In article <ipir34hj0u4afe4q21iu52dkhcusgea6m8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:33:43 -0500, Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> >I just hate fire ants so!
>
> Me too. But control of Solenopsis invicta is within our reach, if not
> quite within our grasp. The phorid fly approach still shows great
> promise, although it will be a decade or so before there are enough of
> them out there to do any good. For local control, both Amdro and Logic
> still work and are environmentally close to benign.
I use Amdro mostly, and beneficial Nematodes.
I was unaware that Phorid flies ate fire ants... I try to discourage
those as they tend to get into crops of Oyster mushrooms and other
edibles.
>
> On the other hand,the raspberry ant, Paratrenicha sp. (near pubens),
> is apparently very difficult to control. The man who first noticed
> them basically says that he hates it when he gets a call about them
> because he knows the caller will be disappointed.
>
> And, while they have no stinger, they are far from harmless. They suck
> the moisture from plants, feed on beneficial insects such as ladybugs
> (ladybird beetles) and eat the hatchlings of the highly endangered
> Attwater prairie chicken.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
Do poison baits work on them?
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Peace! Om
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until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein
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