What To Do When Facing A Floating Ball Of Fire Ants
"Avoid, avoid, avoid," one fire ant expert says. The ants, common in areas flooded by Harvey, can't be submerged underwater. But if you have a bottle of soapy water, you might be able to drown them.
What should you do when confronted by a floating raft of thousands of fire ants?
Among the many scenes of devastation coming out of areas flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey, images of floating rafts of these ants have gone viral on social media.
The ants are common in the areas of the southern United States hit by floods. The floodwaters lift the ants from their ant hills on the ground, and clinging together,
