I hate fire ants...
Ants are bad here in Florida, especially fire ants. I didn't have to deal with them until I came here. I actually didn't even know that they existed until i made the mistake of standing on one of their hills in flip flops. My friends thought that it was pretty funny, but I quickly learned to watch were i'm standing. They leave serious bites that hurt and itch for days. I've had them in my outdoor enclosures. They are attracted by dead crickets usually. I've learned to put a pan of water under each leg of the enclosure to prevent them from climbing in. They are especially dangerous for babies like Jenna said. Even with the moat, I check the babies often, when they are outside, to make sure that they aren't under attack. Actually, my boss was attacked in his sleep recently by fire ants. He lives in a brand new house, but somehow they found their way in. He has a water bed, and his baby must have spilled something in one of the sides of the mattress to attract them or something. Well, he went out of town one weekend, and when he returned and went to bed, he woke up in the middle of the night with ants all over him, biting like crazy. He had to spray down his bed and room, and around the house, and had to find a place to sleep for the night. He was covered with bites and has some pretty severe scars from the whole thing. If they can make it into a brand new house, I'm sure that they can get into any house.
