Re: Ants in the grass

Thanks Anthony and Mike.  They really are a bit of a bugger, get bitten to 
blazes sitting on the grass even if you sit where you dont think there are

any ants.

I have been using RAID crack and crevice crawley killer which you can
inject 
below the surface hopefully towards the nest.  The certainly do not like 
this stuff but I guess I am simply outnumbered.

Andy
"Mike Ball" <m.j.ball@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I've had similar irritations with ants in my lawn Andy, same soil 
> characteristics (near ****tsmouth).  Nothing chemical I have tried gets
rid 
> of them for more than a couple of weeks.  Basically I think they like
the 
> type of soil.
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> I agree with the poster who said keep the grass cut, keep dispersing the

> displaced soil (I use a hose sometimes but a rake is also good) and just

> keep disrupting their work.  But if my experience is anything to go by, 
> you'll not get rid of them.
>
> Mike
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> "Andy Coles" <parol_coles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In the UK not much top soil and lots of clay underneath
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>> We have been attacked by ants who have invaded the grass.  We can see 
>> them and there are patches of top soil that has been pushed to the 
>> surface  Dig a little into this surface soil and you can see ants 
>> scurrying around and ant eggs laid there.
>>
>> I have injected some anti ant stuff 2 or 3 inches into the earth
patches 
>> (pushed the straw of the anti ant stuff in until it reached firm soil 
>> clay underneath) and this is the stuff that ants will take back to the 
>> nest and hopefully kill the ants there.
>>
>> However I think I will loose the battle,  Firstly there are quite a lot

>> of these earth mounds appearing in new places and in an area of a
square 
>> yard or so sort of in the middle  of where the soil has been pushed to 
>> the surface the grass is dying off as if it is a localised drought.
>>
>> Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to get rid of these pests.  I

>> was wondering if there was a Verdone sort of thing you could spray onto

>> the grass from a watering can but instead of killing weeds selectively 
>> does the same but for ants.
>>
>> ANY ideas at all will be most welcome.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andy
>>
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