08-05-2014, 06:21 AM
I apparently have 2 kinds of ants inside my house.The ones that march in lines are small but don't have the coloring of the LFA's.
The LFA's behave differently and seem to mill around more than march.
Whenever I see the LFA's ,I sprinkle a few granules of Amdro and in a day or two they are gone.I have given up trying to control them in my yard, it would be pretty much hopeless.The best defense is long sleeve shirts and anything else you can use to cover exposed skin.I take these clothes off outside the house before going in to shower.
@ TomK
I kept getting bites on the back of my neck.I have a bad back so I often stand on my back lanai and support myself by resting my arms on the railing to stretch my back.I finally discovered that the fire ants were failing off the roof and landing on my neck.They don't bite unless they are disturbed.Somehow they would cling to my neck or back when I took my shirt off and then would bite me when I laid down in bed.
They were on the railing but they were falling from the roof.
The LFA's behave differently and seem to mill around more than march.
Whenever I see the LFA's ,I sprinkle a few granules of Amdro and in a day or two they are gone.I have given up trying to control them in my yard, it would be pretty much hopeless.The best defense is long sleeve shirts and anything else you can use to cover exposed skin.I take these clothes off outside the house before going in to shower.
@ TomK
I kept getting bites on the back of my neck.I have a bad back so I often stand on my back lanai and support myself by resting my arms on the railing to stretch my back.I finally discovered that the fire ants were failing off the roof and landing on my neck.They don't bite unless they are disturbed.Somehow they would cling to my neck or back when I took my shirt off and then would bite me when I laid down in bed.
They were on the railing but they were falling from the roof.