Re: [CH] News from the garden ... and a bug question
Rael64 (z42dkm@yahoo.com)
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:59:38 -0700 (PDT)
Not to dredge up the Tabasco Wars we just recently had (or whatever that was), but if they are ants - fire or otherwise - that is the #1 use for Tabasco sauce in my book.
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael64
--- On Sat, 6/21/08, =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com> wrote:
> From: =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com>
> Subject: Re: [CH] News from the garden ... and a bug question
> To: "Linda Hutchinson" <lipant@sympatico.ca>, "Jose Cisneros" <jccisn@gmail.com>, "Jim Graham" <spooky130@cox.net>, chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com
> Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 3:59 PM
> If that's what I have to do to be sure if they are fire
> ants or not, I think
> I'll just remain ignorant... :-)
>
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:52:38 -0400, Linda Hutchinson wrote
> > Hold your hand down to them, let them bite it a bit.
> If it hurts
> > like h*ll and bruises later, they are fire ants. Now
> sit on the
> > nest. That's the ultimate test.
> >
> > Linda, who once fell down in a Florida ant hill and
> knows that of
> > which she speaks.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jose Cisneros
> > To: Jim Graham ; chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com
> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CH] News from the garden ... and a bug
> question
> >
> > > Also, a bug question. I noticed, hanging out on
> one of the cayenne
> > > plants, some funky bugs. They're shaped like
> ants, but the color is
> > > different---they're orange with a reddish
> tint. I've never seen any
> > > like that before. Does anyone know what those
> are?
> >
> > Fire ants?
> >
> > Jose
>
>
> --
> =Mark
>
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