BTW, I meant to mention to you Melanie & anyone who lives where fire ants are. There's a sure fire fix to the bites. ASAP get either vinegar or ammonia -- regular household of either -- on the bites pronto. The quicker you get it on there the less effects you will have from the bite. This REALLY does work! This applies to wasp & bee stings as well (jelly fish too). I use this all the time. Hold a soaked paper towel or such on the bite or sting for a good 5 minutes. When I am doing something like trimming hedges where I sort of expect I might very well get stung then I take the bottle & a paper towel out there & keep it near me in order to get it on as quickly as possible. Today I wasn't thinking about fire ants so didn't have it handy & I was a ways from the house so didn't get it on as fast as I would have liked to. After you take the soaked paper towel off I always dab some Benadryl gel on just for insurance. IMHO ammonia works better & faster but be careful to only use it outside if you ever want to breathe again & never, ever get it near your eyes.
