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Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter
I've been told that a farmer that can't keep back fire ants will (with the help of a buddy), simultaneously take a shovel full of dirt from each of two mounds.....
.....and then dump each shovel on the opposite mound.
Fairly quickly.....the mounds kill each other.
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Nature generally doesn't work that way ....!
Over time a "Super Fire Ant" will emerge from the process of natural selection.
I think Darwin (et al) sort of figured that out a long time ago.
Fire ants don't last long in my yard, and my neighbor allows me to "treat" them in her yard when I'm eradicating mine! I also water her yard at times in the "common grass" areas to make sure it remains healthy and doesn't spread any "diseases" into my yard. I also keep our common fence in good repair.
But I'm old school: "Good fences make good neighbors"!