On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:27:18 -0400, Poquito Loco
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:52:26 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:29:57 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:11:53 -0400, wrote:



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Orthene was what I used on the fire ants here but the ants I have now
don't have mounds to treat. I think they live under concrete slabs and
just pop up through any available penetration or crack. I never see a
mound and treating the edges and penetrations just moves them around.
I am using bifen now, based on advice from the home repair NG.
Lambda-Cyhalothrin based stuff was pretty good but I guess somebody
decided it was too good because HD/Lowes doesn't sell it anymore here.

Amazon does.

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb...da-Cyhalothrin

The boys over on Home Repair swear bifen is the stuff I want so I am
giving it a shot.


That too:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...eywords=biffen

I shot some around and I am not convinced I am still seeing ants but
there may not be as many. Any of these perimeter sprays will only work
if you can establish a true perimeter and I think they are coming up
from under the house. I can't really get at all the penetrations. I
may go up on the roof and try to trickle some down the soil pipes but
I am not sure how to get past the lead flashing without compromising
it.