"Arno and Triny" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I am new to aussy and never saw so many antz in garden, the one I have are
small black ones how do you get rude of them try everything but nothing
work
anyone got any luck?

Thanks.

Arnaud

Arno,

For the native ants which come in all sorts of sizes and colours (including
some we have here in WA that are up to 4cm long and hurt like hell if they
bite you)

You won't get rid of them completely even if you "nuke" the whole property
with serious chemicals because they will move back in as soon as the stuff
wears off and you will be exposing your family to a host of nasty chemicals.

The best method outside is to move them away from the areas that are most
annoying by using boiling water down the holes in paving etc, they don't
like talcum powder either so you can sprinkle it around to discourage them.
Where you need to there are chemical powders that you sprinkle on the nests
that will move them on (this is toxic to you also so be careful where you
use it).
After that you are moving into the field of quite strong chemicals that will
give short term effect but you will have an ongoing spraying program in
place if you intend to be ant free.
If you need to adopt the major chemical aproach use a registered pest
controller to do the job as they have access to better products than you or
I can use and they will give you correct safety intsructions.

Inside the home there are products like Ant Rid (from supermarkets) that you
leave in the places that they are frequenting that they carry back to the
nest that will knock them off over a period of a couple of weeks. This
doesn't work very well outside as the liquid skins over or dries up too
quickly. There are other methods using Borax etc but the Ant Rid works
really well.
Pest controllers also have chemicals that they can use inside that work
really well but it will be more expensive.

I recomend that you learn to love them, they are clean and inspirationally
busy, they generally don't cause any major problems in the garden and most
species don't pose a real problem for humans.

In the case of the foriegn species such as Fire Ants, Argentine Ants etc
that are a real issue then bring out the big guns to clear them away then
let the local species move back in to fill the gap. If you can catch a
couple in a jar the local agriculture department will identify them for you.

Cheers

Col