The Little Red Fire Ant

[justleesa]

Just saw a commercial about the little red fire ant problems they are having on the Big Island, Maui and Kauai.

Here is an official blurb:
Little Fire Ant — Hawaii Department of Agriculture

And here is a PDF that tells you how to detect them in your own yard and what to do if you do find them:
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/ip-lfa.pdf

Have you noticed these nasty little buggahs?

 

[Thalassamania]

No, but that's why they stopped the mulch shipments to Waiohinu.

 

[justleesa]

Gonna cause some major problems for lots of things

 

[Thalassamania]

The mulch situation alone has put us in a bad way.

 

[DennisW]

Fight them with all you've got. We have them in FL and they will likely take over. Well, they won't ever go away permanently, that's for sure. And, they hurt like crazy when they sting you.

 

[Thalassamania]

We get screwed either way, we're an organic farm ... there's no way to "fight" them and maintain our rating.

 

[justleesa]

Sorry to hear that. What do you grow?

 

[Thalassamania]

It's a long, long, list ... we grow most everything that we need to eat or trade, and sell a little. We're doing really well these days with asparagus.

 

[justleesa]

Bravo! Hope to someday have the space to farm what we need )

 

[Thalassamania]

We're doin' it all, including living on two steep acres of a'a.