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Van Chocstraw wrote:

badgolferman wrote:
Ulysses wrote:

I have a big problem with little ants. Not the really tiny
micro-ants, but the red ones that are maybe 1/2" long. They are
surprisingly painful when they bite you and leave a sizable
welt. I have tried sprinkling the anthills with Bug-B-Gone and
it seems to work for about three days and then they just open up
a new hole and go on about their business. I even tried
spraying them with Raid but that had little effect. Anyone have
a product that they like for getting rid of ants? If it's
possible I would prefer a product that won't kill any birds that
eat the ants. The quail appear to eat the ants but I can't
really confirm this. In any case they don't eat enough of them
to make a difference so now I'm wondering about anteaters and if
they would like living in Southern California High Desert and if
the coyotes would bother them and if they could actually control
the problem. Seriously.

You are describing fire ants. You must live in the South. We
used to pour gasoline down their nests and set them on fire.
Fight fire with fire!


Pump their holes full of DDT.

DDT is for sissies. He should tell Homeland Security that Osama bin
Laden is hiding in his back yard, and he needs an air strike.

I thought his name was Obama, not Osama.

they're both Islamic terrorists,and both hate the US.

I was wondering about how to
get them to dump the right thing--maybe boric acid instead of fire
retardant when the come to put out the gasoline-filled anthill fires.



I think I'd try one of those Combat ant controls.I've had good results with
them for sugar ants.

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