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    Quote Originally Posted by mac View Post
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    the wife's kitchen is being inundated this year with pissants (prob'ly what you all call honey ants but in Coleman County, they're called pissants"......mac
    I have them here in Cove, but it has been years since I seen any on the Ranges.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mestral View Post
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    I have them here in Cove, but it has been years since I seen any on the Ranges.
    when was the last time you saw a horny toad out that way, Mestral. Manning mountain used to have a slew of them but i don't think there's nary a one out there now.....mac

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    I am pretty sure I have seen at least one. I will check with a couple of my co-workers who are better at spotting wildlife than I am.
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    The "horny toad" is a victim of the Fire Ants. The Fire Ants drive out the Harvester Ants (large red ants) that are the food of the "horny toad" and the Fire Ants eat the eggs and the hatchlings of the "horny toads."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mestral View Post
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    If your sugar ants are the Red variety (actually orange) they are the reason you don't have fire ants. When I was
    in AL (15 years ago) the only variety of Fire Ants I saw there were the less aggressive varieties. Which makes sense,
    the environment there is a little more "ant friendly" that it is here (In 2011, it got so dry we didn't have any fire ants
    in many areas).

    Out on the firing range, the large orange "Red Ant" is the only non "fire" ant we still have any of. The rest are gone.
    These are little ones. Maybe 3/16" long, tops. I call them sugar ants, maybe they're the pissants that mac mentioned. Not orange. Not red. Dark grey/black. I've followed trails of them down the edge of the driveway for over 100'. They'll go a long, long way to get food and water. Almost never see their colony/mound.

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    That is a red sugar ant you are talking about. I haven't seen them since I moved to the south. I think the pissants mac mentioned
    are even smaller than those, and kinda brown in color (not sure about that).

    My boss, who actually is a lot more in tune with nature than I am, says it has been a long time since he saw a horned lizard,
    but that he has heard they have begun making a come back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grammar Rules View Post
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    When is ignoring another member not ignoring her? When you comment on others' messages to her.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sojourner truth View Post
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    Amdro in all the right places....

    In order to actually keep your yard free of the critters, you have to broadcast spread Amdro or a similar bait across the entire yard and give the ants 48 hours of dry time (no watering or rain, as that neutralizes the chemicals in AMdro).

    I actually get very good results by broadcasting Bayers Grub bait across the yard twice a year. Not only does it work when watered in, but it has managed to keep my yard ant free all year. It isn't cheap though, but it is cheaper than Amdro.
    Is it safe for dogs?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LauraA View Post
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    Is it safe for dogs?
    Naw, it shouldn't bother you.




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