Thread: Grass Seed and Black Ants

It will be a constant battle if they are the same as what I have. They aren't stealing my seed but are massing near the house in their millions. I have had some success with lots of cans of cheap fly spray. I hit them twice a day and wipe out all that are out of the nest, and they are starting to diminish, I just keep at them.

Although not environmentally friendly, I did have some success some years ago filling an underground nest up with petrol.

you can buy "termidor" at a very inflated price on ebay, it will solve all your ant issues

amdro from bunnings,only put it on 1 hour before sundown and when there is no dew on the grass,sunlight and water will neutralise?? the poison.

Richgro Ant Killer, or Hortico Ant Sand,both sand type products just sprinkle around their holes,they take it down and eat it

have heard diesel poured gently down the hole and they wont use that hole again , its just what I have heard from people that have used it

Lightly raking in the seed and keeping the ground moist will help keep the pests at bay. You will also get a far better strike rate compared to seed which is just left lying on the ground surface. The sub surface germinating seeds will take a tad longer than surface sown seed before the green growth is visible.

So this is a story I've been told, don't know how accurate it is but it has worked for me.
Most Australian ants are sugar ants, and most available bait are for sugar ants. We have a few ants around that are imports and many of these are Protein or grease ants. So you need a suitable bait.

We had an outbreak of "Argentinian" (that's what the guy across the road called them) ants, eventually a bait made from peanut butter and boric acid, did the trick. From memory the ratios were 10 parts peanut butter, 2 parts honey and 1 part boric acid (from the supermarket). I spread it over the bottom layer of bricks in several places around the house.

Thanks for all the responses and suggestions. I will investigate them a bit further and see how I go. I have tried most of the ant sand type stuff and it does not work but I will look at some some of the heavy guns suggested.

Cheers

Garry