FIRE ANTS
How they got here was by being imported. Red imported fire ants first came to the United States around 1930. We now have, after seventy five years, five times more fire ants per acre here in the States than where they have come from in South America. There, the natural fireant control of the fire ants kept them in check, But the fire ants that came to the States escaped their natural enemies and thrived. Up until now, the most used how to kill fire ants has been to use insecticides. And the only way killing fire ants has been to apply insecticides two to four times a year at a large cost. Treating all infested land would cost billions a year. Because of the expense and obvious hazard of insecticide treatments, most landowners did nothing. They damage crops, livestock, and electronics and sting people. They kill wildlife and even endangered species, they upset the ecological balance of nature. Let's look at the fire ant venom
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The natural predators that control fireants in South America are:
Thelohania fire ant disease
Decapitating flies The organic fireant treatments here is a 3 step method that you can use to fight off fire ants. 1. Drench mounds with Liquid Fire Ant Control formula, that is one part compost tea, 1 part molasses, and one part orange oil. Mix at 4-6 ounces of the concentrate per gallon of water for treating fire ant mounds. 2. Treat the site with beneficial nematodes. Note that these are living organisms and must be used by the date on the package. 3. If you go the organic solution to fire ants, the biodiversity of microbes, insects, and other animals is the best long term control. Most information and photos on this subject was researched at the USDA's ARS(Agricultural Research Service.)
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