"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[foreverlearning]

Camfer oil is another insectid plant. Borox and diatomaceous earth also kills bugs such as ants and flees. I have used lice and mite powder I use for my girls for stinging black ants. Fire ants, I do not know. There nests will cover acres and their bombers are impossable. AZ black ants are nothing compared to the fire ants. Between Camfer, borox and Diatomaceous Earth I had been able to keep fire ants just at the edge of control. Adding clove sounds good.

We have something called crazy ants here, they put fire ants to shame. They came threw Texas and hit a lot of us hard last year. It's a shame when southerners beg for just fire ants back!

 

[Ron Skekel]

We have something called crazy ants here, they put fire ants to shame. They came threw Texas and hit a lot of us hard last year. It's a shame when southerners beg for just fire ants back!

 

Yours were crazy ants? Knock on wood I haven't seen them here.

 

[foreverlearning]

Yours were crazy ants? Knock on wood I haven't seen them here.

My yard was covered in them until August. I keep a pretty close eye on hills and from the first sighting to full coverage of 3 acres was 2 days. You could barely walk without hitting a mound and their mounds are not peaked like regular ants, they look like after you mow a regular one over. They left as quickly as they came and I have no clue why, I know it wasn't because I killed them. I hope they don't come back but I am not holding my breath on that one. I tried just about every spray, pellet, and natural remedy I could find, nothing worked. I even tried gas and fire, it looked like those buggers walked right threw it without a care in the world.

 

[bugglesmommy]

My yard was covered in them until August. I keep a pretty close eye on hills and from the first sighting to full coverage of 3 acres was 2 days. You could barely walk without hitting a mound and their mounds are not peaked like regular ants, they look like after you mow a regular one over. They left as quickly as they came and I have no clue why, I know it wasn't because I killed them. I hope they don't come back but I am not holding my breath on that one. I tried just about every spray, pellet, and natural remedy I could find, nothing worked. I even tried gas and fire, it looked like those buggers walked right threw it without a care in the world.

X2. They are also very talented at finding ways into your house and they like to go after electrical things. Nasty, nasty things!!!!

 

[Ron Skekel]

My yard was covered in them until August. I keep a pretty close eye on hills and from the first sighting to full coverage of 3 acres was 2 days. You could barely walk without hitting a mound and their mounds are not peaked like regular ants, they look like after you mow a regular one over. They left as quickly as they came and I have no clue why, I know it wasn't because I killed them. I hope they don't come back but I am not holding my breath on that one. I tried just about every spray, pellet, and natural remedy I could find, nothing worked. I even tried gas and fire, it looked like those buggers walked right threw it without a care in the world.

Wow! thats scary do they bite?I hope they don't show up here. Pam

 

[foreverlearning]

Wow! thats scary do they bite?I hope they don't show up here. Pam

YES!!! They feel 10x worse then wild fire ants. My mother got bit on the foot and I had to care for her because it swelled up to her knee and had a puss pocket at the top. In all fairness she got bit by four of them at once but that is still pretty bad for ants. When I got bit it felt like someone stabbed my foot with a hot stake and then fire up to my knee.

 

[foreverlearning]

X2. They are also very talented at finding ways into your house and they like to go after electrical things. Nasty, nasty things!!!!

My Sears card loved them! Window units are not cheap when you have to replace them in the same season as buying them. And they love coffee pots. Why is it that everything tries to take out your coffee pot first??? It's the only thing I drink on a regular basis.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I completely agree with everyone. Out of the big cats you are far more likely to deal with bobcats then a puma but even then that's not going to be your biggest issue. You will have to worry most about nasty possums and coons - sometimes hawks and coyotes. Alligators won't be an issue AT ALL unless if you live right on the water or have a pond and don't have a fence. They certainly can't open a latched pen like a coon could. I lived close to alligator central for ages and loved to watch them but have never had any issues with them leaving their watery turf to bother me or my pets. There was one pond that always had a gator in it. I named them and enjoyed just seeing them. (I'm not crazy enough to feed a gator. That would be crueler then kind. There's no future but a gun for a human fed gator) My favorite was Ulysses. He was easily at least 14 feet long, maybe bigger. I wish I had a camera back then when he was there. Never seen one that size wild but him. He vanished when the area was highly flooded - probably to bigger waters. I don't know how that pond sustained him as it was. Can you believe people would fish and sometimes SWIM in his pond when he was king? Mostly people who didn't live area. Pulled over and tried to warn a family with two kids in there once, but the father was an a** and wouldn't listen when we tried to warn them there was a massive gator in there. I'm pretty sure they didn't get eaten or we'd of heard of it.... So a behemoth of a gator in a comparatively small pond didn't even eat small children and grown idiots in his water. Don't sweat over alligators! This is one of his later (much smaller) replacements - Custard.

he is cute. I am know some about them, that is why I said "do not break the rules". Leave them alone, don't step on them, mess with their new born, and don't try the stuff you see on TV (I'm not getting paid) all common sense. When I lived in FL a number of carnie people stayed near where I was. One of them had a huge alligator he would take for walks. I learned from him there was an area that is pure reflex. Even his gaiter would snap if you put yourself in the wrong spot. He talked a lot about all the different species and the the American alligator was the only basically peaceful one. I learned to keep a long cane pool by a couple of elderly lady's. In there favorite fishing spot was also a sunning spot for a gaiter. They said whack it on the noise and it will behave itself. Possums and coons are a pain, and plentiful. I will have a lot to learn about possums. I have a good start with coons, having dealt with them before. This time not as easy, I will have chickens. Carp are great fertilizer in the garden.

 

[Ron Skekel]

I am not trying to be rude (not a people person), but does anyone know any Pentecostals or Mennonites? Both of those churches as well as LDS have their own co-op for organic items. If anyone does know someone from those churches it might be worth the while to ask if the higher up in the church have any suggestions on where to get feed from for non members. In many of the areas that I have lived in all three churches were big pushers for people converting to local and organic and would help even non members get access to buying them.

I didn't know this I'm learning alot today. We travled threw amish/ mennonite contry in ohio. I asked about their produce the lady came back after asking someone. She said they use some pestisides but they keep it to a very small amount.There aren't any of those churches here I think LDS has one chapter in baton rouge, I don't think asking about other faiths or cultures makes you rude. If it does I'm the rudest I love learning about other cultures.Pam

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Bugs! Ants..... So small, so deadly. I wonder if they ran out of food?. My dad had scorpions for a little while. He to the food away from the bugs that the scorpions ate. No food, no scorpions. I hope they stay away for you. And I hope I never see one.