Squale Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 just wanna share this one real quick, since I am lucky enough to have a fair size garden here with about 18 mango trees and other fruit trees, I have as well fire ants that happen to live on those trees, they apparently protect the mangos from other type of pests which is brilliant but I can't tell these are Nasty B...d!! Lol not only they may bite you but they actually run for you when you happen to be on their turf... They are mental!! They build nest with the growing leaves of the mango trees and they are everywhere! Now unlike Africa or Australia they are only 1cm in length but that is good enough to deter you from going anywhere near them! the brown ball leafy thing you can see is their nest... Anyway I need to find a way to keep them away from my gardening spot, although due to weather conditions in my area and said multiple times already, I'll grow in sort of airpots, still need to find a way to keep them out of location without irradiating them as they are there for a reason. Squale. " We don't see the world as it is, we see the World as we are! " 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squale Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Here is a little video of my beloved growing companion... Not!! Lol https://youtu.be/sNhctd1J45k they don't need to be teased to attack, seriously mental ants! And I am lucky they are only small here! Squale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squale Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Here is another growing companion I have and believe to have more then one in the garden! woke up this morning around 6.30 to find this little dude having a breakfast lol. Warning viewer discretion is advise! https://youtu.be/y7W7qLL_jso enjoy! Squale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankahar Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 you could use a smoker like the honey collectors use i believe, the ants should run away from it pretty fast i would also try to keep the ants to protect the plants from pest if you can find a way to work around them maybe a bee suit would also do the trick without the need to use smoke, one or the other hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squale Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 No smoker will do with these soldiers I can tell you! but it's ok, I'll talk them through ? Let me be the ants whisperer lol Squale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squale Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 I should probably recall this thread as: " my exotic pets " lol. Here is another one of my many friends... It's called a "Toko" named after the noise is making after each insects he is eating... It shout "Toko" several time and each time slower and longer then the last one. They are man's best friends around garden and house holds as they eat everything from Moths, bugs and bloody Mosis!! these ones are around 30cm long and part of the Gecko family. Love them to bit! Squale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirleyPhan Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Your pet Toko is cute. But you need to cautious as you said you also have fire ants so they may attack Toko. You can only keep them away buy consulting a pest control company. A few days ago, my aunt has hired a pest company pest inspection, Sacramento and she was feeling satisfied with their services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose.gh Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 HI all, It is a very interesting topic, I do not use animals that live naturally in lso gardens .... but sometimes buy natural predators (website in Spanish): http://controlbio.es/es/ There are many natural ways to protect our plants, without using toxic poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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