LOL!

Fire ants are a South American variety that invaded the American
southland, starting in Mobile, AL. They have very painful bites and
will swarm and attack. When I lived in Houston, TX, we had a couple
hills in our backyard. We gave them a wide birth (sp?) until my
housemate/landlord zapped them with some nasty stuff.

For more fire ant fun:

http://www.antcolony.org/fire_ants.htm

Lightnin' Bug

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rospa10" wrote:
> I have this image in my mind that won't go away..tiny 6-legged
creepy-
> crawlies with antennas scurrying about clutching matches and
> muttering, 'Fire..fire..." ((heh, heh, heh)) Yep, once apon a time
I
> watched some Beavis and Butthead episodes.
> CL/T/G

A couple of hills? A COUPLE of HILLS???? LOL.

I live in south Louisiana. I have a couple of fire-ant hills in
every square FOOT of my lawn! We've spent about $500 so far this
year fighting them on about 8 acres. It's a losing battle - for US,
not the ants...

But one adapts to anything. Come visit me and I'll teach you the
trick - you just don't ever stand still in one place. Neigbors
visiting at the fence look to all the world like a group of 3 year-
olds dancing about needing to pee.

Then, there are the banana spiders - harmless but mucho creepy. You
haven't truly freaked until you've driven your golf cart through a
web about 4 feet in diameter strung between two trees - containing a
spider the size of a jumbo shrimp...

And the phantom yellow jackets that dive-bomb me invisibly at a
certain spot on my driveway when I go to get the mail, leaving a
wound that lasts for weeks (on me, at least) that looks like my
spouse beat me with a rubber hose.

Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme, armadillos that carry
leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth mocassins, - I
could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back yard called "The
1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."

Happy hunting,
Zed

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lightnin Bug"
wrote:
> LOL!
>
> Fire ants are a South American variety that invaded the American
> southland, starting in Mobile, AL. They have very painful bites
and
> will swarm and attack. When I lived in Houston, TX, we had a
couple
> hills in our backyard.

> Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme,
> armadillos that carry
> leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth
> mocassins, - I
> could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back
> yard called "The
> 1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."

Don't forget alligators, nutria rats with big ole
yellow teeth, devil horses, flying roaches 2 inches
log.....

....ah the Gret Stet o' Loosiana....I miss dousing
those fire anthills with a gallon of gasoline and
watching those suckers BURN!!!!

--Armadillo Jo, honorary Cajun in Hoosierland

No nutria at the ole home place, but my "Big Bang in a Little Box"
is just across the road from a nest of nutria that swim in the
Capitol Lake. I've seen them swimming right where I park about half
the time I check on the box...

Happy hunting,
Zed

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Armadillo Jo
wrote:
>
> > Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme,
> > armadillos that carry
> > leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth
> > mocassins, - I
> > could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back
> > yard called "The
> > 1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."
>
> Don't forget alligators, nutria rats with big ole
> yellow teeth, devil horses, flying roaches 2 inches
> log.....
>
> ....ah the Gret Stet o' Loosiana....I miss dousing
> those fire anthills with a gallon of gasoline and
> watching those suckers BURN!!!!
>
> --Armadillo Jo, honorary Cajun in Hoosierland

Well I hope to place my first series of 5 boxes this weekend. Hope to
have the clues out soon after. The series is called "The Night
Creatures".

-----Original Message-----
From: zed_boxing [mailto:szorzi_1999@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:51 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Fire ants??

A couple of hills? A COUPLE of HILLS???? LOL.

I live in south Louisiana. I have a couple of fire-ant hills in
every square FOOT of my lawn! We've spent about $500 so far this
year fighting them on about 8 acres. It's a losing battle - for US,
not the ants...

But one adapts to anything. Come visit me and I'll teach you the
trick - you just don't ever stand still in one place. Neigbors
visiting at the fence look to all the world like a group of 3 year-
olds dancing about needing to pee.

Then, there are the banana spiders - harmless but mucho creepy. You
haven't truly freaked until you've driven your golf cart through a
web about 4 feet in diameter strung between two trees - containing a
spider the size of a jumbo shrimp...

And the phantom yellow jackets that dive-bomb me invisibly at a
certain spot on my driveway when I go to get the mail, leaving a
wound that lasts for weeks (on me, at least) that looks like my
spouse beat me with a rubber hose.

Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme, armadillos that carry
leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth mocassins, - I
could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back yard called "The
1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."

Happy hunting,
Zed

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lightnin Bug"
wrote:
> LOL!
>
> Fire ants are a South American variety that invaded the American
> southland, starting in Mobile, AL. They have very painful bites
and
> will swarm and attack. When I lived in Houston, TX, we had a
couple
> hills in our backyard.





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and I thought the New Hampshire bugs were bad. I will
now no longer be disturbed by my harmless and
terrified daddy long leg spiders!
--- zed_boxing wrote:

> A couple of hills? A COUPLE of HILLS???? LOL.
>
> I live in south Louisiana. I have a couple of
> fire-ant hills in
> every square FOOT of my lawn! We've spent about
> $500 so far this
> year fighting them on about 8 acres. It's a losing
> battle - for US,
> not the ants...
>
> But one adapts to anything. Come visit me and I'll
> teach you the
> trick - you just don't ever stand still in one
> place. Neigbors
> visiting at the fence look to all the world like a
> group of 3 year-
> olds dancing about needing to pee.
>
> Then, there are the banana spiders - harmless but
> mucho creepy. You
> haven't truly freaked until you've driven your golf
> cart through a
> web about 4 feet in diameter strung between two
> trees - containing a
> spider the size of a jumbo shrimp...
>
> And the phantom yellow jackets that dive-bomb me
> invisibly at a
> certain spot on my driveway when I go to get the
> mail, leaving a
> wound that lasts for weeks (on me, at least) that
> looks like my
> spouse beat me with a rubber hose.
>
> Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme,
> armadillos that carry
> leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth
> mocassins, - I
> could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back
> yard called "The
> 1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."
>
> Happy hunting,
> Zed
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lightnin Bug"
>
> wrote:
> > LOL!
> >
> > Fire ants are a South American variety that
> invaded the American
> > southland, starting in Mobile, AL. They have very
> painful bites
> and
> > will swarm and attack. When I lived in Houston,
> TX, we had a
> couple
> > hills in our backyard.
>
>




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Actually that is a misconception about the "Daddy Long legs". That
spider is one of the most poisonous spiders there is. One bite from
this spider could kill a human BUT alas the fangs of the spider are so
small that they are basically un-useable.

-Ph0t0bug

-----Original Message-----
From: Ms Dragonfli [mailto:msdragonfli@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:41 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: Fire ants??

and I thought the New Hampshire bugs were bad. I will
now no longer be disturbed by my harmless and
terrified daddy long leg spiders!
--- zed_boxing wrote:

> A couple of hills? A COUPLE of HILLS???? LOL.
>
> I live in south Louisiana. I have a couple of
> fire-ant hills in
> every square FOOT of my lawn! We've spent about
> $500 so far this
> year fighting them on about 8 acres. It's a losing
> battle - for US,
> not the ants...
>
> But one adapts to anything. Come visit me and I'll
> teach you the
> trick - you just don't ever stand still in one
> place. Neigbors
> visiting at the fence look to all the world like a
> group of 3 year-
> olds dancing about needing to pee.
>
> Then, there are the banana spiders - harmless but
> mucho creepy. You
> haven't truly freaked until you've driven your golf
> cart through a
> web about 4 feet in diameter strung between two
> trees - containing a
> spider the size of a jumbo shrimp...
>
> And the phantom yellow jackets that dive-bomb me
> invisibly at a
> certain spot on my driveway when I go to get the
> mail, leaving a
> wound that lasts for weeks (on me, at least) that
> looks like my
> spouse beat me with a rubber hose.
>
> Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme,
> armadillos that carry
> leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth
> mocassins, - I
> could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back
> yard called "The
> 1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."
>
> Happy hunting,
> Zed
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lightnin Bug"
>
> wrote:
> > LOL!
> >
> > Fire ants are a South American variety that
> invaded the American
> > southland, starting in Mobile, AL. They have very
> painful bites
> and
> > will swarm and attack. When I lived in Houston,
> TX, we had a
> couple
> > hills in our backyard.
>
>




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Soooooooooo, you work for the Louisiana Tourist and Visitors Association huh? heh
missmoon



Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme, armadillos that carry
leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth mocassins, - I
could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back yard called "The
1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."

Happy hunting,
Zed

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Zed,

How could you forget my favorite Louisiana creepy crawly--the flying
coakroach! Some people call them palmetto bugs but there's no
palmetto in LA... Four inch long cockroach that flies at your
head... Sheesh...

Then there's those geckos that come out at night with the
transparent skin that their guts show through...

I'm so glad we moved from Baton Rouge to Western North Carolina.
Though I do miss the Cajun food...

Knit Wit
P2 F16 HH1

Zed....I love the little Gecko in the TV commercial for car insurance! He even drives his tiny sports car and has an "employee of the month" parking spot! (I know I gotta get a life!)...His guts do not show through....? hahaha! I just might have to do a Gecko stamp! MadCats..


ncginger2000 wrote:Zed,

How could you forget my favorite Louisiana creepy crawly--the flying
coakroach! Some people call them palmetto bugs but there's no
palmetto in LA... Four inch long cockroach that flies at your
head... Sheesh...

Then there's those geckos that come out at night with the
transparent skin that their guts show through...

I'm so glad we moved from Baton Rouge to Western North Carolina.
Though I do miss the Cajun food...

Knit Wit
P2 F16 HH1





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Ewwww! and I was so happy in my ignorance.

MsDragonfli
--- Wilson Revelle wrote:

> Actually that is a misconception about the "Daddy
> Long legs". That
> spider is one of the most poisonous spiders there
> is. One bite from
> this spider could kill a human BUT alas the fangs of
> the spider are so
> small that they are basically un-useable.
>
> -Ph0t0bug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ms Dragonfli [mailto:msdragonfli@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:41 AM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: Fire ants??
>
> and I thought the New Hampshire bugs were bad. I
> will
> now no longer be disturbed by my harmless and
> terrified daddy long leg spiders!
> --- zed_boxing wrote:
>
> > A couple of hills? A COUPLE of HILLS???? LOL.
> >
> > I live in south Louisiana. I have a couple of
> > fire-ant hills in
> > every square FOOT of my lawn! We've spent about
> > $500 so far this
> > year fighting them on about 8 acres. It's a
> losing
> > battle - for US,
> > not the ants...
> >
> > But one adapts to anything. Come visit me and
> I'll
> > teach you the
> > trick - you just don't ever stand still in one
> > place. Neigbors
> > visiting at the fence look to all the world like a
> > group of 3 year-
> > olds dancing about needing to pee.
> >
> > Then, there are the banana spiders - harmless but
> > mucho creepy. You
> > haven't truly freaked until you've driven your
> golf
> > cart through a
> > web about 4 feet in diameter strung between two
> > trees - containing a
> > spider the size of a jumbo shrimp...
> >
> > And the phantom yellow jackets that dive-bomb me
> > invisibly at a
> > certain spot on my driveway when I go to get the
> > mail, leaving a
> > wound that lasts for weeks (on me, at least) that
> > looks like my
> > spouse beat me with a rubber hose.
> >
> > Mosquitos with West Nile, ticks with Lyme,
> > armadillos that carry
> > leprosy, pygmy rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouth
> > mocassins, - I
> > could plant a whole series of boxes in my own back
> > yard called "The
> > 1001 Louisiana Creepy-Crawlies."
> >
> > Happy hunting,
> > Zed
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lightnin
> Bug"
> >
> > wrote:
> > > LOL!
> > >
> > > Fire ants are a South American variety that
> > invaded the American
> > > southland, starting in Mobile, AL. They have
> very
> > painful bites
> > and
> > > will swarm and attack. When I lived in Houston,
> > TX, we had a
> > couple
> > > hills in our backyard.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Actually, there IS palmetto in Louisiana. Along I-10 south of Baton
Rouge, the woods are full of it. And the Bluebonnet swamp here in BR
has it too. Also, all along Burbank south of LSU. Hmmmm, I feel a
stamp coming on...

EEEWWW - don't even mention those bugs. I've killed 3 in my house
this week. They come inside looking for water during the drought
we've had.

I don't have the geckos - my cats kill them.

Happy hunting in NC,
Zed in LA

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "ncginger2000"
wrote:
> Zed,
>
> How could you forget my favorite Louisiana creepy crawly--the
flying
> coakroach! Some people call them palmetto bugs but there's no
> palmetto in LA... Four inch long cockroach that flies at your
> head... Sheesh...
>
> Then there's those geckos that come out at night with the
> transparent skin that their guts show through...
>
> I'm so glad we moved from Baton Rouge to Western North Carolina.
> Though I do miss the Cajun food...
>
> Knit Wit
> P2 F16 HH1

In the words of the Taco bell dawg "Here leezard leezard leezard!"

LBug

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "zed_boxing"
wrote:

> I don't have the geckos - my cats kill them.
>
> Happy hunting in NC,
> Zed in LA
>