Ants Ants and more Ants

Ok, I live in South Florida and I should expect to have ants around. But this has gotten WAY out of hand. Sunday afternoon I went around the yard looking for ant hills to see how much Ant Killer I needed to get. Yes, I am the one to kill the ants, wasps, and other stinging animals in my household. My husband will spray a wasp’s nest with water to get them off the eaves. He will catch cockroaches and let them go outside. I am the one that attacks these creatures. And for good reason, just look at #1 Son’s legs or arms. Ugh. So back to the ants - as I went around the yard I spotted a good 8 or 9 ant hills, all about 8 inches in diameter. No problem. I went and got Ant Killer Monday morning, along with batteries, flashlights and other assortment of things (in prep for the storm).

After shopping, I am now back home and armed to go on the hunt. I was amazed at how quickly some of the nests grew. Some nests were now 12 inches in diameter. Busy ants. Then I saw it. My jaw dropped. One of those ant nests was now over 3 feet in diameter. No Joke. I have no clue how it got that big that fast. But I had enough Amdro (ant killer) to put on the nest. I am waiting until Wednesday to see how many ant nests are actually gone. Still I am wondering if any of them will be gone. I seem to be getting ants resistant to this stuff. We’ll see.

Posted by vw bug at August 31, 2004 12:58 PM | TrackBack