04-25-2015, 10:34 AM
PROVAUNT AND SIESTA FOR THE WIN!
The LFA were all over the Siesta, a much better bait than Amdro, Extinguish, or Firestrike. Within a day they were GONE. So that took care of the ants on the ground, what about the trees? I pulled some palm fronds off four trees that were previously heavily infested. The LFA love to nest between the fronds and the tree. NOT A SINGLE LFA TO BE SEEN. There were other bugs in there, so the Provaunt seems a fairly targeted insecticide when used in the gel bait. In contrast at the rear of our property where I didn't treat, I got 4 or 5 LFA stings harvesting a jack fruit. I'm going to spread the Provaunt and Seista of death there next.
Now that I have seemed to found the holy grail for LFA control, my next problem is the delivery system. I'm not having any luck with the Zep sprayers. I've gone through over a half dozen of them. I stopped buying them online thinking maybe I was getting knock offs but the locals ones aren't any better. I'm lucky if it sprays one bottle's worth before it konks out. The last one I got maybe 2/3 the bottle used before it died. I tried using a super soaker and it worked great for 4 or 5 squirts and then it never worked again.
ETA: Extinguish
The LFA were all over the Siesta, a much better bait than Amdro, Extinguish, or Firestrike. Within a day they were GONE. So that took care of the ants on the ground, what about the trees? I pulled some palm fronds off four trees that were previously heavily infested. The LFA love to nest between the fronds and the tree. NOT A SINGLE LFA TO BE SEEN. There were other bugs in there, so the Provaunt seems a fairly targeted insecticide when used in the gel bait. In contrast at the rear of our property where I didn't treat, I got 4 or 5 LFA stings harvesting a jack fruit. I'm going to spread the Provaunt and Seista of death there next.
Now that I have seemed to found the holy grail for LFA control, my next problem is the delivery system. I'm not having any luck with the Zep sprayers. I've gone through over a half dozen of them. I stopped buying them online thinking maybe I was getting knock offs but the locals ones aren't any better. I'm lucky if it sprays one bottle's worth before it konks out. The last one I got maybe 2/3 the bottle used before it died. I tried using a super soaker and it worked great for 4 or 5 squirts and then it never worked again.
ETA: Extinguish