A temporary solution to our termite problem

ArmenK

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Originally posted by: jumpr
What is your temporary solution? All I see are termites.

I guess the pictures arent that great. The most interesting one would be this one where you can see a few ants killing a termite soldier.
 

Originally posted by: ArmenK
Originally posted by: jumpr
What is your temporary solution? All I see are termites.

I guess the pictures arent that great. The most interesting one would be this one where you can see a few ants killing a termite soldier.
You brought in ants to get rid of termites? That's like swallowing a frog to get rid of a fly.

:confused:

How are you going to get rid of the ants?
 

ArmenK

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Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: ArmenK
Originally posted by: jumpr
What is your temporary solution? All I see are termites.

I guess the pictures arent that great. The most interesting one would be this one where you can see a few ants killing a termite soldier.
You brought in ants to get rid of termites? That's like swallowing a frog to get rid of a fly.

:confused:

How are you going to get rid of the ants?


Well we have ants all around our house, mostly outside but sometimes they come in. They don't really bother us and they help keep insects off the plants and trees and they are supposed to keep termites away too. I guess because of all the rain we have been having the dirt has gotten really soft and the termites have somehow found their way into our house. We put some sugar close to the termites and that's how we got the ants to go to that location. After the sugar and termites are gone, they will go back outside to find other food sources.
 

arcas

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/me envisions ArmenK dumping a bucket of ants near the termite hole and saying "Go get 'em, boys!"

 

everman

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Ants Love termites. Wood isn't too far off from being sugar really, and termites live off of wood. Ants love sugar :)
If you ever find a board that's termite infested outside, break it open and knock some termites out by some ants and watch chaos ensue. The ants usually win.