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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. |
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"Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. amdro |
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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! |
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, 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 You need to go after their food supply. Cover your trash; spray the bags going into the trash bin, etc. |
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:33:06 +0000 (UTC), 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! people like you should stay in cities. Not everywhere needs to be a hazmat site. |
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"Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles |
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"Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles and that technique worked well with the african bees, didn't it? |
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: "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles fire ants are only about 1/8" long. the wasp is the Phorid Fly. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/..._species_turns _red_imported_fire_ants_into_zombies.html or; http://tinyurl.com/posc8f -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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charlie wrote:
and that technique worked well with the african bees, didn't it? African bees were brought to South America in the fifties as part of a lab expiriment. The problem was that they got outside of the lab. The interesting thing about the african bees is that they are virtually identical to our regular European honey bees, and are actually no more venomous, either. The difference is that it takes very little to provoke african bees to attack, and once provoked, they attack in greater numbers and over greater distances. Jon |
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On Jul 30, 11:14*am, "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. Get some Phroid Flies... Stolen without permission from: http://science.slashdot.org/article..../05/13/2233257 Texas Makes Zombie Fire Ants Posted by samzenpus on Wed May 13, 2009 10:20 PM from the what-could-go-wrong dept. eldavojohn writes "What do you do when a foreign species has been introduced to your land from another continent? Bring over the natural predator from the other continent. Scientists in Texas have introduced four kinds of phorid flies from South America to fight fire ants. These USDA approved flies dive bomb ants and lay an egg inside the ant. The maggot hatches and eats away juicy tender delicious ant brain until the ant is nothing more than a zombie that wanders around for two weeks before the head falls off and the ant dies. A couple of these flies will cause the ants to modify their behavior and this will be a very slow acting solution to curb the $1 billion in damage these ants do to Texas cattle ranches and — oddly enough — electrical equipment like circuit breakers. You may remember zombifying parasites hitting insects like cockroaches." |
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. Try Tero. It contains the ingrediant Boric acid, toxic to insects, low toxicity to humans and animals. You may have fire ants. |
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. Not if you have ants in your pants! |
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On Jul 30, 10:14*am, "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. Ant baits work, boric acid might. For the little ants I use the cheap round baits. For big carpenter ants its a special bait product you have to research. There are a few baits on the market that they take the poison back to the nest. |
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"Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles If they are fire ants then I guess I should call Vector Control. I think I heard something several years ago about a county program to try to control the. I just never knew what a fire ant was. As for getting rid of their food supply I live on 20 acres and they appear t o eat the greasewood and sage brush and I'm not allowed to clear it due to environmental protection laws. Occasionally I'll throw a dead mouse from a mouse trap into the bushes and they might be eating those but I'm talking about a LOT of ants. When the sun is shining I don't think there is one square yard of my 20 acres that does not have at least one ant on it, usually a red ant. That seems to leave amdro (I'll have to look that up), DDT (that should work, might be hard to find though), and gasoline. Gasoline I can get but I'll have to make sure the Fire Captian isn't flying over as I live in and Extreme Fire Hazard Area. :-D |
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wrote in message ... On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. As the other poster said, you can try Amdro but the ants here won't eat that anymore. The other solution that seems to work is Orthene, a nasty smelling white powder in a black plastic bottle that you sprinkle on the mound. In the end all you really do is move them but you can usually move them away from you. The down side is you might get ants backfilling the environment that are more of a problem. I got rid of fire ants that stayed outside and got black ants that are a real problem in the house. I have them pushed back right now but they are still around. I kinda miss the fire ants. ;-) Yea, you always have to think of the consequences. My kids wanted me to get rid of the ants on the top of our hill and I explained that we might end up with something worse instead. I also wanted to get rid of the poison oak next to our creek but the weed killer is potent for about two weeks and you never know when it's going to rain here in the summer and then it would probably end up in the ground water--our well. Fortunately the poison oak doesn't seem to bother me any more. |
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"Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Use some of those WMD they found in Iraq, against them. |
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"Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. Try Tero. It contains the ingrediant Boric acid, toxic to insects, low toxicity to humans and animals. You may have fire ants. Thanks. Is that the same thing as roach powder? |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. Not if you have ants in your pants! I wish you were joking. I can't even sit down on the dirt anywhere without them trying to crawl into my shorts. |
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http://www.gardensalive.com/product....&ss=ant%20bait
This blue ant bait worked very well on my carpenter ants. I didn't use the bait traps, just squirt some in to bottle caps. I live alone, and so there's no "poison the kids or pets" worries. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Ulysses" wrote in message ... I have a big problem with little ants. Not the really tiny micro-ants, but the red ones that are maybe 1/2" long. |
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:44:33 -0700, "Ulysses"
wrote: "Phisherman" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. Try Tero. It contains the ingrediant Boric acid, toxic to insects, low toxicity to humans and animals. You may have fire ants. Thanks. Is that the same thing as roach powder? RoachPruf is a blue colored boric acid. You could mix it with sugar or grease as the bait. Lookup the concentration, you don't want it so strong that they die before feeding the queen! |
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: "Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles If they are fire ants then I guess I should call Vector Control. I think I heard something several years ago about a county program to try to control the. I just never knew what a fire ant was. As for getting rid of their food supply I live on 20 acres and they appear t o eat the greasewood and sage brush and I'm not allowed to clear it due to environmental protection laws. Occasionally I'll throw a dead mouse from a mouse trap into the bushes and they might be eating those but I'm talking about a LOT of ants. When the sun is shining I don't think there is one square yard of my 20 acres that does not have at least one ant on it, usually a red ant. That seems to leave amdro (I'll have to look that up), DDT (that should work, might be hard to find though), and gasoline. Gasoline I can get but I'll have to make sure the Fire Captian isn't flying over as I live in and Extreme Fire Hazard Area. :-D FIRE ANTS ARE NOT 1/2 inch long. DONT put gasoline on the ground,it gets into the ground water and pollutes it,even a small amount of gas. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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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. |
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... [snip-snip-snip] Fortunately the poison oak doesn't seem to bother me any more. Lucky you! How about those kids? Are they lucky enough to have built up an immunity to poison oak, too? The Ranger |
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: "Ulysses" wrote in : "Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles If they are fire ants then I guess I should call Vector Control. I think I heard something several years ago about a county program to try to control the. I just never knew what a fire ant was. As for getting rid of their food supply I live on 20 acres and they appear t o eat the greasewood and sage brush and I'm not allowed to clear it due to environmental protection laws. Occasionally I'll throw a dead mouse from a mouse trap into the bushes and they might be eating those but I'm talking about a LOT of ants. When the sun is shining I don't think there is one square yard of my 20 acres that does not have at least one ant on it, usually a red ant. That seems to leave amdro (I'll have to look that up), DDT (that should work, might be hard to find though), and gasoline. Gasoline I can get but I'll have to make sure the Fire Captian isn't flying over as I live in and Extreme Fire Hazard Area. :-D FIRE ANTS ARE NOT 1/2 inch long. Fire ants that big would really spook me knowing what the std 1/8" or so ones feel like. DONT put gasoline on the ground,it gets into the ground water and pollutes it,even a small amount of gas. That's right. You must be ecological. Recycle your used motor oil on them instead :-) |
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Smitty Two, 7/30/2009,10:50:36 PM, wrote:
In article , 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. Wouldn't that just spread them around even more with all the explosions? -- "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." ~ Groucho Marx |
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"Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in : "Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles If they are fire ants then I guess I should call Vector Control. I think I heard something several years ago about a county program to try to control the. I just never knew what a fire ant was. As for getting rid of their food supply I live on 20 acres and they appear t o eat the greasewood and sage brush and I'm not allowed to clear it due to environmental protection laws. Occasionally I'll throw a dead mouse from a mouse trap into the bushes and they might be eating those but I'm talking about a LOT of ants. When the sun is shining I don't think there is one square yard of my 20 acres that does not have at least one ant on it, usually a red ant. That seems to leave amdro (I'll have to look that up), DDT (that should work, might be hard to find though), and gasoline. Gasoline I can get but I'll have to make sure the Fire Captian isn't flying over as I live in and Extreme Fire Hazard Area. :-D FIRE ANTS ARE NOT 1/2 inch long. After reading the replies and some web sites and went and looked at them again and they are perhaps about 5/16" long. DONT put gasoline on the ground,it gets into the ground water and pollutes it,even a small amount of gas. I assumed whoever said to use gasoline was joking and my reply was not meant to be serious. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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"Red Green" wrote in message ... Jim Yanik wrote in : "Ulysses" wrote in : "Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles If they are fire ants then I guess I should call Vector Control. I think I heard something several years ago about a county program to try to control the. I just never knew what a fire ant was. As for getting rid of their food supply I live on 20 acres and they appear t o eat the greasewood and sage brush and I'm not allowed to clear it due to environmental protection laws. Occasionally I'll throw a dead mouse from a mouse trap into the bushes and they might be eating those but I'm talking about a LOT of ants. When the sun is shining I don't think there is one square yard of my 20 acres that does not have at least one ant on it, usually a red ant. That seems to leave amdro (I'll have to look that up), DDT (that should work, might be hard to find though), and gasoline. Gasoline I can get but I'll have to make sure the Fire Captian isn't flying over as I live in and Extreme Fire Hazard Area. :-D FIRE ANTS ARE NOT 1/2 inch long. Fire ants that big would really spook me knowing what the std 1/8" or so ones feel like. DONT put gasoline on the ground,it gets into the ground water and pollutes it,even a small amount of gas. That's right. You must be ecological. Recycle your used motor oil on them instead :-) Most of us experiemented with solar power when we were kids by using a magnifying glass to incinerate ants, right? Well maybe I could get a big lens and set it up over each ant hill for a while. |
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"Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:44:33 -0700, "Ulysses" wrote: "Phisherman" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:09 -0700, "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. Try Tero. It contains the ingrediant Boric acid, toxic to insects, low toxicity to humans and animals. You may have fire ants. Thanks. Is that the same thing as roach powder? RoachPruf is a blue colored boric acid. You could mix it with sugar or grease as the bait. Lookup the concentration, you don't want it so strong that they die before feeding the queen! I read some more about anteaters and it looks like the problem is that they avoid eating the queen so the nest survives so they don't destroy their food supply. If only rabbits were that smart. So far boric acid looks like the way to go. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... http://www.gardensalive.com/product....&ss=ant%20bait This blue ant bait worked very well on my carpenter ants. I didn't use the bait traps, just squirt some in to bottle caps. I live alone, and so there's no "poison the kids or pets" worries. Thanks, I'm looking into it now. I'm not altogether sure which species of ants I have. The very tiny ones have never bitten any of us (that I know of) and the larger red ones might be too big to be fire ants but the bite sounds like a fire ant bite. Plus I have black ants of various sizes AND the red and black ants that appear to be a cross of black and red fire ants. I didn't even know they came in black. My dog seems to have come to an understanding with the bigger red ants (whatever species they are) but occasionally I suspect she gets bit between her toes. A little benedryl cream seems to help a lot. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "Ulysses" wrote in message ... I have a big problem with little ants. Not the really tiny micro-ants, but the red ones that are maybe 1/2" long. |
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"Smitty Two" wrote in message news In article , 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. 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. |
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: "Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in : "Freckles" wrote in message ... "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles If they are fire ants then I guess I should call Vector Control. I think I heard something several years ago about a county program to try to control the. I just never knew what a fire ant was. As for getting rid of their food supply I live on 20 acres and they appear t o eat the greasewood and sage brush and I'm not allowed to clear it due to environmental protection laws. Occasionally I'll throw a dead mouse from a mouse trap into the bushes and they might be eating those but I'm talking about a LOT of ants. When the sun is shining I don't think there is one square yard of my 20 acres that does not have at least one ant on it, usually a red ant. That seems to leave amdro (I'll have to look that up), DDT (that should work, might be hard to find though), and gasoline. Gasoline I can get but I'll have to make sure the Fire Captian isn't flying over as I live in and Extreme Fire Hazard Area. :-D FIRE ANTS ARE NOT 1/2 inch long. After reading the replies and some web sites and went and looked at them again and they are perhaps about 5/16" long. still too big to be fireants. Fireants are about 1/8" long. DONT put gasoline on the ground,it gets into the ground water and pollutes it,even a small amount of gas. I assumed whoever said to use gasoline was joking and my reply was not meant to be serious. sorry. but there ARE plenty of people who would do that,either not knowing or not caring about the contamination. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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: "Smitty Two" wrote in message news .. In article , 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. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Jim Yanik wrote:
After reading the replies and some web sites and went and looked at them again and they are perhaps about 5/16" long. still too big to be fireants. Fireants are about 1/8" long. The fireants we had in Louisiana were much bigger than the ones we had in Florida. |
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"Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles fire ants are only about 1/8" long. the wasp is the Phorid Fly. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/..._species_turns _red_imported_fire_ants_into_zombies.html or; http://tinyurl.com/posc8f -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net The fire ant sizes vary from about 1/16" to about 3/8" in each mound here in Texas that I have seen. Freckles |
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: "Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles fire ants are only about 1/8" long. the wasp is the Phorid Fly. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/...d_fly_species_ turns _red_imported_fire_ants_into_zombies.html or; http://tinyurl.com/posc8f -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net The fire ant sizes vary from about 1/16" to about 3/8" in each mound here in Texas that I have seen. Freckles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ant says there's 280 species of fire ant,and that they range from 0.12" to 0.24",or 1/4" or smaller. 2mm to 6mm for the metric fans. Here in Florida,I've only seen the small version. (I guess this is more of that "Texas grows 'em bigger" baloney...) 8-) more 'good' news....; Recently there has been a large spike in the fire ant population of the southern United States[5]. Environmentalists have predicted that before April 2010 the fire ant population will have increased by nearly 40% in the United States.[6] The ants are believed to be coming from Mexico and contain a much more poisonous venom than other fire ants, thus causing many states to start emergency programs to destroy fire ant colonies before they spread.[7] damn Mexicans.....even their ants are coming in illegally! just what we need,"a much more poisonous venom",too! -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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On 31 Jul 2009 18:18:18 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:
"Freckles" wrote in m: "Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles fire ants are only about 1/8" long. the wasp is the Phorid Fly. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/...d_fly_species_ turns _red_imported_fire_ants_into_zombies.html or; http://tinyurl.com/posc8f -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net The fire ant sizes vary from about 1/16" to about 3/8" in each mound here in Texas that I have seen. Freckles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ant says there's 280 species of fire ant,and that they range from 0.12" to 0.24",or 1/4" or smaller. 2mm to 6mm for the metric fans. Here in Florida,I've only seen the small version. (I guess this is more of that "Texas grows 'em bigger" baloney...) 8-) more 'good' news....; Recently there has been a large spike in the fire ant population of the southern United States[5]. Environmentalists have predicted that before April 2010 the fire ant population will have increased by nearly 40% in the United States.[6] The ants are believed to be coming from Mexico and contain a much more poisonous venom than other fire ants, thus causing many states to start emergency programs to destroy fire ant colonies before they spread.[7] damn Mexicans.....even their ants are coming in illegally! just what we need,"a much more poisonous venom",too! When I lived in Florida, we called them "****" ants. "He bit the **** out of me" :-) "A white pustule usually appears the next day at the site of the sting (Cohen 1992)." Size range scale he http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creat...fire_ant04.htm http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creat...d_fire_ant.htm |
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"Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles fire ants are only about 1/8" long. the wasp is the Phorid Fly. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/...d_fly_species_ turns _red_imported_fire_ants_into_zombies.html or; http://tinyurl.com/posc8f -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net The fire ant sizes vary from about 1/16" to about 3/8" in each mound here in Texas that I have seen. Freckles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ant says there's 280 species of fire ant,and that they range from 0.12" to 0.24",or 1/4" or smaller. 2mm to 6mm for the metric fans. ________________________________________________ Didn't you say they were only 1/8" long? As far as I've read they do not have any predators in the U.S. so they evidently live longer and are able to grow longer than the length stated in the various articles. Here in Florida,I've only seen the small version. (I guess this is more of that "Texas grows 'em bigger" baloney...) 8-) __________________________________________________ ____ I've have visited Florida and I've seen mounds of fire ants with individuals ranging for about 1/16" to about 3/8" there also. more 'good' news....; Recently there has been a large spike in the fire ant population of the southern United States[5]. Environmentalists have predicted that before April 2010 the fire ant population will have increased by nearly 40% in the United States.[6] The ants are believed to be coming from Mexico and contain a much more poisonous venom than other fire ants, thus causing many states to start emergency programs to destroy fire ant colonies before they spread.[7] damn Mexicans.....even their ants are coming in illegally! just what we need,"a much more poisonous venom",too! -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:46:00 -0700, "Ulysses"
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Do Anteaters Make Good Pets?
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: "Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Jim Yanik" wrote in message ... "Freckles" wrote in : "Ulysses" wrote in message ... 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. Sounds like you have fire ants. There are fire ant baits that work somewhat in at least slowing them up. One year I had so many fire ant mounds in my yard I had my lawn care company spread something on my yard that got rid of them for that one season. It was rather expensive and I don't know if it was lethal to the birds, but it did stop the ants for a year or so. Here in Texas they are experimenting using some kind of imported tiny wasps that are supposed to eradicate fire ants for once and all. Freckles fire ants are only about 1/8" long. the wasp is the Phorid Fly. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/...rid_fly_specie s_ turns _red_imported_fire_ants_into_zombies.html or; http://tinyurl.com/posc8f -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net The fire ant sizes vary from about 1/16" to about 3/8" in each mound here in Texas that I have seen. Freckles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ant says there's 280 species of fire ant,and that they range from 0.12" to 0.24",or 1/4" or smaller. 2mm to 6mm for the metric fans. ________________________________________________ Didn't you say they were only 1/8" long? Yes. the ones I see are the workers that defend the mound(~1/8"),but if you tear open the mound,you see bigger,winged ants. As far as I've read they do not have any predators in the U.S. so they evidently live longer and are able to grow longer than the length stated in the various articles. That I don't believe. Here in Florida,I've only seen the small version. (I guess this is more of that "Texas grows 'em bigger" baloney...) 8-) __________________________________________________ ____ I've have visited Florida and I've seen mounds of fire ants with individuals ranging for about 1/16" to about 3/8" there also. Of course,none of use are actually measuring,but only "eyeballing" or estimating the size... Different people have widely varying accuracies WRT estimating size;just ask any woman about guys with "six inches"....! B-) more 'good' news....; Recently there has been a large spike in the fire ant population of the southern United States[5]. Environmentalists have predicted that before April 2010 the fire ant population will have increased by nearly 40% in the United States.[6] The ants are believed to be coming from Mexico and contain a much more poisonous venom than other fire ants, thus causing many states to start emergency programs to destroy fire ant colonies before they spread.[7] damn Mexicans.....even their ants are coming in illegally! just what we need,"a much more poisonous venom",too! -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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