[Fire Ants

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In a message dated 10/28/01 4:11:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,

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<< Fire ants " sure are " an exeption!!

(think they came from Mars or somewhere... lol)

 

Something Good Fire Ants Do????

http://www.safe2use.com/pests/fireants/goodpurpose.htm

 

Fire ants are tick predators - normally yards with fire ants also do not

have ticks. If you have no ticks there, obviously, is less danger of

disease. They also control the ground stage of horn flies.

 

Their presence in sugar cane field eliminates or reduced the need for

pesticide to treat a certain caterpillar that is a scourge to sugar cane

growers - Todd Gibson >>

 

Hi all~

(I have barely time to skim the list, but I happened to open this digest and

this caught my eye. )

So what do you do if you have both? We live in SC and we fight the fire ants

as much as the ticks. My 7 year old has been the only one not to have been

attacked fire ants yet. We treat the fire ants, and all they seem to do is

move, and make a new mound! LOL I actually broke down and bought some spray

for the yard, but I just can't bare to spray that stuff all over it. ick! So

it has just been sitting here. I bought some natural tick repellent spray

(called " tick guard " ), with peppermint, lemongrass, and rosemary oils, and it

seems to work pretty well.

With the colder weather setting in, things are getting better though.

 

Suzie

 

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how bout diatomaceous earth? i heard that is suppose to work, but i haven't

tried it. you can get it at pool stores......just sprinkle it on the

ground.........might help with the ants?

 

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in SC and we fight the fire ants

> as much as the ticks.