red ants invading exterior house wall from ground level. wall is wood, dirt abuts wood....old house
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red ants invading exterior house wall from ground level. wall is wood, dirt abuts wood....old house
Nuke the site from orbit.
Behead the remains, if any.
Takes awhile, but we've always won that war using this weapon of ants destruction..
http://woodstream.scene7.com/is/imag...oductPgLarge2$
You can mix/rake diatomaceous earth into the dirt around the house perimeter, or spray it at the junction of earth/wall. That'll do it.
thanks all, off to battle
Termidor SC. Expensive but affective.
In-Laws live on the outskirts of the Frances Marion Nat'l Forest in SC. Serious ant issues there including fire ants. They use this stuff and swear by it. No pets or kids though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
Get the dirt away from the wood.
3dr for TERRO, battled a colony last year after the wet spring and they invaded a houses stress skin panels.
Magnifying glass
Might take longer, but it’s more satisfying
Take a couple of road flares with ya for back up.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiCol
Naval jelly and gasoline is quicker and potentially much more fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Corn starch and corn meal. They can't digest the corn meal, but they love it. The corn starch solidifies like concrete if it gets wet. I am about to build a few feeder boxes to put around the house. Don't tell the Vegan aristocracy.
nice
i'm underway
thanks
This^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Plus these.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowing alpy
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/02...g?v=1448575670
^ I'm going to be dreaming about that tonight....nightmares....
If Freeride Systems ever comes out with ski pants...this is your pattern.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiCol
I'd take a pair of these (in a stash pant type fit) with an Antero 3 in the desert camo.
X4 Terro
Diatomaceous earth. No more buying poison ☠️
Borax is the main ingredient in a lot of ant traps. I've found it works well on its own if scattered lightly near a trail or hill. Cheap and easy.
If there is another ant colony close by take a shovel full of ants from one colony and dump it on the other... they will kill each other
Used to battle ants as a young lad
Quite fun if you get after it
DD battling teh ants..
https://i0.wp.com/wherethelongtailen...giant-ants.jpg
Be careful
ants-living-in-12-year-old-girl-ear
They're tougher than they look..
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Molten aluminum.
anthillart.com
I’ve had good success with Amdro for fire ants, and other ants in general (but not so much with very small ants). It’s bait that gets taken back to the colony and kills the queen. Yeah DE is great and non-toxic, but it just kills insects that come in direct contact with it. Bugs find a way to get around it, and it’s effectiveness doesn’t last that long, especially if it gets wet or moist, it tends to cake up, and the bugs roll right across it.
Good stuff here.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
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I've been a fan of taking either Terro liquid bait or Grant Kills Ants stakes, opening them up and mixing in some maple syrup into the posion. Put it out and they can't resist. Diluting the poison helps them carry it all the way back home as well.
Mind the pets and kiddos though.
Been wanting to do this ever since seeing it a few years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
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Has anyone here built their own furnace/crucible for making little castings like these?
Me too. This guy doesn't make it seem too hard: http://www.instructables.com/id/Cast...minum-Anthill/Quote:
Originally Posted by Norseman
Apparently zinc works too (just use a bunch of pennies) and has a much lower melting temp than aluminum, but has some drawbacks: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383426/
There are actually some hardcore PETA types who think doing this with living colonies is unethical. Mind boggling.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...d-9003789.html
https://www.quora.com/Are-ant-hill-castings-unethical
Like someone posted above DE kills non targets. Basically anything with a exoskeleton.
I have heard good things about a borax, sugar and water solution.
I’ve got angst in my pants [/sparks]
What if you have high apple pie in the sky hopes and rubber tree plants?
the key to happiness is low expectations....Quote:
What if you have high apple pie in the sky hopes and rubber tree plants?
The first step would be to get rid of the rubber tree plants
Ants are very hard to get rid of permanent Ly ... They usually come back the next year
And these are red ants...the fastest color.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Commie ants
We have a nest of Formica aserva nearby our lot, and they can be seen on slaving raids several times a summer. I've noticed them more than 25m from where their nest is suspected. They're pretty effective at controlling the other colonies near the garden. Very cool to watch.