Help !!! Fire Ants !!!

[Eagle1]

I hit a mound with my trimmer and slung ants on me. They ate my skinny ass up !!! No Geniva Convention at my place, all fire ants must DIE !!!!!

You just keep them down there... SO far I'm far enough north of you to not have them. Just like no Cottonmouths....

 

[bmg88201]

You just keep them down there... SO far I'm far enough north of you to not have them. Just like no Cottonmouths....

I hear ya, my neighbor lost his dog from a cottonmouth. Bit the poor thing four times. Gotta creek next to me, I’ve shot three this year. Arkansas game laws say you can’t kill any snake, screw that !!!

 

[Torvy]

What do you think I should charge for “You pick’em fire ants” ?

Probably a dollar an ant. Those types figure if it costs more it must be better.

 

[scootr]

My neighbor lost a dog to a rattlesnake not too long ago. One of ours got bit last spring. She survived with antivenom a sizeable donation to the clinic.
Everyone I find around the ranch is a goner.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I have been battling fire ants lately. I’ve been using a product called “Surrender“. What is happening is all the ants do is move 10 feet and start again. Can anybody recommend a product that works well. Damn fire ants !!!!

Something's wrong if Surrender doesn't kill them dead! I've been using that for several years. Nothing I've found works better. Surrender 'kills' them rather than simply moving them around.

Keep in mind, ants will & do have their main nest up to 15' underground, so it might take 2 or 3 passes to kill off the main party.

 

[bmg88201]

Something's wrong if Surrender doesn't kill them dead! I've been using that for several years. Nothing I've found works better. Surrender 'kills' them rather than simply moving them around.

Keep in mind, ants will & do have their main nest up to 15' underground, so it might take 2 or 3 passes to kill off the main party.

I was using Surrender with some success but now I got a bunch of mounds. But I just realized that the gas co. ran a gas transmission line next to me in the woods. I bet that stirred them up and came over to me.

 

[JethroB]

My neighbor lost a dog to a rattlesnake not too long ago. One of ours got bit last spring. She survived with antivenom a sizeable donation to the clinic.
Everyone I find around the ranch is a goner.

Our local hardware store buys rattlesnake skins. $3 a foot I believe the sign says.

A nearby town used to host an annual rattlesnake roundup with prizes. The snakes became lunch for attendees. Tastes like chicken I hear.
I doubt PETA would approve these days.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I'm curious to know about pet safety with these ant killers. We have several dogs and puppy in the effected area.

When used properly, and according to the label, bifenthrin will be safe for pets. It also is very good for protecting your pets from fleas and ticks. And it controls termites.

Don't take my word for it. Always read, understand, and follow the label on any and all pesticides.

 

[Alan W.]

Was curious if bifen hurts the earthworm population.
I spray it around the house and buildings perimeter.
Im hoping the fire ants stay south of us, but who knows. I have started seeing dead armadillos on the Cumberland Parkway. We dont need those its bad enough we have possums.
With the rise in coyote and turkey populations here the snake sightings has dropped dramatically. Cottonmouths only in the western part of the state. All we get is timber rattlers n copperheads.

 

[Deere Dude]

I bought some Bifen-IT for a carpenter bees problem we had, and it worked great and fast. Used 2-1/2ozs /gallon of water for bees. I tried it on about 50 fire ant mounds my from lawn had which was maybe an acre or two.

I mixed approx 1-2 ozs Bifen-IT to 8 gallons of water in my water tank sprayer behind my garden tractor. I just drove around and sprayed a couple feet around each mound and then stuck the sprayer into the center of each mound and pushed it in while spraying while saturating the mound. That took care of them but I need to do that again each year to keep them in check.

If I was really fanatical about it I could just spray the whole lane with a good soaking but this method slows them way down, well enough for me.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I bought some Bifen-IT for a carpenter bees problem we had, and it worked great and fast. Used 2-1/2ozs /gallon of water for bees. I tried it on about 50 fire ant mounds my from lawn had which was maybe an acre or two.

I mixed approx 1-2 ozs Bifen-IT to 8 gallons of water in my water tank sprayer behind my garden tractor. I just drove around and sprayed a couple feet around each mound and then stuck the sprayer into the center of each mound and pushed it in while spraying while saturating the mound. That took care of them but I need to do that again each year to keep them in check.

If I was really fanatical about it I could just spray the whole lane with a good soaking but this method slows them way down, well enough for me.

How did the Bifen-IT work out for your carpenter bees?

We have 'em and have only found hitting them squarely in the head with a 16oz hammer works Those little guys are drilling holes in everything around here.

 

[bmg88201]

My neighbor put up carpenter bee traps and she said they were very effective. They were full of dead bees. And had to empty them several times.

 

[Shenandoah MF1760]

Possums eat ticks and armadillos eat fire ants, I have to problems with either.

One problem with fire ants is that the $%^&*!!! things have mutated into multi-colonies where more than one queen can exist. Kill the queen and the colony will die out, but now it is a bit harder when you need to kill more than one.

 

[bmg88201]

Possums eat ticks and armadillos eat fire ants, I have to problems with either.

One problem with fire ants is that the $%^&*!!! things have mutated into multi-colonies where more than one queen can exist. Kill the queen and the colony will die out, but now it is a bit harder when you need to kill more than one.

Didn’t know that there could be more than one Queen ant. Also, I have had problems with armadillos digging holes around my foundation. So Mr. Mossberg has been having a brief one sided conversation with them.

 

[Shenandoah MF1760]

Didn’t know that there could be more than one Queen ant. Also, I have had problems with armadillos digging holes around my foundation. So Mr. Mossberg has been having a brief one sided conversation with them.

They can be hell on gardens too. I just have 25 acres of woods so whatever critters I have don't bother me... except snakes. I have an S&W Governor with snake shot in the first chamber for just such occasions as needed.

 

[scootr]

Going to set out some yellowjacket traps today made from plastic bottles partially filled with apple juice and meat. Pesky buggers are multiplying fast.

 

[bmg88201]

I like using a 12 gauge, it rips them open and I get some satisfaction from that. Is that wrong of me ? Lol

 

[Deere Dude]

How did the Bifen-IT work out for your carpenter bees?

We have 'em and have only found hitting them squarely in the head with a 16oz hammer works Those little guys are drilling holes in everything around here.

Bifen-IT worked great for Carpenter Bees. My 40x60 barn and any wood product, treated wood included, around the house were a feast for those suckers. There were so many holes in the rafters and joists that it would have been impossible to tackle them individually.

I read Carpenter Bees return every year to their home base so I sprayed in the early spring one year, then in the summer I sprayed again. Then the next year I repeated that again. That slowed them way down and I didn't find any new holes in the building. Since that spray regimen about 5 years ago I cut back to once a years in the spring kept them at bay. I still see them flying around but as long as they don't nest I don't care about that.

I sprayed my wood piles I use for the fireplace and my outdoor wooden furniture. I spray the decks, the overhang and around the shutters on the house. This spray takes care of wasps, spiders and termites among many other bugs.

I did build about 8 bee traps but had limited success with those, but since I started spraying the traps do nothing, so it works.

 

[newbury]

I like using a 12 gauge, it rips them open and I get some satisfaction from that. Is that wrong of me ? Lol

For armadillos or carpenter bees?

 

[JethroB]

For armadillos or carpenter bees?

Badminton racket for carpenter bees . “ TING”