Ants!!Red,Black and Pink Ants!

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Tropicman Bushland, TX(Zone 6a) Jun 14, 2004

Yes a pinkish orangish color that looks as you can see right thru them!!
What I would like to know if anybody can tell me whats in those yard accent low voltage lights that the ants love????
Everytime I go to change a bulb,my hands and arms get covered with them before I can change the light bulb!!
And my hose reel as well,I start turnig the handle and they come out like crazy!!!

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 14, 2004

Ants have been worse for me this year too....big nests of them. Don't know if they are searching out drier diggs because of the monsoons or if it's something else. I know that every time I move something, it seems like millions of them pour out.

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drop Dublin, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 14, 2004

This might sound silly. Should I worry about ants? A portion of my flowerbed is over mulched and there appears to be a colony there. What could they do to my garden? Eat the roots? I wasn't going to do anything to them unless they get into the house. Should I get rid of them even now? If so, can I do it without chemcial?

Thanks.

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Tropicman Bushland, TX(Zone 6a) Jun 15, 2004

I also have tons of sow bugs this year as well,worst I've ever seen.
Drop,I wouldn't worry about your ants there a gardners friend as Paul James the gardner guy would say!!!!

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drop Dublin, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2004

Good. I didn't want to kill unless I have to.

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leaflady Hughesville, MO(Zone 5a) Jun 16, 2004

I see ants as aphid farmers and since I don't want aphids, I have no need for ants. They also bite which is painful to some of us. Really hot water, as close to boiling as possible, is a good organic method of killing out a colony.

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