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Your experiences killing LFA (little fire ants)
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Hello,

While I'm aware that there are other historic threads about little fire ants (LFA), there seems to be lacking a thread dedicated to controlling them.

Here's my experiences. I used about 80 bait stations (and about $80 worth of Amdro) placed on every tree. Where possible I put them in the tree. Where not possible I put them on the ground at the base of the tree (elevated on something to keep them dry). Where the dogs have access to the bait stations I put a large lava rock on top. We started about two weeks ago, and to date it hasn't seemed to effect the number of fire ants at all. And I never see them around the bait stations. I did stick one of those disposable liquid ant baits (the clear plastic kind filled with boric acid and something tasty to ants) at the base of a palm tree crawling with LFA and that did seem to wipe them out even though the ant bait wasn't labeled for fire ant use.

So my experience thus far: ant bait not labeled for fire ants=1, Amdro fire ant bait=0. Your experiences?

I can't broadcast spread the amdro because 1) It rains ever day and 2) the chickens eat it.
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Your experiences killing LFA (little fire ants) - by terracore - 10-20-2012, 08:16 AM

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