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mowing and mounds

wjytexas

wjytexas

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Northvale PA's post on groundhogs was interesting. In a lot if not most of Texas we have imported fireants. In wet times they build mounds 12 to 18 inches high which harden when they dry out. When I was mowing that pasture on Thursday I hit many that pulled the tractor RPM's down and a couple that almost threw me off the seat. They can damage haying machinery and make handling hay miserable. They have one natural enemy, the phorid fly.
 
Can you make money on the side by pouring the nests with aluminium? Looks interesting. Is there any kind of insecticide that kills them? There are quite a few videos on doing these castings.
Casting
 
There are a number of insecticides and baits that will kill them but they are multi=queen mounds and can be just a few feet apart. 100's per acre. I'll get some pics.
 
(quoted from post at 13:29:06 05/25/19) There are a number of insecticides and baits that will kill them but they are multi=queen mounds and can be just a few feet apart. 100's per acre. I'll get some pics.
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"Few feet apart" in florida means they are actually pocket gopher mounds.
But we also have fireants. The most successful way for me to get rid of fireants is to obliterate (by kicking the sheet out of the mound) about once a week. After about three times they seem to move out of the yard into the field or to the neighbors.
 
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