I went out front to clear out some fern which was trying to take over our holly. Wore knee socks, long pants, long sleeved shirt and gloves AND had sprayed myself with bug spray. I did not work more that 15 minutes as this is Central Florida and it is still hot and humid. Despite my preventive measures, I have about thirty fire ant bites on my back, arms, neck, ears and front. I am allergic. So took my allergy pills and am headed to bed. There goes the tote bag I hope to finish today.

oh no, take care of yourself do you need to get to ER

IT's amazing how they always seem to find a way! Hope you feel better after your nap.

Poor you. I hope you are feeling better. Those things hurt so bad. With it so dry here they are not making mounds and you can be standing watering and be covered in no time. Glad you had your pills handy.

hope you feel better soon.

Hope you feel better.

Feel better!

Those are terrible! I am so sorry you were stung. I hope you feel better soon.

Put ammonia on them when they first bite helps the pain and the blisters

There seem to be a lot of different things that kill ants. Inside the house a year or so ago I noticed a lot of ants eating on the dry cat food, so dropped a few white mints around it and all the ants left, haven't seen them since. Tried it on the outdoor ants and they swarmed over the mints, probably a different breed. So had to go to the old faithful sugar and Boric Acid mix for them. Some ants are so strong they use that for flavoring, so had to use some DH got years ago at the drugstore that must have arsenic in it, it kills everything.

Now I'm putting Diatomaceous Earth around again, it usually clears out most critters that chew on my plants. I mix it with water and spray it on everything, it drys and leaves a white powdery look, but the critters leave or die. Not many ants after that for quite a while.