Category: Diatoms
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What are DIATOMS
DIATOMS are a fire ant pesticide that works mechanically. Diatoms are an aquatic organism. Spring, Texas Fifteen million years ago there were lakes and seas in western North America. Small creatures with silica shells lived in those waters. The organisms are called diatoms. Through the eons the shells of the diatoms accumulated and today you…
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How To Manage Fire Ants Without Pesticide
Ants Are Everywhere – Just Ignore Them Spring, Texas, USA We can live in peace with the ants if we establish boundaries. The best management method for fire ants is ignorance. Ignore ants. If you live in fire ant country, your ground will be infested with ants. Just accept this reality. But, do not despair. …
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Diatoms Bother Ants
Diatoms and Ants Movie Do Diatoms kill ants? I can say without a doubt that it alters their behavior. Can you see the balls of ants in the video clip above from ant pile 4? This is how fire ants respond when stressed. It is most commonly documented when a very large number…
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DIATOMS – How did you hear about them?
DIATOMS, what are you? What do you do? There is a scrap of information that flows among the like-minded folks of the south. That scrap of information is; use DIATOMS on ant piles. The information is usually revealed in the following way: New Southerner: “Oh my, we don’t have these Fire Ants where I…