I have never seen or felt those little red tan ants before.  Picked up a pot and hand was covered.  Lots of different ants up on mountainside where my garden is but I had never run into these before.  BUT I have a different feeling about any of the ants I see now.  Thank goodness for the raccoons that dig up the hornet nests for me.  See there is good in everything.  Nancy
 

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Subject: Re: carpenter ants
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 17:56:38 +0100
To: p*@hort.net
From: 9*@rewrite.hort.net

I am happy to hear things are much better for you Nancy!

I was looking for an Ant image in Google and saw Ant bites on people's skin..ouch!

Wiki could not find your Ants or red Ants.

Katex

Sent from my iPhone

On 2 Aug 2015, at 17:00, Nancy Robinson <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

Most of the ants are gone from the trouble spots.  My burns are almost gone on arms and neck.  I do not mind a few ants but thousands are not necessary in house and greenhouse.  Nancy
 

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To: p*@hort.net
Subject: RE: carpenter ants
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 11:27:20 -0400
From: 1*@rewrite.hort.net

I picked up the Amdro last week.  I got the stakes instead of the granules , being concerned for my cats.  I never saw any ants on the stakes getting the bait but it seemed to attract slugs.  Hwvr, a week later I donât see ant activity on the tree and almost no new frass.  It could have to do with the spray I used on the holes I could reach but there were other holes higher up.  Iâll just be keeping an eye on it.  Thanks all for the help.

 

Kitty

 

From: o*@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Robinson
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 8:40 PM
To: p*@hort.net
Subject: RE: carpenter ants

 

I need lots more.  Doing to spaces and here at the house we are over run by the creatures.  Between the stacked old fiberglass panels fron old greenhouse there were thousands of ants and eggs.  I sprayed with Windex and kill those but there were still thousands more evidently.  It has been a good year for nearly everything.  Nancy
 

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To: p*@hort.net
Subject: RE: carpenter ants
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:30:36 -0400
From: 1*@rewrite.hort.net

Thanks Nancy.  I googled Amdro and chose reviews. On their own website they show people gave it 4 out of 5 stars, but whatâs strange is they actually spotlight the worst possible review.

http://www.amdro.com/All-Products/ant-block-home-perimeter-ant-bait-granules/reviews

However, overall it looks good.  I should probably head to the store for some now. 

If they go for the granules and take it back up the tree, that would be great because I canât reach many of the places they may be using.

Kitty

 

From: o*@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Robinson
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:31 PM
To: p*@hort.net
Subject: RE: carpenter ants

 

I would feed them Amdro.  I like it because it is clean to use (looks something like a plant label with well in end).  The ants are really bad here in Tennessee.  I got covered with tiny red tan ants on Monday.  Still have burns on arms, neck and legs from the acid.  Looks like measles and itchy like crazy.  Should have wash skin when it happened but only a few bites.  Later that night is when the fun started.  I have no more ants marching in my greenhouse after 2 years of trying to get rid of them.  Nancy
 

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To: p*@hort.net
Subject: carpenter ants
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:46:20 -0400
From: 1*@rewrite.hort.net

I realize this is a perennials forum but hope that someone here may have knowledge of this issue.

 

A year & a half ago I had several large limbs removed from a maple tree in the back yard. He did a good job, cutting correctly for promotion of wound collars.  Instead of healing flat across, some of them have a hole in the center like this drawing shown on a CO university page:

<image001.png>According to that site, the image is a good cut with full collar. So the hole must be OK?

 

However, the hole in the center has drawn carpenter ants as witnessed by piles of frass at the base of the tree.  I now see them coming to and from one of the holes.  I sprayed some ant killer in the hole that I can reach, but others I cannot reach.

 

Am I going to lose the tree altogether?  I donât want to spend a fortune on an arborist and it doesnât seem like something I can fix on my own.  How long do you think it can last with this problem â or should I have it fixed or removed because Carpenter ants could decide to start a satellite site in my house about 20 feet away?  I did once years ago have them on the other side of the house in the garage brickmoulding and in another maple out front but had that taken care of professionally.

 

Sorry, Iâm ramblingâthe question is, does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

Kitty