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Mrs HMS
06-01-2010, 09:51 PM
I seem to have a bullant problem, right in the lawn and pathway to my front door. One of my kids copped a bite today (and of course is had to be the melodramatic child, not the easy going one), poor thing I've been bitten and know how much it hurts.

I am watching their mound getting bigger and my pavers sinking. Does anyone have a sure fire fix?

I poured boiling water down the holes yesterday and all that did was prove to me that there were a lot more holes than I realised....Mrs HMS doing the ant dance is not pretty.

I changed my brake fluid today and they didn't like that much either.

ian
06-01-2010, 10:01 PM
baygon powder used to be good but unfortunately i believe some do gooder decided it was to dangerous to sell so i would suggest going to bunnings and getting a wasp or ant powder type poison [ not the mortein antsand but i think it may be hovex comes in the cardboard cylinder type container ] and spreading it around all the holes you can find they should drag it back into the nest and hopefully kill the whole lot

Andy B
06-01-2010, 10:13 PM
Won't bother me Joanne, they'll probably bite Alec :laughing:

glassngrass
07-01-2010, 02:15 AM
I heard a mixture of deisel, super phosphate, sulphur(?) and a match will put a dent in them - but not recommended near a dwelling - you'll have bomb and anti terrorist squad surround you :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Bluey
07-01-2010, 06:08 AM
Borax.

My old man used this all the time. You can either sprinkle it around the place or make you own ant syrup by mixing it with sugar and water. Lethal to all kinds of ants. Warning though will also affect animals like dogs and cats. Wont kill them but will make them sick if they eat it.

redbackmowing
07-01-2010, 03:44 PM
Borax.

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didn't Borax make a movie or something.

MikeS
07-01-2010, 03:59 PM
We use Antex and have applied it for years, you can get it from wollies or other supermarkets. 1 container does the whole yard lasts for about 3 months.

P.s whish my clients would use it!

PeterC
07-01-2010, 06:41 PM
Fix Ant will do the job.
Put it down the hole put a bit of water and cover the hole and they will get fumigated :)

Mrs HMS
27-01-2010, 08:12 PM
Ended up using a product called Hovex and it worked a treat. Haven't seen a single ant since...not even a little black one.

I may have over treated the area but I was determined that none of us was going to get bitten again.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone :wave-hi:

geoff1969
27-01-2010, 08:22 PM
Ended up using a product called Hovex and it worked a treat. Haven't seen a single ant since...not even a little black one.

I may have over treated the area but I was determined that none of us was going to get bitten again.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone :wave-hi:

hi mrs hms
if you dont mind me asking where did you get that , i have the same problem and nothings worked so far .
cheers

Mrs HMS
27-01-2010, 09:05 PM
Got it at Bunnings Geoff.

danz
05-02-2010, 11:31 PM
I hate Bullants with a passion as i am allergic to them and go in to anaphylactic shock if bitten i have only been bitten twice in my life and one was a very close call as i were a fair way from anywhere and didnt have the stuff your take if you get bitten, since then i have carried a epi pen with me... A job i did the other day i had to rack up heaps of gum leaves and there were tonnes of the little bastards around i had never been so happy to jump on my ride on

Mrs HMS
06-02-2010, 08:03 AM
Hey danz. Make sure you check the expiry date on your epi-pen. It'll be OK so long as it isn't cloudy.

Doing what you do for a living you are going to encounter bullants often so you need to be always sure you epi is OK.

I have an anaphylaxis issue with crustacea (no lobster for me :sad: ) and went to get a new epi-pen last week and it seems Australia has run out of them...no kidding. :mad: May be up to 8 weeks before they're available again (how the hell this happens when we make them here is a mystery).

My friend with 3 kids all with fatal nut allergies can't get them. Found 2 but they have to be sent from Hobart!

Redeye
06-02-2010, 01:37 PM
While working at a Dubbo nursery one Saturday in early '80s a couple of bullants crawled up the inside of my trousers and bit me just below my dangly bits. Dropped my strides in the middle of the crowded nursery while swearing at the little mongrels, much to the customers amusement - I wasn't terribly amused :dean: :laughing:

Andy B
06-02-2010, 06:01 PM
Hey danz. Make sure you check the expiry date on your epi-pen. It'll be OK so long as it isn't cloudy.

Doing what you do for a living you are going to encounter bullants often so you need to be always sure you epi is OK.

I have an anaphylaxis issue with crustacea (no lobster for me :sad: ) and went to get a new epi-pen last week and it seems Australia has run out of them...no kidding. :mad: May be up to 8 weeks before they're available again (how the hell this happens when we make them here is a mystery).

My friend with 3 kids all with fatal nut allergies can't get them. Found 2 but they have to be sent from Hobart!

Lobster is crap anyway. :) I'd rather a feed of red claw any day.

Scooby Steve
06-02-2010, 06:15 PM
Lobster is crap anyway. :) I'd rather a feed of red claw any day.

Or Morten Bay Bugs.

Mrs HMS
06-02-2010, 08:59 PM
Stop it! I can't eat any of that and I LOVE it. :sad: :sad: :sad:

MikeS
08-02-2010, 07:25 AM
There isn't a week lately where i don't walk onto a nest and have "ants in the pants" and come home covered in bites. I keep the stingose on standby in the car at all time.

On the weekend I went one better and walked into a wasp nest got stung a few times on the ear and face was numb for hours :(

ian
08-02-2010, 08:46 PM
There isn't a week lately where i don't walk onto a nest and have "ants in the pants" and come home covered in bites. I keep the stingose on standby in the car at all time.

On the weekend I went one better and walked into a wasp nest got stung a few times on the ear and face was numb for hours :(
one of the few things i will do for nothing on a regular job is poison wasp & bullant nests then i don't have to worry on my next visit

Andy B
08-02-2010, 09:51 PM
What do you use to get rid of bee nests? EG: a hive in a hollow dead tree that I was pretty sure weren't natives.

danz
10-02-2010, 05:33 PM
Thanks Mrs HMS i checked epipen today it's still in date.... I have been mowing for a few years now and until i mentioned it on here that i had not been bitten while mowing i got bitten by a f#%^&N wasp today and 5 mins later i got washed out so that was ok i got home and took a anti-histamine just incase... I wanted to kill that wasp

Bluey
10-02-2010, 05:59 PM
Or Morten Bay Bugs.

I remember when you could go down to the wharf with a 5 gallon bucket and have it filled with bugs for a couple of bucks. That was before the trendies found out how good they were. If you are lucky enough to get some big bugs, not the sh*t they sell in fish factories, but really good big bugs then split them lengthwise and BBQ them. Don't add a thing just BBQ them and scoff them. Best ever. :D

Bluey
10-02-2010, 06:02 PM
What do you use to get rid of bee nests? EG: a hive in a hollow dead tree that I was pretty sure weren't natives.


Same as ants mate. Borax. Throw a couple of hand fulls into the hive.

Mrs HMS
10-02-2010, 06:13 PM
split them lengthwise and BBQ them. Don't add a thing just BBQ them and scoff them. Best ever. :D

That's got to be really fiddly....oh wait we've moved on from the bullants... :p

Actually some of the ones at my place were almost big enough to BBQ!

Danz...it's always the way...posted it and put the mozz on yourself. Hope the bite is not too painful now.

Bluey
10-02-2010, 06:23 PM
That's got to be really fiddly....oh wait we've moved on from the bullants... :p

Actually some of the ones at my place were almost big enough to BBQ!

Danz...it's always the way...posted it and put the mozz on yourself. Hope the bite is not too painful now.


Nah easy Joanne...just a BIG knife

ian
20-02-2010, 05:08 PM
stung by a wasp on monday kept working for another 1 1/2 hrs thinking gee i'm lucky no real problems as i'm driving home i look at my hand and think it looks a little puffy by monday night it had swollen up like a balloon so 2 days of antihistamine and the hand is back to normal and yes the wasp nest has been killed

Mrs HMS
20-02-2010, 05:52 PM
Ouch! Maybe we should stop talking about wasps. Seems they're listening and exacting their revenge.

Glad the hand has settled down. Was it painful? Last time I was stung I didn't have much swelling but OMG it hurt like hell for hours.

DavidS
20-02-2010, 08:07 PM
Try using 2stroke petrol on it, I tried it for the first time last week, worked a treat. No swelling or pain except for the initial burning sensation from petrol.

ian
21-02-2010, 02:47 PM
no real pain just a very tight feeling when i used the hand because the skin was stretched

Bluey
21-02-2010, 06:55 PM
Try using 2stroke petrol on it, I tried it for the first time last week, worked a treat. No swelling or pain except for the initial burning sensation from petrol.


Ahhh was that with or without a match????

Stripes
21-02-2010, 07:02 PM
Carry a bit of Soov or Stingose in the first aid kit for when the wasps get you. I got done two weeks in a row at one job. They had their nest in a tree but I couldn't see where it was after the first time. They seem to be very aggressive from about January til March. They seem to be the times of year when I get stung over the years anyway.

DavidS
22-02-2010, 06:23 PM
There's always one in the crowd Bluey LOL :i dunno: