Currently 162 of the 264 counties in Texas are under quarantine for the imported red fire ant. When a fire ant mound is disturbed, an attack hormone is released, very similar to what wasps and hornets release. Fire ants are attracted to electrical currents and short out many air conditioners every year. Texas is prime fire ant habitat, warm and moist climate. Fire ants develop wings and have mating flights after every rain and that's how they can spread quickly around the State.
Queen ants are several times larger than the workers.
The mounds are raised to keep the eggs and larvae out of the water zone. Depending on species, female mosquitos may lay 100 to 300 eggs at a time and may average 1,000 to 3,000 during their life span The mosquito mature from egg to adult in 4 to 7 days Most mosquitos remain within a 1 mile radius of their breeding site Several species of mosquito are known carriers of significant disease of man and domestic animals Worldwide, mosquito-borne diseases kill more people than any other single factor. In the United States, mosquitoes spread several types of encephalitis, dog heartworm, and malaria. The pelican was startled and flew into the air. About an hour or so later, while still flying, the small frog popped his head out of the pelican's ass.