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| Even Stephen 2006-04-11, 9:21 pm |
| It seems that once every spring or other spring I get carpenter ants in the
house. I use the dust/poison and they disappear for another year. I saw a
two different lawn treatment products at my local hardware store that claim
to rid a property of carpenter ants by applying their granular product to
the lawn around the house. Does anyone know if this if more effective that
the dust that I put on the ant trails?
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| In article <uPW_f.11332$YT1.1614@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
evenstephen@att.net says...
 It seems that once every spring or other spring I get carpenter ants in the
house. I use the dust/poison and they disappear for another year. I saw a
two different lawn treatment products at my local hardware store that claim
to rid a property of carpenter ants by applying their granular product to
the lawn around the house. Does anyone know if this if more effective that
the dust that I put on the ant trails?
Would need to know what the products are and the active ingredients of
each.
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| gpsman@driversmail.com 2006-04-14, 12:21 pm |
| Even Stephen wrote:
> It seems that once every spring or other spring I get carpenter ants in the
> house. I use the dust/poison and they disappear for another year. I saw a
> two different lawn treatment products at my local hardware store that claim
> to rid a property of carpenter ants by applying their granular product to
> the lawn around the house. Does anyone know if this if more effective that
> the dust that I put on the ant trails?
You have probably had Carpenter Ants since long before you noticed the
first one. Ants can be very difficult to eliminate, they aren't the
most successful species on the planet for nothing. Just because you
don't see them doesn't mean they're not there.
It's been my experience that Carpenter Ants invade a structure and
usually run straight for the highest point. You probably need a
professional to inspect and treat throughout the house (including the
attic and crawl) altho I have no recommendations as to which
professional, only a warning that the competent are few and far between
and seldom work for the national chains.
A once yearly inspection/treatment in Spring and perhaps a twice yearly
inspection would be my recommendation.
Hope this helps.
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- gpsman
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| Even Stephen 2006-04-15, 9:21 pm |
| Thank you---it does.
<gpsman@driversmail.com> wrote in message
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> You have probably had Carpenter Ants since long before you noticed the
> first one. Ants can be very difficult to eliminate, they aren't the
> most successful species on the planet for nothing. Just because you
> don't see them doesn't mean they're not there.
>
> It's been my experience that Carpenter Ants invade a structure and
> usually run straight for the highest point. You probably need a
> professional to inspect and treat throughout the house (including the
> attic and crawl) altho I have no recommendations as to which
> professional, only a warning that the competent are few and far between
> and seldom work for the national chains.
>
> A once yearly inspection/treatment in Spring and perhaps a twice yearly
> inspection would be my recommendation.
>
> Hope this helps.
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> - gpsman
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| Happybattles 2006-04-29, 12:21 pm |
| "It's been my experience that Carpenter Ants invade a structure and
usually run straight for the highest point. You probably need a
professional to inspect and treat throughout the house (including the
attic and crawl) altho I have no recommendations as to which
professional, only a warning that the competent are few and far between
and seldom work for the national chains."
Ouch! Speak for yourself!
"A once yearly inspection/treatment in Spring and perhaps a twice
yearly
inspection would be my recommendation."
I disagree. Once carpenter ants are in an area, totally eliminating
them is nearly impossible.
Carpenter ants in my area are the #2 pest ant, with Odorous House Ants
being #1 and Cone Ants being #3.
Here's my recommended treatment, but these products should be applied
by a professional:
1. Trim-away all trees, vines, bushes and hedges at least one foot from
the house. This will help prevent ants from using these as runways.
2. Inspect any power lines which go to the home's roof or wall from a
pole and especially if that line touches any trees. This can be a path
for ants to gain entry into the home.
3. A thorough inspection of the home and surrounding property is needed
to locate all the nests. Carpenter ants regularly form "satellite"
colonies near the main colony. If you spray for them using any product
which is repellant, (which most products are), you can cut the
satellite colonies off from the main colony. These satellite colonies
will then become main colonies themselves.
4. A thorough application of Termidor outside the home will prevent
carpenter ants from establishing colonies inside if they are not
already there.
5. Baiting with Advance Carpenter Ant bait or Advance 375 in sensitive
areas or where Termidor cannot be applied will eliminate carpenter
colonies who find the bait. It smells like fish, but that might be a
reason they love it so much.
I also recommend at least a quarterly service to reenforce the barrier
applied, conduct inspections, and locate and eliminate nearby colonies
as they appear to reduce the carpenter ant pressure near your home.
Remember:
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
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| Even Stephen 2006-06-05, 8:21 pm |
| Thanks for all of the help. I've called some local pest control experts for
opinions and prices. In the meantime, I am going to try and find "nests"
and lay out some Advance Carpenter Ant Bait.
"Happybattles" <happybattles@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1146321891.775927.24110@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> "It's been my experience that Carpenter Ants invade a structure and
> usually run straight for the highest point. You probably need a
> professional to inspect and treat throughout the house (including the
> attic and crawl) altho I have no recommendations as to which
> professional, only a warning that the competent are few and far between
>
> and seldom work for the national chains."
>
> Ouch! Speak for yourself!
>
>
> "A once yearly inspection/treatment in Spring and perhaps a twice
> yearly
> inspection would be my recommendation."
>
> I disagree. Once carpenter ants are in an area, totally eliminating
> them is nearly impossible.
> Carpenter ants in my area are the #2 pest ant, with Odorous House Ants
> being #1 and Cone Ants being #3.
>
> Here's my recommended treatment, but these products should be applied
> by a professional:
>
> 1. Trim-away all trees, vines, bushes and hedges at least one foot from
> the house. This will help prevent ants from using these as runways.
>
> 2. Inspect any power lines which go to the home's roof or wall from a
> pole and especially if that line touches any trees. This can be a path
> for ants to gain entry into the home.
>
> 3. A thorough inspection of the home and surrounding property is needed
> to locate all the nests. Carpenter ants regularly form "satellite"
> colonies near the main colony. If you spray for them using any product
> which is repellant, (which most products are), you can cut the
> satellite colonies off from the main colony. These satellite colonies
> will then become main colonies themselves.
>
> 4. A thorough application of Termidor outside the home will prevent
> carpenter ants from establishing colonies inside if they are not
> already there.
>
> 5. Baiting with Advance Carpenter Ant bait or Advance 375 in sensitive
> areas or where Termidor cannot be applied will eliminate carpenter
> colonies who find the bait. It smells like fish, but that might be a
> reason they love it so much.
>
> I also recommend at least a quarterly service to reenforce the barrier
> applied, conduct inspections, and locate and eliminate nearby colonies
> as they appear to reduce the carpenter ant pressure near your home.
>
> Remember:
>
> "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
>
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