FIRE ANTS MUST DIE

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » November 1, 2007 4:11 pm

If you've ever been bit by a fire ant, then you know what I mean.

I wonder what people have tried AND had success with?!?!?

Any thoughts / suggestions???

krusin1 · Post by **krusin1** » November 1, 2007 4:12 pm

Sidew13 wrote:If you've ever been bit by a fire ant, then you know what I mean.

I wonder what people have tried AND had success with?!?!?

Any thoughts / suggestions???

Fire.

cocotel · Post by **cocotel** » November 1, 2007 4:13 pm

Sidew13 wrote:If you've ever been bit by a fire ant, then you know what I mean.

I wonder what people have tried AND had success with?!?!?

Any thoughts / suggestions???

My neighbor used kerosene on them last summer Joe.
Didn't ignite it. Kind of like when you pour it down a yellow jacket nest in the ground.

How widespread are they?

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » November 1, 2007 4:16 pm

cocotel wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:If you've ever been bit by a fire ant, then you know what I mean.

I wonder what people have tried AND had success with?!?!?

Any thoughts / suggestions???
My neighbor used kerosene on them last summer Joe.
Didn't ignite it. Kind of like when you pour it down a yellow jacket nest in the ground.

How widespread are they?

more than I'd want to pour kerosene on, but 8-10 or so mounds

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » November 1, 2007 4:18 pm

Joe there is this stuff called Amdro, you can get it at Lowe's or Home Depot. Its granules that will nail those mounds in a couple of days. It is the best stuff I have used.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » November 1, 2007 4:23 pm

UAHparrothead wrote:Joe there is this stuff called Amdro, you can get it at Lowe's or Home Depot. Its granules that will nail those mounds in a couple of days. It is the best stuff I have used.

http://www.amdro.com/Amdro/Tips/index.html

Don't have 'em here in CO, but have been bit by 'em. OUCH!!

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » November 1, 2007 4:40 pm

UAHparrothead wrote:Joe there is this stuff called Amdro, you can get it at Lowe's or Home Depot. Its granules that will nail those mounds in a couple of days. It is the best stuff I have used.

Agreed. Amdro is good stuff. We have fire ants in Texas.
Kerosene doesn't work in the long run because it doesn't kill the Queen and is super dangerous.
Besides, it'll kill your grass, too.

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » November 1, 2007 4:50 pm

Cold winters work!

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » November 1, 2007 5:03 pm

nutmeg wrote:Cold winters work!

True.

Here is a map that shows the "Potential United States Range Expansion of the Invasive Fire Ant" (2006)
However, it seems that I heard this summer that they had been seen in Nebraska.
So maybe they are more hardy than previously estimated.

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » November 1, 2007 5:03 pm

just finished mowing the yard and applying amdro on all the new mounds that have popped up in the last week. they are ususally dead within 24-48 hours depending on how big the mound is

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » November 1, 2007 5:22 pm

Dezdmona wrote:
nutmeg wrote:Cold winters work!
True.

Here is a map that shows the "Potential United States Range Expansion of the Invasive Fire Ant" (2006)
However, it seems that I heard this summer that they had been seen in Nebraska.
So maybe they are more hardy than previously estimated.

Here's hoping they don't make it to Michigan. I understand they are really nasty...

Karacal · Post by **Karacal** » November 1, 2007 5:32 pm

They are really nasty critters and we have them bad in SC. Amdro does seem to work. There was a product that was an aerosol and it had a metal wand that you stuck down into the mound and it would kill the queen and the mound instantly. I have not been able to find it in several years though.

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » November 1, 2007 6:45 pm

We do not have them in this part of NC...thank goodness

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » November 1, 2007 6:51 pm

wonder how much Ozzy charges to get rid of them

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » November 1, 2007 7:12 pm

SMLCHNG wrote:
UAHparrothead wrote:Joe there is this stuff called Amdro, you can get it at Lowe's or Home Depot. Its granules that will nail those mounds in a couple of days. It is the best stuff I have used.
http://www.amdro.com/Amdro/Tips/index.html

Don't have 'em here in CO, but have been bit by 'em. OUCH!!

Thanks, I'll give that stuff a try.

And if you don't have fire ants in your area, I pray you NEVER do. They actually swarm like bees when they attack

Catch&Release · Post by **Catch&Release** » November 1, 2007 7:39 pm

I like to fish along the roadside borrow canals near Everglades City.

There are two things there are lots of - big gators and fire ant nests.

The gators are a concern. The fire ants terrify me. Whenever I hook a tarpon or snook, I spend as much time looking down at my feet making sure I don't step on a nest. As an experimet I once stuck a plastic pop bottle in a mound. Within 30 seconds it was covered with thousands of the little buggers that were trying to bite it to death.

I don't know how those of you in fire ant country can let your dogs out in your yards. Nastiest critters I have ever encountered.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » November 1, 2007 7:57 pm

Sidew13 wrote: And if you don't have fire ants in your area, I pray you NEVER do. They actually swarm like bees when they attack

Trust me, I'm VERY happy they're not here.

Did a little more reading up on them.. and found this for info and such.

http://www.epestsupply.com/ants.htm?gcl ... ire%20Ants

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » November 1, 2007 9:59 pm

krusin1 wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:If you've ever been bit by a fire ant, then you know what I mean.

I wonder what people have tried AND had success with?!?!?

Any thoughts / suggestions???

Fire.

it seriously works if you dig down in the mound deep enough to reach the queen, pour a ton of gas in the mound and then light her up!!!

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » November 1, 2007 10:57 pm

We used to dig them up and use fire when I was a kid, nowadays I just use the Ortho granules you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. Cover the mound with a good sprinkling and then soak it with a hose, it works pretty well.

Not as much fun as fire though...

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » November 2, 2007 6:26 am

SMLCHNG wrote:
UAHparrothead wrote:Joe there is this stuff called Amdro, you can get it at Lowe's or Home Depot. Its granules that will nail those mounds in a couple of days. It is the best stuff I have used.
http://www.amdro.com/Amdro/Tips/index.html

Don't have 'em here in CO, but have been bit by 'em. OUCH!!

this is what we use...works really good.

fire ants are the devil incarnate.

the scars from their bite eventually goes away, but are more painful than a wasp or bee sting, IMO..

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