{"id":566,"date":"2018-10-19T13:27:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/urban-ipm\/?p=566"},"modified":"2018-10-19T13:27:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:27:58","slug":"rain-and-imported-fire-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/urban-ipm\/2018\/10\/19\/rain-and-imported-fire-ants\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain and imported fire ants"},"content":{"rendered":"

So last time I posted about rain and mosquitoes.\u00a0 I thought I needed to follow up that post with one on rain and imported fire ants, especially since it’s still raining.<\/p>\n

I’ve been getting a fair number of inquiries about imported fire ants as of late.\u00a0 There are usually two categories of questions that I’ve been fielding:<\/p>\n

1. What happens to fire ants when it floods?<\/p>\n

2. How do I control all the fire ants that are popping up?<\/p>\n

I have covered both of these topics before and they are also covered on other sites with great information, so I will link you to sources for more information.\"imported<\/a><\/p>\n

Question 1<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Flooding and fire ants<\/a>\u00a0from a previous blog post<\/p>\n

Scientific American article on\u00a0how fire ants form rafts to survive floods<\/a><\/p>\n

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Disaster Education Network article on\u00a0fire ants after flooding<\/a><\/p>\n

Question 2<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Do you have fire ants?<\/a>\u00a0from a previous blog post- covers different basic types of treatments<\/p>\n

Baiting for fire ants in the fall<\/a>\u00a0also from a previous blog post<\/p>\n

Treating fire ants in certain backyard situations<\/a>\u00a0also from a previous blog post- this one covers “odd” areas like veggie gardens, compost bins, etc.<\/p>\n

IPM action plan for fire ants<\/a>\u00a0from eXtension.org<\/p>\n

REMEMBER!! DO NOT TREAT FOR FIRE ANTS WHEN IT IS RAINING!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So last time I posted about rain and mosquitoes.\u00a0 I thought I needed to follow up that post with one on rain and imported fire ants, especially since it’s still raining. I’ve been getting a fair number of inquiries about imported fire ants as of late.\u00a0 There are usually two categories of questions that I’ve been fielding: 1. What happens to fire ants when it floods? 2. How do I control all the fire ants that are popping up? 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