OT: Fire ants!
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I should clarify. "acephate" is the scientific name for the active ingredient in "Orthene" an Ortho product, obviously. Works better than any other product down here. I'm pretty sure it's the smell that does them in. I have never heard of Karate.
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Gasoline is the killer of choice here, both for fire ants and moles/voles. And yes it is illegal to pour gas on the ground, but so is a lot of other things, I'll risk the EPA's wrath over living with the fire ants!
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Originally Posted by 59flatbedford
wow another reason i love wyoming. sure i have to put up with the mountian lions and the occosonal bear foot print on the car window but we aint got fire ants. yea i live way out in the country
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From: Moro Bay, AR
Originally Posted by Scott123
Hmmm....fire ants just bite...at least they don't eat ya!!
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Originally Posted by AXracer
Gasoline is the killer of choice here, both for fire ants and moles/voles. And yes it is illegal to pour gas on the ground, but so is a lot of other things, I'll risk the EPA's wrath over living with the fire ants!
. If you can afford to pour gasoline on the ground, you have more resources than me
But really, the new granules from Spectracide seem to be the best thing I've seen in a long time, the ants don't just move, they die!
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1 Pt of gasoline @ 3.00/gal = $0.38
What does a dose of insecticide cost?
DEAD fire ant colony = priceless!
Actually I haven't had to deal with killing fire ant colonies since I lived in AL 30 years ago. Thank goodness!
Voles are another story however.
What does a dose of insecticide cost?
DEAD fire ant colony = priceless!
Actually I haven't had to deal with killing fire ant colonies since I lived in AL 30 years ago. Thank goodness!
Voles are another story however.
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Ax, when I was using gasoline to kill fire ants, I had a 1/2" water pipe about 3' long with a funnel brazed to one end. Stick it in the mound about 8-12" deep and fill with gas. Soaks all the way down and get the queen, Mound dies
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Well, I'm not sure what the active ingredient is in Karate (Kung Fu?) but it seems to work pretty well on most other bugs. Pricewise though, it's over a hundred dollars more per gallon than gasoline. But I guess when you're talking about covering acreage it's a little different.
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Originally Posted by Mo52Merc
Well, I'm not sure what the active ingredient is in Karate (Kung Fu?) but it seems to work pretty well on most other bugs. Pricewise though, it's over a hundred dollars more per gallon than gasoline. But I guess when you're talking about covering acreage it's a little different.
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We have a new denizen here in southern half of Florida: white footed ants. Fortunately, they don't bite. They do drive off the fire ants due to their sheer numbers. A "colony" may cover square miles of real estate, all inter connected and containing more than 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,ants.
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Here in north Texas, we've been in a drought for a couple of years and the fire ants have stayed underground for the most part. This spring we've enjoyed frequent and plentiful rainfall and the fire ant mounds are popping up like zits on a teenager's face that's living on Hershey bars and Dr. Pepper! I know a couple of ranchers outside of town that have told me that they watch their new born calves pretty close because they've lost some that were born near ant mounds.
If you haven't seen them, they are slightly larger than sugar ants. When they bite, most people have some form of alergic reaction. And they don't have to be provoked to bite and they don't stop either! Miserable creatures.
If you haven't seen them, they are slightly larger than sugar ants. When they bite, most people have some form of alergic reaction. And they don't have to be provoked to bite and they don't stop either! Miserable creatures.
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From: Augusta, ME
Originally Posted by havi
have you seen our mosquitoes?
I've experienced the fire ants at a fertilizer plant in Trinidad several years ago. Several of us were discussing what we were doing next and then all just started jumping and stomping like some kind of hillbilly hoedown. I know they're not fun, fortunately they haven't found my backyard yet. I'm actually not sure if they're as far north as mid-Missouri yet, haven't heard anyone mention them around here.
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