I'd like to apologize for bringing all the fire ants.

[trof]

news item:
"ALABAMA-About 1920, fire ants entered the United States at Mobile on a cargo ship from South America. Once established, the invaders adapted quickly and spread to several southern states."

I'm really, really sorry.

But don't blame the formosan termites on us.

"The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, was accidentally introduced into a number of port cities in the southern and southeastern United States shortly after World War II. To date, the distribution of the Formosan subterranean termite is patchy. It has been reported from various cities in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas."

I think NOLA did it.
That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

[sasquatch]

1. Damn Southerners

Always trying to fifth column America by some means or another.
:silly::hide:

[trof]

4. damnyankees

Wait...wasn't that a musical?

[musette_sf]

2. there was an excellent article in Harper's

a few years ago about the Formosan termite in NOLA. this was before The Storm, actually and ironically in the August 2005 issue. very well written.

let's face it, it had to be well written to be about termites AND keep my attention on a crowded flight filled with screaming children.

http://www.rattlejar.com/Termite_article.html

[Shell Beau]

3. Thanks a lot!! Way to go!!

:P