Comments on: Fire ants!? http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2 How to track down and eliminate carpenter ants Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kerry k http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2/comment-page-1#comment-1303 kerry k Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:26:32 +0000 http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2#comment-1303 Stay away from them as best that you can. Get the most potent fire ant killer that you can lay your hands on and broadcast it over all parts of your yard. They like warm places, so around concrete walls or drive ways, any place that will be warm. They also make nests around posts, trees, bushes, and so forth. If the ground is warm enough, you'll find nests just about any where. Follow the directions carefully, and you can keep them at bay. You'll never get rid of them, but you can control them. They travel underground in search of food so the nest might be 100 feet or more away when you find them, usually the hard way. They attack anything that moves. The sting is painful, and the pustules that form itch quite badly. There is a fly that does lay eggs on them, but keeping them around is difficult. If you have children, I would keep up at least a every 2 week routine to spread the bait/poison for fire ants. You could, if you had the money, bury pipes in the ground to carry a refrigerant to freeze the ground during the winter. It might just discourage them. They also do not like drought. Other than those extremes, the poisons sold are about the only thing you can do, other than move to a colder state. That, by the way, is getting harder because this menace is becoming adapted, and are moving further north. They came, originally from Mexico, and further places south. Stay away from them as best that you can. Get the most potent fire ant killer that you can lay your hands on and broadcast it over all parts of your yard. They like warm places, so around concrete walls or drive ways, any place that will be warm. They also make nests around posts, trees, bushes, and so forth. If the ground is warm enough, you’ll find nests just about any where. Follow the directions carefully, and you can keep them at bay. You’ll never get rid of them, but you can control them. They travel underground in search of food so the nest might be 100 feet or more away when you find them, usually the hard way. They attack anything that moves. The sting is painful, and the pustules that form itch quite badly. There is a fly that does lay eggs on them, but keeping them around is difficult. If you have children, I would keep up at least a every 2 week routine to spread the bait/poison for fire ants. You could, if you had the money, bury pipes in the ground to carry a refrigerant to freeze the ground during the winter. It might just discourage them. They also do not like drought. Other than those extremes, the poisons sold are about the only thing you can do, other than move to a colder state. That, by the way, is getting harder because this menace is becoming adapted, and are moving further north. They came, originally from Mexico, and further places south.

]]> By: Dave http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2/comment-page-1#comment-1304 Dave Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:26:32 +0000 http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2#comment-1304 http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/insects/ants/fire_ants/ This is where I started when I moved to the dirty south with their lousy fire ants http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/insects/ants/fire_ants/

This is where I started when I moved to the dirty south with their lousy fire ants

]]> By: Bug D http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2/comment-page-1#comment-1305 Bug D Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:26:32 +0000 http://getridofcarpenterants.com/fire-ants-2#comment-1305 Try the University of Texas fireant site. They grow 'em big down there and they don't like 'em much either. Here's the link. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gilbert/research/fireants/faq.html Bug Doc Try the University of Texas fireant site. They grow ‘em big down there and they don’t like ‘em much either. Here’s the link.

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gilbert/research/fireants/faq.html

Bug Doc

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