Plumeau1 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Well folks great news...I followed your idea and went outside just now with a flashlight...Well well well, it is amazing to watch, at least for 75' they carry the bit and pieces of cut leafs right to their nest, that nest is a hole in the middle of a calle beside an interphone post of a gated community, they must have been legion of these ants Now all I need is the solution that works the fastess after a single application!!! Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yes it works on the first application and they do come back via another hole, jjust hope it is not on your propery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Home Defense kills the ants upon contact. I have spent 12 years killing zillions of ants. They will ALWAYS return no matter what method you employ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I have mentioned this before - but have taken no action. It is important because it could provide a non-toxic solution to ant control, especially cutter ants. There is a chemical called formic acid, which is non toxic, it is used in food preservation and curing of leather. It was originally isolated from ant venom and apparently also occurs in stinging nettles. Formic acid is the scent trail that ants lay down so the army of workers can find their food trails. My theory is that very dilute formic acid, laid down as a trail, to a bucket full of water they fall into and drown. This should eliminate thousands of ants. Trying to find formic acid, in very small quantities, in Mexico, has been difficult. It is not a dangerous unless highly concentrated. I kind of gave up on this because we have very few problems with cutter ants in our garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 yes I have been fighting them for 15 years and nothing works permanently. You can control them but not exterminate them for ever so you just have to learn how to live with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 If you can find the nest....Hormigal will kill the entire tribe. If they are attacking trees then there is an artificial sap for sale in the lakeside area....they cannot climb through it and will go to easier targetsDo you know the name of this artificial sap and where you can buy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Well folks great news...I followed your idea and went outside just now with a flashlight...Well well well, it is amazing to watch, at least for 75' they carry the bit and pieces of cut leafs right to their nest, that nest is a hole in the middle of a calle beside an interphone post of a gated community, they must have been legion of these ants Now all I need is the solution that works the fastess after a single application!!! Thanks all When I find a hole at night like you did, I spread some Trompa around it and along the trail the same night I find them. A few days later, they are gone. Until the next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I brought back some sticky tape for trees we use in France where ants are way smaller. It did not work but it gave us a lesson on ingenuity. The ants went onto the tape and got stuck and died then the reminder used the dead bodies to step on and made a bridge. I was really impressed by these creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Trompa is in stock at the garden center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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