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Sparky-30 02-26-2011 08:20 AM

I didnt mean to make a mountain out of a mole hill!:ho:

eremite06 02-28-2011 10:52 AM

Let me throw this in....I was bitten by a "bull" ant over 20 years ago, and I still have a scar on my shin. Had it shot up with cortizone twice by the dermatologist but it never goes away. Oh no, scarred for life.:cryin2:

scroll 02-28-2011 11:19 AM

Put some drops of honey by the mound. Ants will think it is bees and will move to neighbors.
:a040:

K9-Lovers 02-28-2011 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by scroll (Post 334395)
Put some drops of honey by the mound. Ants will think it is bees and will move to neighbors.
:a040:

Now that is something new -- never heard that remedy before, but sounds like it would work!! Meanwhile, how do we get rid of the wasps that will be attracted to the honey :shocked:

Lou and Carolyn C. 02-28-2011 01:51 PM

Raise Mounds.
 
If the mounds are Red Ants/Fire Ants, Question: How do you rid your yard of these pests? Is there something specific that will kill them off permanently?

rubicon 02-28-2011 04:39 PM

Fire Ants
 
It is my understand fire ants live underground about 8 feet down. However in order to hatch eggs need to have them close to surface to get the warm of the sun for incubation. I assumed when I saw a mound of sand that it was an ant hill now find they may be moles.

K9-Lovers 02-28-2011 11:50 PM

They sell insecticide for fire ants at Lowe's and Home Depot. Look in the garden dept.

Chasam75 02-01-2012 06:55 PM

Pocket Gophers
 
I have been told that most of these raised mounds are from Pocket Gophers, which are difficult to get rid of; however, some may be Fire Ant mounds too. - Sam

plimit56 02-01-2012 08:54 PM

Mounds of Dirt
 
Now that it seems we are back on the subject of mounds of dirt....I was riding my bike and stopped where there are mounds near the fencing where the Turtle/owl sanctuary near Savanna ctr are and when I moved the dirt around there was no ants, no holes anywhere...just mounds of dirt. On my property the ants I see "according to MASEY bug people" they are pyramid ants.

:doggie:

uujudy 02-01-2012 09:04 PM

If the mounds are in a line, like beads on a necklace, chances are they are turtle mounds. We have gopher tortoises here, hence the turtle sanctuary & Turtle Mound golf course.

graciegirl 02-01-2012 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by uujudy (Post 447951)
If the mounds are in a line, like beads on a necklace, chances are they are turtle mounds. We have gopher tortoises here, hence the turtle sanctuary & Turtle Mound golf course.

You hear that, Carguy?

bike42 02-01-2012 10:06 PM

Gopher tortoises are a threatened species in Florida and developers are required to move them using an approved plan -- hence the gopher tortoise preserve in TV. They are fascinating animals. Their burrows average 30 feet long, and are 3 to 20 feet deep. Each burrow is occupied by only one tortoise, and it may use several burrows.

They cannot get up street curbs, so if you see one in the roadway, help it out by lifting it up the curb in the direction it was going. It is illegal to keep them as pets except with a permit.

See GopherTortoise Facts and Information
Gopher tortoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bryan 02-02-2012 05:40 AM

There are not supposed to be "unleased" dogs anywhere in TV. My deepest sympathy to any innocent dogs injured by these traps but no sympathy at all to the irresponsible dog owners who let their dogs run around unleased and caused the injury.

graciegirl 02-02-2012 08:23 AM

What are those raised mounds?
 
WHAT ARE THOSE RAISED MOUNDS?

I think that must be Village Girls new Maidenform Bra.

Bill-n-Brillo 02-02-2012 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 448023)
WHAT ARE THOSE RAISED MOUNDS?

I think that must be Village Girls new Maidenform Bra.


:faint:


:ohdear:

Bill :wave:


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