11-25-2006, 01:22 AM
Hi Royall,
I'll give you and Cat some tips.
Living here in S. Texas the fire ants were all around on everyones yard when we built the house here.
Amdro is what we have always used and it works well and Spectracide as I remember does too. But Amdro is very reliable for many years now. We kept after them for the first five years and then we now only would see them very occasionally. They used to love to get into the potted plants soil though and I would bring them in the house for the winter and then the ants would crawl out and chase you around the room. HA also if it rained a lot at once they would trail into the house. They chose the pots because it drained well.
Once you have disturbed them by moving the boards though they will have spread out to different spots. But I would think I would used the 'over and out' product and broadcast it and then the Amdro if I saw some somewhere in a plant or elsewhere. Here they don't always mound up like they used to either, since I think there is less in a colony than before because we and the neighbors all worked on gettibg rid of them.
There is a product that supposed to work, although I have not tried it. http://www.pestproducts.com/over_n_out.htm
This is also used for flea control and is the active ingredient of Frontline for dogs and cats.
If you do not want to go the chemical route and don't mind the slow route, you can always pour five gallons of boiling water on a mound and you will see the pupa and adults float up and die and you will see tons of them that did not make it. Then you really know that there were lots more down there than one would have thought.
I have a Clerodendrum 'bungei' that puts out a very sweet scented blossom and they are always on that plant. They must suck the juices off of it. I know that they like the fruits and things like that also. They actually can kill a puppy or kitten if they lay out on the ground.
Here in Tx. we also have the killer bees....
I hope that you are able to get rid of then along with Kapoho cat. If the bite me, I never itch it but put some Benedryl cream right in it, then the next day also use it. Then it reacts better when healing also, than if you itch it. Must spread the poison more when you scratch it.
Lucy
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
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I'll give you and Cat some tips.
Living here in S. Texas the fire ants were all around on everyones yard when we built the house here.
Amdro is what we have always used and it works well and Spectracide as I remember does too. But Amdro is very reliable for many years now. We kept after them for the first five years and then we now only would see them very occasionally. They used to love to get into the potted plants soil though and I would bring them in the house for the winter and then the ants would crawl out and chase you around the room. HA also if it rained a lot at once they would trail into the house. They chose the pots because it drained well.
Once you have disturbed them by moving the boards though they will have spread out to different spots. But I would think I would used the 'over and out' product and broadcast it and then the Amdro if I saw some somewhere in a plant or elsewhere. Here they don't always mound up like they used to either, since I think there is less in a colony than before because we and the neighbors all worked on gettibg rid of them.
There is a product that supposed to work, although I have not tried it. http://www.pestproducts.com/over_n_out.htm
This is also used for flea control and is the active ingredient of Frontline for dogs and cats.
If you do not want to go the chemical route and don't mind the slow route, you can always pour five gallons of boiling water on a mound and you will see the pupa and adults float up and die and you will see tons of them that did not make it. Then you really know that there were lots more down there than one would have thought.
I have a Clerodendrum 'bungei' that puts out a very sweet scented blossom and they are always on that plant. They must suck the juices off of it. I know that they like the fruits and things like that also. They actually can kill a puppy or kitten if they lay out on the ground.
Here in Tx. we also have the killer bees....
I hope that you are able to get rid of then along with Kapoho cat. If the bite me, I never itch it but put some Benedryl cream right in it, then the next day also use it. Then it reacts better when healing also, than if you itch it. Must spread the poison more when you scratch it.
Lucy
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What is the best way to get rid of them? I came across some when I was moving a pile of lumber.
Royall
What goes around comes around!
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Lucy
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!