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mrtexas
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Location: 9a Missouri City,TX
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| Posted: Sat 21 Jan, 2012 4:05 am |
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Anyone got these yet? I found clumps of ants in my bathroom in the middle of the house. How they got there I don't know! I used ant bait. I then found them outside. At least I think they are crazy ants. They don't act like regular fire ants in that they clump together. |
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ivica
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Location: Sisak, Croatia, zone 7b
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| Posted: Sat 21 Jan, 2012 4:27 am |
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mrtexas, not answer to your question but maybe sheds some light on what is going on:
Tetramorium caespitum ("pavement ants") ?
"Why do Ants clump?"
http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/3911#.TxpZAaW0zNU
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sat 21 Jan, 2012 6:43 am |
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A forum dedicated to ants? Didn't know that existed! 
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gdbanks
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Location: Jersey Village, TX
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| Posted: Sat 21 Jan, 2012 11:23 pm |
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i have not seen the crazy ants yet. though expect to some time. i thought they were called crazy because the move so fast and there are so many of them. there numbers over power fireants.
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Laaz
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I don't think anything can over power fire ants.  They are so bad in this area I have to treat my lawn every month or two.
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GT
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Location: Beaumont, TX (zone 9a)
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| Posted: Mon 23 Jan, 2012 2:25 am |
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Phil,
I'm not sure but I think we do have crazy ants here in Bmt... At least, we have ants around the house that match the description of crazy ants: smaller than fire ants, do not seem to bite (me at least), move in a very sporadic pattern... Dupont's bite (Advion?) seems to be more or less efficient against them.
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mrtexas
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| Posted: Mon 23 Jan, 2012 9:14 pm |
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| Laaz wrote: | | I don't think anything can over power fire ants. They are so bad in this area I have to treat my lawn every month or two. |
I selectively use the bait Amdro and keep mine under very good control. I never had any luck with pesticides on fire ants. The Amdro killed the crazy ants as well! |
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TRI
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Location: Homestead, FL Zone 10
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| Posted: Wed 25 Jan, 2012 4:36 am |
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There are a lot of fire ant mounds here but no crazy ants yet. I love kicking fire ant mounds and watch the ants boil out of the mound. |
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Laaz
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| Posted: Wed 25 Jan, 2012 11:32 am |
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I really don't thin anything kills the fire ants, Amdro may kill a few but the mound will simply move to a untreated area.
Kick the pile & sit there with a propane torch, they just keep coming.
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