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Fire ants, Crawfish and Mother Nature

Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:52 pm
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54210 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:52 pm
I have five acres of yard to mow. About 4-5 years ago the fire ants were getting pretty damn bad. I would see at least 75-100 hills of them. Only three or four would be considerable size. As I'd mow I'd stop and shake a little Amdro on them. Seem to work on existing mounds but they'd just move to a new spot within a couple of week Didn't pay much attention but there were always three or four crawfish mounds in the yard.

As time progressed over the years up until now, the number of fire ants starting decreasing but the number of crawfish mounds starting increasing. I just finished mowing and only saw about three ant hills but I must have mowed over 60-70 crawfish mounds.

Are crawfish MN's way of controlling fire ants or is this just some fluke? Not complaing because I definitely would rather have the crawfish with few ants.
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29303 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:57 pm to
Sounds like your lawn is getting wetter.

Wetter ground = less fire ants = more crawfish
Posted by Hardy_Har
MS
Member since Nov 2012
16285 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:58 pm to
I have 2+ acres of yard to mow. When it's seasonally wet I have crawdads. THen it transitions into ant mounds, and as summer comes up it's dry enough for the ants to actually not need mounds, but still be subsurfaced in full force..
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 12:58 pm
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:59 pm to
Why were prices so high this year??








Too many damn lawnmowin bastards

jb
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 1:36 pm
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54210 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:04 pm to
quote:

Wetter ground = less fire ants = more crawfish


Good point. This is the wettest spring we've had around here in about three years with cool temps. Hasn't even reached 90 degrees at my house yet.

I'll get back to you guys about mid August. It'll probably be a bitch post then.
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
24991 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:34 pm to
This stuff will kill the fire ant and they won't come back:

LINK

It's a little pricey but you will only need to put it out once.
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