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Ants!!!!!

Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:09 pm
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
3200 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:09 pm
I live in Avoyelles. Ever since the rain on Friday, my back two acres are full of fire ants! I have twenty pecan trees also. Any suggestion on a quick fix.
Posted by Teufelhunden
Galvez, LA
Member since Feb 2005
5575 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:27 pm to
It's not just you. They're everywhere
Posted by Popths
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
3965 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:28 pm to
Ortho fire ant killer. Use sparingly. Doesn’t take much
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4489 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

Ortho fire ant killer.

My yard occupants laughed at it.
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
9785 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 3:14 pm to
Same here. Mofos are everywhere!
Posted by Soul Gleaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2012
4026 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 3:27 pm to
Have always liked Bengal fire ant dust. Sprinkle on the beds, will have a mountain of ant corpses on it the next day.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15048 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 3:43 pm to
My late father-in-law lived in Mansura and had several acres with about 2 that he kept cut. He'd ride his John Deere lawn tractor and carry that granular ant killer in a can hanging on the back of the engine cover and sprinkle it on every ant pile he came across.

They were especially bad after heavy rains and popping up everywhere. I see nothings changed since he's been dead over 8 years now.
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
3200 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 3:57 pm to
Bengal dust it is. Thanks fellas!!!
Posted by CheEngineer
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2019
4234 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 7:07 pm to
Spectracide Triazicide Insect Killer for Lawns Granules

1-2 tablespoons on each pile and let Mother Nature water it in they are all gone.

You can use a spreader in the spring and then spot treat the couple others that show up
Posted by Slybayou
Member since Jul 2011
195 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 8:00 pm to
Amdro liquid
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36163 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 8:46 pm to
Best kept secret:


Dawn soap.

Mix a small amount in a sprayer with water and spray your hole yard. Gone pecan.

But make sure and do your neighbors’ if you have any.
Posted by Bayou
CenLA
Member since Feb 2005
36789 posts
Posted on 10/29/19 at 9:01 pm to
Posted by 2 Jugs
Saint Amant
Member since Feb 2018
1845 posts
Posted on 10/30/19 at 9:22 am to
Bonide - Eight Insect Control

you are welcome
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7217 posts
Posted on 10/30/19 at 8:32 pm to
Andro has always done me well
Posted by LSU2001
Cut Off, La.
Member since Nov 2007
2388 posts
Posted on 10/30/19 at 9:11 pm to
spread some Talstar granules and be done with them for months. It is kinda pricy but it works very well.
Talstar DIY Pest Control
Posted by GRIZZ
PRAIRIEVILLE
Member since Nov 2009
5202 posts
Posted on 10/30/19 at 9:17 pm to
Talstar spray or granules will fix your problem. I use it twice a year and would pay money to anyone that finds an ant on my property. Complete wipes them out for almost 6 months.
Posted by sosaysmorvant
River Parishes, LA
Member since Feb 2008
1310 posts
Posted on 11/1/19 at 4:51 am to
Another vote for Talstar. It's not cheap, but the fire ants die and won't be back for months. Most of the dust products will just get the pile to move. You are wasting time and money.
Posted by glorymanutdtiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2012
3788 posts
Posted on 11/1/19 at 1:48 pm to
Talstar. It is not cheap but you only need an ounce for a gallon. It will last a long time
Posted by Lsu4life42
Central LA.
Member since Nov 2015
545 posts
Posted on 11/1/19 at 3:33 pm to
Go to Austin ag on 28 and get a af of talstar and spread it in area.
Posted by avondale88
Montgomery
Member since May 2009
2634 posts
Posted on 11/1/19 at 7:29 pm to
I have them in my house now. I've never had this problem before and I don't leave food or drinks out. The elderly lady next door to me always gets rid of the mounds in her yard by doing a simple trick. She takes a shovel and scoops up the top of one mound and throws it on the top of the other mound. She told me that the ants will fight and the "invaders" will go after the queen to kill her. Once the queen is dead the ants move away. It must work because the next day she knocks the mound down with a shovel and the mound doesn't have one ant in it. I just buy cheap plastic bottles of rubbing alcohol and pour it on top of the mound. The alcohol kills them and the elderly lady said that if the queen isn't killed then I wasted a bottle of alcohol. She said to get rid of the ants the queen must be killed.
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