I know what fire ants eat...gardeners!!!! I think I have my spider mites under control but I have said that before then they show up again. I will try the soap and water. Right now some of my DR's look kinda sick from all of the stuff I have sprayed on them. Its a good thing these plants bounce back usually. Gotta say I am really glad to see Wilfred posting again. I can understand depression. Sometimes life just keeps throwing rocks at us we gotta just pick them up and chunk them back. So far this year I lost both my parents a month apart and my mother in law This month.I just wound up spending more time with my plants and my gardens. They have a way of cheering me up. I have declared war on bugs.