Unless you actually know about ants determination keys and morphology and identified them with a microscope, you can't really tell if that's this species. There's 12 000 thousands of species of ants discovered so far so unless you're interested in them you can't really know wich specie you're facing.
For anyone dealing with a Yellow Crazy Ant infestation I have a new discovery to share! Last night I steamed some crab legs and left the steam pot on the stove lazily, this morning there were my nemesis the yellow crazy ants on the pot. When I picked up the pot I noticed something though, quite a few ants had drown in the shallow water. So I decided on an experiment and put a small pile of cane sugar into the water to dissolve and set the pot outside near an area with lots of ant activity, it's only been out there for 3 hours and there are hundreds and hundreds of drowned ants already. I think I'll add a little water when they get thick enough to create an island of bodies, hopefully it works because nothing else has so far. I wonder if other meat waters would have the same effect?
@@catsinq5726 It works decently but my new favorite method is next level. Requires gel ant poison, an old berry container, a piece of cardboard, and some diatomaceous earth. What you do is put the gel poison inside the berry container place it on the cardboard and create a circular mound of diatomaceous earth around the container. The cardboard is for easy cleanup. This method does some serious damage to them in a good radius around where your doing it. There's no way to get rid of them completely though as they are always multiplying elsewhere and will again look to expand their territory into my property.
Hawaii had a huge infestation on Johnston Atoll. They need to reach out to them as the videos I've seen didn't specify exactly what they used to eradicate them but it was a pesticide, mixed with sugar and they'd take the crystals back to the nest.
yes, check out the YT channel Ants Canada, that guy keeps several species of ants as pets. Very cinematic channel with professional editing... not as dull as it sounds. He's got over 3M followers...
I refill my sodastream cartridges with (CHEAP) dry ice I buy at the grocery store. I'm wondering if I should bag my electronics in trash bags with the leftover dry ice and allowing the buggers to die from CO2 asphyxiation. Would very high CO2 levels damage any of my electronics?
They arrived at my home 18 months ago. Little else dares to crawl on the ground. Gopher tortoises, snakes, and other crawling insect sightings are more rare. Protecting outdoor equipment has proven difficult. I buy big bags of diatomaceous earth to protect the house with a dust moat that needs reapplied after rain. Millions die, but they just keep coming over thick mats of their own dead bodies. We desperately need a solution for wildlife and homes.
I have never had any luck with Jeannie eating ants. They’ll eat everything else but of all the different types of Guinea hens I have they just don’t touch an ant unless they see a solitary one they will eat him out of boredom
Every few months there's an explosion and they *get... in... everything* . Every surface in the house is covered in them and no matter what you do, they keep coming and you keep sweeping them out. Then they're gone for a couple months.
i believe that if you maintain a small population of crazy ants tho, they might also be able to reduce the negative effects of fire ants. Maybe instead of trying to artificially eradicate invasive species, native species should be provided with advantages that reduce the pressure on them and allow them to naturally cope.
They are a god awful cursed species My exterminator takes them out with fipronil and termidor Sad that the poison is necessary… They made the native snails locally extinct, and we only started seeing toads after they had been gone for a year
My 6.5 acres is completely overrun with them. I'm able to keep them out of the house with cinnamon powder.
How do you know it’s that exact any? Cinnamon wouldn’t work on them and they seem electronic devices. Don’t be ignorant
Ant keepers commonly use baby powder mainly because its slippery for the ants or any ant in that matter, the problem is baby powder dries up.
Man i encountered these about 8 years ago in a house i bought. We clogged a shop vac scooping them up.
Unless you actually know about ants determination keys and morphology and identified them with a microscope, you can't really tell if that's this species. There's 12 000 thousands of species of ants discovered so far so unless you're interested in them you can't really know wich specie you're facing.
For anyone dealing with a Yellow Crazy Ant infestation I have a new discovery to share! Last night I steamed some crab legs and left the steam pot on the stove lazily, this morning there were my nemesis the yellow crazy ants on the pot. When I picked up the pot I noticed something though, quite a few ants had drown in the shallow water. So I decided on an experiment and put a small pile of cane sugar into the water to dissolve and set the pot outside near an area with lots of ant activity, it's only been out there for 3 hours and there are hundreds and hundreds of drowned ants already. I think I'll add a little water when they get thick enough to create an island of bodies, hopefully it works because nothing else has so far. I wonder if other meat waters would have the same effect?
Did this eventually work? Did you get rid of them all?
@@catsinq5726 It works decently but my new favorite method is next level. Requires gel ant poison, an old berry container, a piece of cardboard, and some diatomaceous earth. What you do is put the gel poison inside the berry container place it on the cardboard and create a circular mound of diatomaceous earth around the container. The cardboard is for easy cleanup. This method does some serious damage to them in a good radius around where your doing it. There's no way to get rid of them completely though as they are always multiplying elsewhere and will again look to expand their territory into my property.
Hawaii had a huge infestation on Johnston Atoll. They need to reach out to them as the videos I've seen didn't specify exactly what they used to eradicate them but it was a pesticide, mixed with sugar and they'd take the crystals back to the nest.
As always that was a great video. TPW always has my full support!
They're literally called Crazy Ants?
yep
yes, check out the YT channel Ants Canada, that guy keeps several species of ants as pets. Very cinematic channel with professional editing... not as dull as it sounds. He's got over 3M followers...
At some point the hive will file a lawsuit for slander and discrimination, and demand we call them Mentally Challenged Ants with an Anxiety Disorder.
Unless there is a native army ants to keep these ants in check it is gonna be a disaster
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Nylanderia fulva
I refill my sodastream cartridges with (CHEAP) dry ice I buy at the grocery store. I'm wondering if I should bag my electronics in trash bags with the leftover dry ice and allowing the buggers to die from CO2 asphyxiation. Would very high CO2 levels damage any of my electronics?
They arrived at my home 18 months ago. Little else dares to crawl on the ground. Gopher tortoises, snakes, and other crawling insect sightings are more rare. Protecting outdoor equipment has proven difficult. I buy big bags of diatomaceous earth to protect the house with a dust moat that needs reapplied after rain. Millions die, but they just keep coming over thick mats of their own dead bodies. We desperately need a solution for wildlife and homes.
Everyone should get a pet ant eater or a brood of guinea hens.
Pheasants ~ will eat mice, rats, lizards, and ants too
My hens are scared of them and running from them now what do I do sixty chicken give roosters they are scared
I have never had any luck with Jeannie eating ants. They’ll eat everything else but of all the different types of Guinea hens I have they just don’t touch an ant unless they see a solitary one they will eat him out of boredom
Sorry auto correct does not recognize Guinea.
They’ll eat chicks as soon as the egg hatches
I wish we could have some anteaters, that’s the only answer
I have these in my yard they are a pain in the rear end to get rid of almost impossible
Every few months there's an explosion and they *get... in... everything* . Every surface in the house is covered in them and no matter what you do, they keep coming and you keep sweeping them out. Then they're gone for a couple months.
They can have up to thousands of queens per colony, and they can inbreed inside the nest making them one of the worst invasive ants
Oh my goodness I have them they started last week
Heroes on the front lines..tganks for protecting the endangered species!
They need to use MAGGIE'S FARM organic products! They have taken care of any and problem I have had.
THEM is my fav movie
i believe that if you maintain a small population of crazy ants tho, they might also be able to reduce the negative effects of fire ants. Maybe instead of trying to artificially eradicate invasive species, native species should be provided with advantages that reduce the pressure on them and allow them to naturally cope.
They are a god awful cursed species
My exterminator takes them out with fipronil and termidor
Sad that the poison is necessary…
They made the native snails locally extinct, and we only started seeing toads after they had been gone for a year
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