Does anyone worry about harvester ants in the pastures? I have quite a few nests and they don't bother anyone but I'm wondering if they should be controlled do to their seed eating. Anyone Have an opinion on these things?
Angus86":mw9uxfdl said:Does anyone worry about harvester ants in the pastures? I have quite a few nests and they don't bother anyone but I'm wondering if they should be controlled do to their seed eating. Anyone Have an opinion on these things?
lavacarancher":12e11zig said:They're making a come back on my place. Been dormant for years now but lately I'm seeing the bare spots on the ground created by these little devils. Don't know about their underground caverns but they will sting the heck out of you.
TexasBred":27iyhj20 said:I had one colony in a pasture a few years ago. A few cups of gasoline down the hole killed them out. Haven't seen anymore sense then (Will trade some fire ants though).
wacocowboy":2ewkoko2 said:I had them bad last year so I bought some Amdro Fire Strike and that killed them. Just drove around sprinkling a little all over the bare spot. Next morning some dead the rest slow by the afternoon all dead just a bunch of little bodies all over the place. Now I have grass growing back over the bare spots.
Caustic Burno":1c6z7su6 said:wacocowboy":1c6z7su6 said:I had them bad last year so I bought some Amdro Fire Strike and that killed them. Just drove around sprinkling a little all over the bare spot. Next morning some dead the rest slow by the afternoon all dead just a bunch of little bodies all over the place. Now I have grass growing back over the bare spots.
They are not the same strain as ours are then. TAMU foresters have been working with
Experimental baits that they will take over here. They wipe out acres of seedlings. My neighbor down the road has them so bad they have been using it for a test site.
They used to use Metyhl Bromide took them right now since it was outlawed they haven't been very successful with anything until now with a product called Taurus.
This takes them out
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/tauru ... wAodj7kMmw
Caustic Burno":1nrfvfcd said:wacocowboy":1nrfvfcd said:I had them bad last year so I bought some Amdro Fire Strike and that killed them. Just drove around sprinkling a little all over the bare spot. Next morning some dead the rest slow by the afternoon all dead just a bunch of little bodies all over the place. Now I have grass growing back over the bare spots.
They are not the same strain as ours are then. TAMU foresters have been working with
Experimental baits that they will take over here. They wipe out acres of seedlings. My neighbor down the road has them so bad they have been using it for a test site.
They used to use Metyhl Bromide took them right now since it was outlawed they haven't been very successful with anything until now with a product called Taurus.
This takes them out
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/tauru ... wAodj7kMmw
Pest status
Worker ants can give a painful, stinging bite, but are generally reluctant to attack. Effects of the bite can spread along lymph channels and can be medically serious. Harvester ant workers commonly are sold for ant farms.
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When building tunnels and
chambers, materials transported to the surface by ants are mixed with body fluids to form uniform pellets.
A. texana is a forest pest because it cuts needles from
both natural and planted pine seedlings. Though ant foraging occurs year round, the
industrial forest impact is felt in the winter months when pines are defoliated in the absence
of other forage (Moser 1967). In East Texas, this situation causes considerable loss to timber
producers, especially in young plantations on droughty sites
greybeard":2xxfta5h said:You have them big ol mean red harvester ants Lavaca. No real mound above ground, just a hole with little bitty pebbles around the opening, and no vegetation around the colony for a couple yards radius. They hurt like heck. (genus Pogonomyrmex 11 different species in Texas.
Pest status
Worker ants can give a painful, stinging bite, but are generally reluctant to attack. Effects of the bite can spread along lymph channels and can be medically serious. Harvester ant workers commonly are sold for ant farms.
The ones CB is talking about is the Texas Leaf-Cutting Ant (Atta texana). You can tell them by the debris around the entrances--it's little pellets that all look the same.
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When building tunnels and
chambers, materials transported to the surface by ants are mixed with body fluids to form uniform pellets.
A. texana is a forest pest because it cuts needles from
both natural and planted pine seedlings. Though ant foraging occurs year round, the
industrial forest impact is felt in the winter months when pines are defoliated in the absence
of other forage (Moser 1967). In East Texas, this situation causes considerable loss to timber
producers, especially in young plantations on droughty sites
http://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewc ... t=forestry
They aren't common here on my place because of the flat terrain and the water table is too high most years. They like it dry deep down.
papavillars":2auzyrrw said:Surrender is made by Martin's