Here, the fire ants have learned to keep their mounds below the lawn mower height, making them hard to spot. Also, I used to use Amdro, until I watched a fire ant pick up a granule and carry it across the driveway away from the mound about six feet, drop it, then go back and get another and go it again. Then I noticed the ants were carrying most of the granules away into the lawn instead of down into the mound.
The trick to amdro usage is to sprinkle around the mound without alarming the ants. It doesn’t need to be a huge amount either. Just don’t disturb the mound so they won’t equate those granules as the threat to their mound! Come back in a couple of hours to check and see if the granules are gone or if it was a fairly big mound (so you had to put out a wider area of sprinkles) come back the next dayto see if the granules are gone. Seems to work for us here in Central Texas.
allen@home about 1 year ago
I’ll bet good old Steve is feeling the burn right now.
Lady loves a joke about 1 year ago
He fell into a burning ring of fire.
danketaz Premium Member about 1 year ago
Now you know…and knowing is half the battle.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 1 year ago
I think Steve needs his own comic, LOL!
rhpii about 1 year ago
Reminds me of Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom. Marlin Perkins always stayed behind the bush observing while Jim did things like Steve Fury is doing here.
drycurt about 1 year ago
Here, the fire ants have learned to keep their mounds below the lawn mower height, making them hard to spot. Also, I used to use Amdro, until I watched a fire ant pick up a granule and carry it across the driveway away from the mound about six feet, drop it, then go back and get another and go it again. Then I noticed the ants were carrying most of the granules away into the lawn instead of down into the mound.
zerotvus about 1 year ago
“As Bill wrestle the alligator”…..
ladykat about 1 year ago
Ouch!
Geophyzz about 1 year ago
How far north in America can those rascals be found?
I AM CARTOON LADY! about 1 year ago
Steve really needs to find a job that doesn’t bite!
T... about 1 year ago
Steve’s always a day short and a dollar late…
GKBOWOOD Premium Member about 1 year ago
The trick to amdro usage is to sprinkle around the mound without alarming the ants. It doesn’t need to be a huge amount either. Just don’t disturb the mound so they won’t equate those granules as the threat to their mound! Come back in a couple of hours to check and see if the granules are gone or if it was a fairly big mound (so you had to put out a wider area of sprinkles) come back the next dayto see if the granules are gone. Seems to work for us here in Central Texas.