Last week CC stepped on a fire ant mound in a parking lot .
These ants may look small, but let me tell you they are not harmless
Apparently Fire ants are related to wasps. They defend their territory by embedding a stinger loaded with a powerful toxin deep into the flesh of their opponents. When one ant attacks, the rest of the nest go into a frenzy and all start swarming the hapless victim; the results can send some into shock.
Ooooeee is it ever painful.
We counted 78 bites just on her left foot alone ...with an equal
number or more on the right foot. They bit her on her ankles between
the toes and even on the bottom of her feet. The small pustules quickly turned into deep abscesses. She can't put on shoes or even sandals, and the pain is waking her up at night.
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