Derald wrote:
songbird wrote:

Well,as long as we're rambling....



i like ants, btw, they're facinating creatures.
E.O. Wilson cowrote a great book on them called
_the Ants_ and much more is being discovered.

Well, the little dears lost a bit of their charm by eating my onion
seeds the evening after planting last month and lose a a bit more, from
time to time, by hauling away brassica or other small seeds just about
as quickly as they can be placed in their beds. Of course, nothing
quite matches the thrill of disturbing with ones hands a tribe of fire
ants that has established itself in the retaining "timbers" of a raised
bed. ...eeeeYOW: Instant awareness.

yeah, fire ants are not something i would like to
deal with (but they and i have met when i was vacationing
in the south some years ago). have you heard of crazy
ants? have those reached your area?


It may not be true but I remember reading (in a source the name of
which I fortunately no longer remember) that termites were not a serious
hazard in more northern (NA) climes until central heating and/or air
"conditioning" became widespread. Of course, in this Florida climate,
insects are year 'round and termites always are active. Depending on
subspecies, the winged instars swarm up out of the ground, resembling
sparkling smoke, between October and about May. In my immediate
environs, they begin swarming on warm sunny days anytime from late
January through about March.

that would likely be true for roaches also.


songbird