02-20-2014, 12:00 PM
They are already here. Dept of Ag calls them crazy legged ant. Black and move very fast. Kapoho and HPP that I know for sure. My property in HPP has them after I brought home some cinder. They had moved their nest from the cinder to the trunk of my car and my wifes car. It was the most horrible infestation of any insect I have ever come across. They were in the thousands. Crawling all over us as we drove once they set in. I tore the carpet out of one of the cars, trunk carpet also to find the nest and kill them.
I caught a trail of them one morning leaving my wifes car with eggs and headed out to the bushes. Tried to kill as many as I could but............ I have been battling the ones at our property in Kapoho for over a year now. They just keep coming back. I have spoken with some nurseries in the area to see if they have them and they confirmed with a YES! I think they were brought to my property on a shipment of bark, but can't be for sure. I just know until now, the LFA was my concern. My concern has shifted to this crazy leg ant.
They are in California which I confirmed with the Dept of Ag so shipments of plants are not stopped when they are found unlike the LFA which concerns me even further . They are ok with plants being brought in and shipped with theses black devils on them. No good! Couple more years and it will be out of control, mark this post. They spread like a wild fire and 100 times as quick as LFA's.
They are a sugar feeding ant as far as I can tell, so amdro will not work from what I saw. A product called TERRO, a liquid I found at Target works the best so far. CRAZY ANTS SUCK!
I caught a trail of them one morning leaving my wifes car with eggs and headed out to the bushes. Tried to kill as many as I could but............ I have been battling the ones at our property in Kapoho for over a year now. They just keep coming back. I have spoken with some nurseries in the area to see if they have them and they confirmed with a YES! I think they were brought to my property on a shipment of bark, but can't be for sure. I just know until now, the LFA was my concern. My concern has shifted to this crazy leg ant.
They are in California which I confirmed with the Dept of Ag so shipments of plants are not stopped when they are found unlike the LFA which concerns me even further . They are ok with plants being brought in and shipped with theses black devils on them. No good! Couple more years and it will be out of control, mark this post. They spread like a wild fire and 100 times as quick as LFA's.
They are a sugar feeding ant as far as I can tell, so amdro will not work from what I saw. A product called TERRO, a liquid I found at Target works the best so far. CRAZY ANTS SUCK!