[ SHOWGSD-L ] FIRE ANT CONTROL
- From: "Doc Zoe" <wynsum@xxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:17:55 -0400
BOILING WATER - does not kill them all, they just move elsewhere
WORM CASTING - Worm FECES This repels them
Nematodes
The tiny insect called a nematode lives in the ground. They sting and eat ants.
You can purchase
these, mix them with water, and spread them around infested areas. Put them out
right after the last
freeze. The ground should be wet to moist. Be sure not to use city water to mix
them because the
chlorine in it will kill them. They take about a week to work. They will also
kill anything else which
lives in the ground that is slow or in hibernation.
Charcoal Embers
After barbequing, take the burning embers and put them on top of the mound. A
reader has reported
this worked. This asphyxiates them, but some can move elsewhere
Phorid Flies, A Fire Ant's Natural Predator
Phorid flies, a natural predator of fire ants, are not native to the United
States but are slowly being
introduced. The female phorid fly will fly in and inject an egg into the ant's
body in a procedure
something akin to stinging the fireant, and fly away in less than a second. The
stunned ant appears to
be disoriented by the experience, but soon appears to resume working. The
injected egg develops in
the thorax of the ant for 10 days or so, when the host ant dies and is piled
onto the colony's garbage
heap, called the midden. The larva then eats its way into the ant's head where
it pupates in safety for
the next 35 days, emerging from the midden and flying away.
One positive aspect of phorid flies is that they currently seem quite
particular with regards to which
ant species they will attack and even the size of ant they will attack.
However, because the
relationship is symbiotic, the use of phorids for population control seems
somewhat limited.
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