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  • Billybop May 25, 2016 at 9:05pm

    are these the same as flying ants? annoying devils...i suppose they have to live somewhere and the piles of soil aren't as bad as mole hills...seems about the same as every summer around here (midlands)... some lawns get infested with colonies others have none at all for some unknown reason

    • ken stewart > Billybop May 25, 2016 at 9:14pm
      Its annoying . It seems to be the same lawns every year, i know what you are saying about flying ants but they are black all lawn ants are red they are the ones that bite
      • Billybop > ken stewart May 25, 2016 at 9:36pm

        nightmare just thinking about them is making me itch lol...i tend to just kick the piles of soil to spread it before mowing or brush it or even run the cordless strimmer across it so it makes less of a mark when i mow over the top, if the lawn ends up being scalped in places i just blame the ants lol

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        Andy > ken stewart May 26, 2016 at 9:48am
        Flying ants are black ants that are created by the queen and have reached maturity. They can fly so that they can create new colonies. The weather conditions need to be right to enable the change but they're basically just black ants with wings.
  • David Benson May 25, 2016 at 11:00pm

    a bit of ant powder  will help but not a complete cure as when it rains it gets washed away

  • Graham Taylor May 27, 2016 at 7:10am

    I use ant powder to stop them coming back. Use a halfmoon to cut a slit in the grass, lifting the turf up slightly and puff the powder inside.

  • Peter Davis May 28, 2016 at 10:12am

    Simply mix some ant powder with sugar & apply near the nest.  The ants will collect the sugar to feed to their larvae.

  • Graham Bridgeman May 29, 2016 at 7:59am

     I was told tonic water. Tried it and works really well. Cheep and effective. Apparently it suffocate s the queen in the nest as the carbon dioxide forces out the oxygen. The ants then disperse. Had a few mounds .now no sign at all.

    • Daniela McGhie > Graham Bridgeman May 31, 2016 at 11:20am

      Now that is very interesting to know. I will try that out as I have one customer who has at least a dozen of those hills in their lawns. But was not too bothered about it. 

      Thanks for that tip!

  • Daniela McGhie May 29, 2016 at 2:11pm

    Red fire ants are very prolific this year.

    As said ant powder mixed with some sugar or sprinkle the sugar first then the ant powder on top.

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