07-31-2014, 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by Obie
I think you are seeing little ants but they aren't fire ants.The Lfa's kind of stagger around.They live in trees.
We have the little ants that march in columns and I guarantee you they are not fire ants.
Well if the ones that we have walking around in ribbons aren't LFA, then some other kind of ants have stung me over a hundred times. Yes, LFA live in trees, but they also live in the ground, under rocks, basically they can live anywhere except under water.
An easy way to tell whether or not its LFA is to put out the liquid Terro baits and the other type of ant baits that aren't amdro or firestrike granules. If the ants die, they weren't LFA.
(There is an amdro brand ant bait that is not a granule, however it will not attract or kill the LFA). The only baits that are effective are labeled for fire ants.