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Ants

Mooney | Posted in General Discussion on July 19, 2006 04:32am

Did we ever really discuss termination?

I have killed a mond of them with the poisionthey take to the queesn but what about the little buggers?

Tim

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    IMERC | Jul 19, 2006 04:33am | #1

    use raw grits....

     

    more interesting...

    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

    WOW!!! What a Ride!

    Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    1. Mooney | Jul 19, 2006 04:39am | #2

      more interesting... than corn meal ?

      Tim

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        IMERC | Jul 19, 2006 05:13am | #3

        grits are corn...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

        WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

        Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

        1. Mooney | Jul 19, 2006 05:18am | #4

          Now you gave me an idea

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            IMERC | Jul 19, 2006 05:20am | #5

            how much of yur county should be told to stand back....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

          2. Mooney | Jul 19, 2006 05:28am | #6

            Well , I was thinkin city wide at least.

            Tim

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            IMERC | Jul 19, 2006 05:36am | #7

            lets go state wide...

            so Shredder has only how much time to clear the AO ya say...

            no sense in doing this half arsed...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

          4. Mooney | Jul 19, 2006 05:38am | #8

            no sense in doing this half arsed...

            That was good right there .

          5. brownbagg | Jul 19, 2006 05:39am | #9

            fire ants, fight fire with fire. gasoline.

          6. Mooney | Jul 19, 2006 05:43am | #11

            fire ants, fight fire with fire. gasoline.

            That would be interresting . The little sombatches are working in the crevice between the carport slab and the foundation wall.

          7. brownbagg | Jul 19, 2006 02:36pm | #12

            we got alot of fire ants. ten twelve mounds per week. I bough all those chemical, baits for fire ant. they work but take weeks. a cup of gas in the mound and they are dead that second.

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            jonblakemore | Jul 19, 2006 05:55pm | #13

            Dumb question- do you light the gas or is the liquid form enough? 

            Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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            IMERC | Jul 19, 2006 05:40am | #10

            ut-oh...

            neighboring states too.... huh....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

  2. woodway | Jul 19, 2006 07:19pm | #14

    I wonder what would happen if you used some kind of explosive on their mounds. Would it just cause them to expand to other areas, since they get blown there and just start all over again, or would they just die. We don't have fire ants here YET but they'll get her sooner or later and I don't look forward to dealing with them.

    A friend moved next door from Texas and when they unpacked they found fire ants stuck to the tape they used to pack their household stuff into boxes with. The suckers were dead but their butts were firmly attached to the taped boxes.

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      McDesign | Jul 20, 2006 01:25am | #16

      One day as kids we thought it would be fun to stick firecrackers in a huge mound in our Georgia yard.  Blew them all over us; got THOROUGHLY bitten up!

      Explosives & ants - BAD

      Forrest

  3. Piffin | Jul 20, 2006 12:44am | #15

    When I was a kid, we just poured boiling water on the mound until it wasn't anymore.

    Then in 2-3 months, we'd do it again.

    I like the plaan of having an ingestable killer that is taken back to the nest. Then the youngsters wake up hungry and find a meal waiting for them. They follow the previous generation into the great mound in the sky after the first meal.

     

     

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