11-01-2018, 02:25 AM
One thing for sure: We have had a very, VERY wet couple of months. I noticed rain EVERY day in October in HA except for the 30th and 31st.
Fire ants LOVE the rain. They seem to really proliferate during moist times. I cannot wait for a little drought. That is when I can somewhat get the LFA under control. Too much rain and you cannot: control them with Amdro, Tango or anything else that I know of. It simply washes away the bait. We all know I hate using pesticides but it's even worse when the weather renders them ineffective. I liked Siesta brand best because of it's non-toxicity. Can't find it anymore though.
Anyway, I'm wondering if the companies that do treatments can find away around the weather issues or are you simply wasting your money if you hire them to treat during rainy times.
Some people are using a little curved PVC device to put bait in but even though it keeps the bait dry from direct rain it doesn't work well because the humidity in the air makes the bait wet anyway and it will mold within a day and the ants become disinterested in the bait.
Fire ants LOVE the rain. They seem to really proliferate during moist times. I cannot wait for a little drought. That is when I can somewhat get the LFA under control. Too much rain and you cannot: control them with Amdro, Tango or anything else that I know of. It simply washes away the bait. We all know I hate using pesticides but it's even worse when the weather renders them ineffective. I liked Siesta brand best because of it's non-toxicity. Can't find it anymore though.
Anyway, I'm wondering if the companies that do treatments can find away around the weather issues or are you simply wasting your money if you hire them to treat during rainy times.
Some people are using a little curved PVC device to put bait in but even though it keeps the bait dry from direct rain it doesn't work well because the humidity in the air makes the bait wet anyway and it will mold within a day and the ants become disinterested in the bait.