants are gone, solving the problem. Plus this big a wipe will take decades
HatingHatefulHater on 08 Mar 2010 at 7:41 am #
didnt you watch the whole video? :X
He explains why that wont happen.