Ants found mealworm farm... Murderous disaster...

[collingwood]

Hi! My ants found my mealworm farm and killed over half my worms

!!!!! What should I do? I've moved my mealworm farm somewhere else but it's in a really inconvenient spot! And the ants'll probably find them there too!

 

[Twistedfeather]

Would poisoning the ants with ant killers affect the worms? That's cool that you raise your own mealworms since I've always wanted to do something like that, but that sucks that the ants are eating your mealworms. What kind of ants are you dealing with?

 

[collingwood]

I think the ant poison would probably harm the worms! I don't know what type they are but here's a photo!

 

[Twistedfeather]

Yeah that's what I thought but it was worth asking. Probably the next thing to do is look for non toxic ways like:
http://www.greenecoservices.com/top-21-ways-to-get-rid-of-ants-naturally/

 

[christine9]

I've had this happen last summer. I had fire ants come in and eat my worms. I didn't know what to do except feed everything to the chickens.

 

[collingwood]

Yeah that's what I thought but it was worth asking. Probably the next thing to do is look for non toxic ways like:
http://www.greenecoservices.com/top-21-ways-to-get-rid-of-ants-naturally/

Thanks you!

 

[Imachicklvr2]

I am sorry about your mealworms. You could put a coat of petroleum jelly around your container to keep the ants off, I use it for my hummingbird feeder pole and it seems to work well. If that would be too messy for you, you might try some double-sided tape to create a barrier. Just make sure it is at least one inch wide, two would probably be better.

 

[collingwood]

Thank you I think I'll try the double sided tape!