09-18-2007, 05:54 AM
As I recall there was another thread about fire ants, on Punaweb, a while back.
Our State is inundated with them. And yes they do kill ground bird chicks and many other small animals, usually the species that can't get up off the ground fast enough, after birth, and/or fend for themselves. They're vicious lil buggers that thrive in the warm climate for sure. I really hate to hear that they are there.
If your neighbor treats them they will move to your lot. It's not uncommon for my neighbor to come by and let me know if he's going to treat for them in as much as I will know they are headed our way. They're really hard to kill off. But there are some things that they use on the big ranches that seem to work.
Amdro and other over the counter products work "a little bit". There are only a few concoctions that will eradicate these lil devils.
But since I have been told here, a few times, once by the moderator of this forum, that you could care less about how things are done in (my state here) then I'm sure that my input would not be well received. That added to the fact that my, most simple of, questions goes ignored here, makes me realize that my post are not very relevant to this forum.
The up side is that the fire ants will probably eat those lil frogs everybody whines about. (dave has the flue today)
Blessings,
dave
"Sometimes your the bug and sometimes your the windshield"
Our State is inundated with them. And yes they do kill ground bird chicks and many other small animals, usually the species that can't get up off the ground fast enough, after birth, and/or fend for themselves. They're vicious lil buggers that thrive in the warm climate for sure. I really hate to hear that they are there.
If your neighbor treats them they will move to your lot. It's not uncommon for my neighbor to come by and let me know if he's going to treat for them in as much as I will know they are headed our way. They're really hard to kill off. But there are some things that they use on the big ranches that seem to work.
Amdro and other over the counter products work "a little bit". There are only a few concoctions that will eradicate these lil devils.
But since I have been told here, a few times, once by the moderator of this forum, that you could care less about how things are done in (my state here) then I'm sure that my input would not be well received. That added to the fact that my, most simple of, questions goes ignored here, makes me realize that my post are not very relevant to this forum.
The up side is that the fire ants will probably eat those lil frogs everybody whines about. (dave has the flue today)
Blessings,
dave
"Sometimes your the bug and sometimes your the windshield"
Blessings,
dave
"It doesn't mean that much to me.. to mean that much to you." Neil Young
dave
"It doesn't mean that much to me.. to mean that much to you." Neil Young