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Post by dsmith on Feb 28, 2010 9:22:25 GMT -5
I wish those darn fire ants would move on. I've always heard a cold winter will help with critters. We haven't had a real cold winter in awhile, so they got out of hand. This winter has been cold. As ya'll saw, snow on the ground last week We got into a nest of fireants yesterday. It wasn't even under anything. Just right there on top of the ground. I guess the cold winter theory doesn't work.
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Post by mastercatter on Feb 28, 2010 13:58:34 GMT -5
Their den will go down several feet into the ground where the temps will stay at a constant temp. Also they will ball up the same as wasps to keep warm..
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Post by daveedka on Feb 28, 2010 14:17:09 GMT -5
Cold may not kill them, but boiling saltwater poured into their den through a funnel usually does We don't have fire ants here, but do have some little red ants that can be quite a problem. Dave
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Post by tentfire on Mar 4, 2010 5:24:12 GMT -5
I am going to have to try that boiling salt water thing! Thanks for the tip! I was at my mom's house the other day and learned that she is already fighting ants in her house! And we have had a much colder than normal winter with a lot more snow. I think her bug guy got them this time, but I couldn't believe how many she had for it still being February.
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Post by daveedka on Mar 4, 2010 8:57:44 GMT -5
As long as you can get the queen to die, the colony will follow suit. We used to keep the red ants pretty much out of our yard and barn area when I was a kid this way.
As far as in the house, this may sound creepy, but centapedes will destroy ant colonies (They work for roaches also) we used to catch all the centepedes we could find and turn them loose in the crawl space. within a few weeks we would be ant free. centepedes are hard core predators, and will move away once they have eaten all the food in an area. Dave
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