Plutonium is probably not a good answer; even if we could induce each ant to carry off a microflake of Plutonium, who knows what the little buggers might assemble from those grains? I think recent research on fire ants shows that they develop mega-colonies because the ants recognize members of other colonies by a protein on the exoskeleton. Thus recognized, the returning ants are not killed as would normally happen to a member of another colony. Instead of an insecticide, it’s possible to disrupt that exoskeleton protein and the returning worker ants will be killed by their own kind. Colonies will be put into civil war, with colony defenders killing off the colony food gatherers.
We may have to consider negotiation. Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:jmw1...@btinternet.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:40 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Fire ants Two to three years to evolve a resistant strain. Then what? Plutonium? With best wishes DESIGN IT IN! OOO – Own Opinions Only <http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk> www.jmwa.demon.co.uk J M Woodgate and Associates Rayleigh England Sylvae in aeternum manent. -----Original Message----- From: Nyffenegger, Dave [ <mailto:dave.nyffeneg...@bhemail.com> mailto:dave.nyffeneg...@bhemail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 1:44 AM To: <mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Fire ants Just keep some Terro inside the electrical boxes. Can't imagine the wildlife peoples having an issue with that, not they would ever know. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
