Fire ants, an invasive species, are causing big problems for Oahu residents

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • Little fire ants are on the invasive species top 100 list and they're becoming a big problem on O'ahu.

Комментарии • 29

  • @BYAH808
    @BYAH808 Год назад +8

    Only been a major issue on big island for over a decade 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @lilliantavares2965
    @lilliantavares2965 Год назад +2

    Big Island residents have been dealing with this for years. No one returns calls from Big Island Invasive Species Council. Big Island now has the Queensland Austrailian beetle that girdles citrus and avocado trees and enjoys hibiscus. Fire ants attack keiki in the yard. Auwe USDA is failing to protect Hawaii from invasive species. Try following New Zealands example. Farmers have been begging for help for years. Tourist get bitten at the beaches and parks.

  • @robnedloh9686
    @robnedloh9686 Год назад +4

    1 part borax to 3 parts peanut butter.

    • @sammatsusaka823
      @sammatsusaka823 Год назад

      500 lazy State of Hawaii employee's.

    • @kakelinga
      @kakelinga Год назад

      The borax and peanut butter doesn't work. We tried it and ended up with all the ants in the neighborhood feeding off the bait and none died.

    • @kamuelalee
      @kamuelalee Год назад

      Give em the boot

    • @robnedloh9686
      @robnedloh9686 Год назад +2

      @kakelinga they don't die instantly. They take the food back and feed it to the larvae. Also, the adult ants eat it, become inactive and eventually die within 2 days. Also works great on roaches because they eat their dead and continue the kill chain. But ants don't. So if you don't put enough, a large colony will survive.

  • @bigkahuna1889
    @bigkahuna1889 Год назад +3

    You should get Jertemy Lee to talk to some people on Big Island who have been suffering with these tiny pests since before 2009. They fall out of huge Albizia trees and get blown hundreds of feet away and land on your rooves and get into catchment tanks. Check out HPP about midway up from Maku'u to Paradise.

  • @seanaoki808
    @seanaoki808 Год назад +2

    I deal with them everyday on the big island as a landscaper and the stuff to use is these small yellow granulars called probait they take it back to there nest and after the queen eats them they all are dead they don’t die instantly but it works the best for me

  • @dawavehawaii
    @dawavehawaii Год назад +3

    Sooo? When are your going to telling us what we can do to stop them?🤷🏽

  • @bonniejeancrivello6964
    @bonniejeancrivello6964 Год назад +4

    Flame thrower works great!

  • @invisiblegirl28
    @invisiblegirl28 Год назад

    My son got stung by some at Magic Island while running around in the grass and tree.

  • @ClarkKent-tg6ls
    @ClarkKent-tg6ls Год назад +1

    We need anteaters in Hawaii.😁🤙

  • @Keliiyamashita
    @Keliiyamashita Год назад +2

    For us, it’s these black ants with fat bottoms. They seem to not be attracted to sugar, and bring aphids and other flower/leaf killers. If anyone knows how to get rid of them comment below.

    • @KEALOHA-ju4jm
      @KEALOHA-ju4jm Год назад +1

      they dont want any sugar......they have too much already via 'honeydew' they get from the aphids they farm.
      u need protein/fat to attract them ie Peanut Butter...

    • @KEALOHA-ju4jm
      @KEALOHA-ju4jm Год назад

      Tango is the only thing that works and it take a couple months because it works by making the babies retards so they die off w/o reproducing.. very safe too, its used in drinking water for mosquitos.

    • @marylee2732
      @marylee2732 Год назад

      2-3 gallons Boiled water, dish soap, DE diatomaceous earth, baking soda boric acid cayenne pepper vinegar put on the ant hills too.
      BAIT: Corn grits with soybean oil for them to eat & give to QUEEN to kill or become infertile.

    • @sousay2000
      @sousay2000 Год назад

      Try Talstar p.

  • @dng6121
    @dng6121 Год назад

    does baking soda spray help?

  • @marylee2732
    @marylee2732 Год назад

    Not so paradise

  • @marcielynn4886
    @marcielynn4886 Год назад

    You have up on the big island and never even tried.

  • @heresteven
    @heresteven Год назад

    Gold mine for pest control.