Kind of off topic, but my father went down to a property down there. He was outside doing yard work, and got stung by something. He immediately went allergic and collapsed. Luckily, he made it to hospital before things got really bad or dead.
What is suspicious is that my father is not allergic to ANYTHING or any bugs. He's in his 70's.
At the hospital, the doctor further said something is going on. 6 people have died in the past week from allergic bug bites. Did they release something nasty?
He's double vaxxed so I'm wondering if this is part it. He never had an allergic reaction to any bug bites and he's been working outside for years. WTF?
Thoughts? Experiences?
He could've been bitten by fire ants. They hurt and are more annoying than mosquito bites. Some people can have bad reactions to them.
When I moved to Austin years ago my 2 year old (at the time) daughter stepped on a mound in our back yard and they swarmed her legs. We had been there a week and had no idea why she was screaming until we saw her leg go bright red. I dunked her in the pool to get them off and my wife asked a neighbor that happened to be outside what we should do. I hate those things.
I'm in East TX now and we don't have fire ants.
i get bite all the time,sometimes by just a few,and i do put out fire ant queen killer but what they do is they will get all over the spot you touch by the hundreds and then they will attack at the same time,you look down and your covered in these little bastards and we all know what comes after the bites ,white puss bumps,and they do leave scars.every time i talk to my neighbour i break out in hives ,he's a Democrat.
Maybe I'm just lucky. I've been here, about 90 minutes from Shreveport, since early 2020 and have not seen (or been bitten by) one fire ant. We had some that looked like them, but my pest control guy told me they were some other species and didn't bite. Maybe it is the countless moles that dig in my yard and piss my dogs off - who dig more to get the moles. The internet says 2 things - moles don't eat fire ants, and moles eat fire ants. Who knows.
You may not have fire ants now, but you will get them in East Texas at some point. Fire ants have taken over the entire southern United States.
Fire Ant Spread in the United States
I feel like they came from Puerto Rico... there used to be huge mounds everywhere in the cow fields. Also apparently there are gators in Puerto Rico now, which is a new phenomenon.