Fire Ants

Re: Fire Ants

• Borski2B

  July 2011

  I don't know if it works for fire ants, but my mom had a little bit of an ant problem and cured it by sprinkling ground cinnamon around the area they were coming in (window sill) and it worked like a charm. Maybe give it a try? Can't hurt anything!
  

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• ramee151

  July 2011

  Another 'natural' remedy that I've heard is sprinkling baking soda across the entry area--won't handle the mound, but might slow down the in-coming (though she might find partially exploded ants if they make it in after ingesting the soda). 

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• almond1123

  July 2011

  She has fire ants "in her house?"  That's not very common since they mound in dirt.

  http://www.randylemmon.com/insectsdiseases/gardenline-fireants.html

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• nital member

  

  July 2011

  not common, but it can happen.  i had fireants in my house, and i'm pretty sure they were all up under my house and driveway.  i got rid of the ones indoors with some super nasty spectracide (diluted it, dipped a little piece of cotton in it, and put it over the fireant's entrance).  i dislike resorting to the spectracide, especially inside, but i'm allergic to the little $#%##s, so they needed to be gone, and fast.  they never came back.  for the exterior of the house i sprinkled diatomatious earth around, which helps keep them at bay, but didn't get rid of them completely, because, like i said, i'm pretty sure my house was on top of a giant fire ant mound.  either that, or the little $##%#s were coming over from my neighbor's back yard, which was covered in fire ant mounds.

  
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