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Ants - help?
Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to
be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? |
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"Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Whats wrong with poison? You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:07:47 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Prat, Whats wrong with poison? Only a prat would ask that, thanks for confirming my original guess. Prat. You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. Where from the local weirdos and S&M shoppe? Prat. |
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"Malcolm" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:07:47 +0100, "Tumbleweed" wrote: "Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Prat, Whats wrong with poison? Only a prat would ask that, thanks for confirming my original guess. Prat. You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. Where from the local weirdos and S&M shoppe? Prat. I bet you convert lots of people to your POV with your persuasive wit and repartee :-) I also bet that when you get ants in the house, you dont pick them up on a piece of paper and take them out somewhere safe. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:15:20 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Malcolm" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:07:47 +0100, "Tumbleweed" wrote: "Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Prat, Whats wrong with poison? Only a prat would ask that, thanks for confirming my original guess. Prat. You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. Where from the local weirdos and S&M shoppe? Prat. I bet you convert lots of people to your POV with your persuasive wit and repartee :-) I also bet that when you get ants in the house, you dont pick them up on a piece of paper and take them out somewhere safe. You been watching? Most of us just remove the nests and the ants will go elsewhere, presumably to your dump? |
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"Alan" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:15:20 +0100, "Tumbleweed" wrote: "Malcolm" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:07:47 +0100, "Tumbleweed" wrote: "Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Prat, Whats wrong with poison? Only a prat would ask that, thanks for confirming my original guess. Prat. You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. Where from the local weirdos and S&M shoppe? Prat. I bet you convert lots of people to your POV with your persuasive wit and repartee :-) I also bet that when you get ants in the house, you dont pick them up on a piece of paper and take them out somewhere safe. You been watching? Most of us just remove the nests and the ants will go elsewhere, You dig the entire nest up and take it elsewhere? Yeh right. Wellcome to my killfile. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message ... "Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Whats wrong with poison? You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. -- Tumbleweed Keeping it wet is impossible - we have a patio and rockery which both have extreme draining. I don't want to use poison because the ants are everywhere - I wouldn't mind them if we had a manageable number... Willobie |
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"Sheila Richards" wrote in message ... "Tumbleweed" wrote in message ... "Willobie" wrote in message ... Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Our entire garden seems to be built on a series of ants' nests. They are invading my planters and now the bird table. I don't want to use poison so I'm hoping for a predetor - birds? - hedgehogs? - foxes? Any ideas? You need to keep it wet where their nests are. Otherwise poison is your only hope. Whats wrong with poison? You can buy little self-contained units that ensure only ants are affected. -- Tumbleweed Keeping it wet is impossible - we have a patio and rockery which both have extreme draining. I don't want to use poison because the ants are everywhere - I wouldn't mind them if we had a manageable number... Willobie You dont spray that sort of poison everywhere, you put it in a few places, in little containers so nothing else can enter, the idea is that the ants carry it back to the nest where it kills the queen. However, in a garden if its a large area you are probably wasting your time anyway, you'll just have to put up with them if you arent prepared to spray it regularily with water to keep it wet. Just hose off the mounds as they appear. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:09:31 +0100, Willobie wrote:
Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Green woodpeckers seem to love them. I saw one happily filling itself up for about 10 minutes at an ants nest. What you need is a flock of them to discover your garden. ;-) Regards, Paul. -- Remove _rem_ before replying by email. |
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"Paul Taylor" wrote in message news On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:09:31 +0100, Willobie wrote: Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Green woodpeckers seem to love them. I saw one happily filling itself up for about 10 minutes at an ants nest. What you need is a flock of them to discover your garden. ;-) Regards, Paul. I have a pair of those in my garden often, but still have loads of ants. Not a problem as they are in the lawn and nowhere near the house. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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I have a pair of those in my garden often, but still have loads of ants. Not a problem as they are in the lawn and nowhere near the house. -- Tumbleweed My front lawn is approx 4 ft away from house and anthills have started appearing all over the lawn. I have been prodding these anthills with a stick and dousing with water. However when I get rid of one nest another appears. What is the best solution, stamp on the anthill mound, will the mound increase/decrease in size if left alone ? Mike. |
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"Michael " [email protected] wrote in message ... I have a pair of those in my garden often, but still have loads of ants. Not a problem as they are in the lawn and nowhere near the house. -- Tumbleweed My front lawn is approx 4 ft away from house and anthills have started appearing all over the lawn. I have been prodding these anthills with a stick and dousing with water. However when I get rid of one nest another appears. What is the best solution, stamp on the anthill mound, will the mound increase/decrease in size if left alone ? Mike. you have to soak the whole area to encorage the ants to leave, (which may not be practical). The anthills are just spoil heaps thrown up by underground activity though they will probably contain eggs and larvae as well so stamping on them will have minimal effect on the ants. best way to remove anthill IME is to wash it away with a hose otherwise you end up with a compressed area of lawn with no grass. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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Paul Taylor wrote:
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:09:31 +0100, Willobie wrote: Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Green woodpeckers seem to love them. I saw one happily filling itself up for about 10 minutes at an ants nest. What you need is a flock of them to discover your garden. ;-) Regards, Paul. Not just green woodpeckers - *all* woodpeckers - they are their staple diet. We have all three native species here in Buckinghamshire and they gorge themselves. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... Paul Taylor wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:09:31 +0100, Willobie wrote: Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Green woodpeckers seem to love them. I saw one happily filling itself up for about 10 minutes at an ants nest. What you need is a flock of them to discover your garden. ;-) Regards, Paul. Not just green woodpeckers - *all* woodpeckers - they are their staple diet. We have all three native species here in Buckinghamshire and they gorge themselves. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ I wish! We have them in the vicinity but I've never seen them in the garden... We have the 'normal' garden birds but they never seem to eat our pests - too well fed! Willobie |
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Sheila Richards wrote:
"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... Paul Taylor wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:09:31 +0100, Willobie wrote: Does anything eat ants - apart from an ant-eater? Green woodpeckers seem to love them. I saw one happily filling itself up for about 10 minutes at an ants nest. What you need is a flock of them to discover your garden. ;-) Regards, Paul. Not just green woodpeckers - *all* woodpeckers - they are their staple diet. We have all three native species here in Buckinghamshire and they gorge themselves. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ I wish! We have them in the vicinity but I've never seen them in the garden... We have the 'normal' garden birds but they never seem to eat our pests - too well fed! Willobie Where are you? I seem to be particularly fortunate here. My uncle (who lives in Sherborne, Dorset) is always amazed at the number of species we get here - I think I can count at least 2 dozen - including 4 species of tit (long-tailed, blue, coal and great), 3 members of the thrush family (blackbird and the two species of thrush), 4 species of finch (chaff, green, gold and siskin (winter only)), 3 species of woodpecker, 4 corvidae (magpie, jay and hooded crow and jackdaw), 4 species of pigeon (and I include doves in that), robins, dunnocks, wrens, treecreepers, nuthatches, starlings and a heron. That's 29*, and I've not included our other winter visitors which have included fieldfares (again members of the thrush family) redwings (ditto) and bramblings. *MIA: - Goldcrest, yellow and pied wagtails, yellowhammer and cuckoo. If you include everything, that's 37 species in one suburban garden - not bad going, I don't think. When I did the RSPB's annual birdwatch (back in February) the siskin, jackdaw, jay and heron very kindly put in an apperance - and they've not been seen since (the siskin, obviously, only overwinters, but the corvidae are usually very much in evidence - probably seen the jay in the autumn when the hazel and oak are fully laden). Heron I've seen 'fishing' in a huge puddle in the local pub car park and also having an argument with its reflection! Occasionally, because we're in the Chilterns, we occasionally see a red kite flying overhead but, to date, one has never landed. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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