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The blight that is invasive fire ants.
I thought a nice stroll outside would be good for me. Along the way I spotted some wild turkeys (before they spotted me) so I stopped to observe them. While standing there, I leaned up next to a sign post, and moments later my ankles were lighting up with fire ant stings. They were all over my shoes. I wasn't even standing on their nest, apparently just close enough to annoy them.
So fuck all the damned fire ants, they should go back to their own damn country where they belong.
If I were Dictator of the United States, I would get an expert panel together and publicly announce that we are going to exterminate every last motherfucking one of them, whatever the cost. Seriously, would make it a national campaign backed with fat federal dollars.
If you're in America, but not in the South, you cannot image what a pest/threat they are.
BTW OP, they got your happy ass because your steps vibrated their mound. And holy shit can they move fast when they sense a threat!
PRO TIP: Get bait that uses hydramethylnon. Yes, it's more expensive, but it's a nuclear bomb for these fuckers, WIDE blast radius. Use very sparingly, dab'll do ya.