Re: Fire Ants

Posted by NC Wayne on September 29, 2005 at 19:22:40 from (205.188.117.6):

In Reply to: Fire Ants posted by Yancey on September 29, 2005 at 18:44:18:

We had a bad outbreak of them around my place a few years ago. After my roomates son got into a mound and got stung over 100 times I went on a rampage against them. I know I didn't get every mound but I went over my 4.5 acres, the neighbors field across the street which is about 5 acres, as well as up and down the sides of the road a ways in both directions from my place and sprayed every mound I could find with Diazanon. I'd start in a circle about 4 feet out from the nest and spray everything, working in to the center and then soak the mound, usually using the force of the spray to punch a hole down into the mound. I know for a fact that when I sprayed them the nests died off completely. There was one that was as mounded up as big as a 5 gallon bucket that I sprayed. The day after I sprayed it I went back with a shovel and have yet to see anything living in it. That first year I can't even begin to count the number of mounds I sprayed. In the couple of years since either the majority of them have gotten way better at hiding their digs or finally decided their fighting a natural enemy they can't beat because I haven't found but two small nests since...and I sprayed the he-- out of them too....Unfortunately Diazanon worked so their not making it anymore, probably not enviromentaly friendly since it actually killed the pests you sprayed it on. Instead their making Triazanon or something like that and I don't know how if it works or not. if you can get hold of the old origional Diazanon though I guarantee you it'll work.

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