"Bullants" how to eradicate?

[Bev Harvie]

Hi all,
I have a big problem with these nasty critters known here in
Melbourne, Australia, as bullants or bulldog ants.

Apart from pouring boiling hot water on the nest ( impractical
application ) I would like to know if there is any way of destroying
the nest.

The main problem is that the nest is near a path my mother uses to
attend to a large collection of Cymbidium Orchids and the nasty
critters really make it dangerous even to walk, let alone stand still
and admire the orchids.

.

[Samantha Lane]

Alex J. Saar <law...@iinet.net.au> wrote in article
<lawley-1404...@tango98.nv.iinet.net.au>...

> Hi Bev
> Antex will kill them if poured into the top of the nest. After a few days
> when you are _sure_ there are no survivors, use a garden stake or a
trowel
> to push the top of the nest back into the hole and compact it.
>
<snip>
> "Walk softly and carry a big stick."
> Good luck
> Alex
> Perth
>
Som species of bullants are endangered and protected. Be careful what you
whack
with your stick.

Samantha

[Bernard Morey]

Bev Harvie wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have a big problem with these nasty critters known here in
> Melbourne, Australia, as bullants or bulldog ants.
>
> Apart from pouring boiling hot water on the nest ( impractical
> application ) I would like to know if there is any way of destroying
> the nest.
>
> The main problem is that the nest is near a path my mother uses to
> attend to a large collection of Cymbidium Orchids and the nasty
> critters really make it dangerous even to walk, let alone stand still
> and admire the orchids.

I would use the same insecticide powder one uses for European wasp --
sprinkle it around and the ants will carry it down into the nest on
their legs, poisoning the next from inside. There are a couple of
brands, but Bayer is a well-known one.

--
Bernie Morey
Melbourne, Australia

[Peter BARLIN(or his wife J..)]

In article <01bc4862$02bbfac0$c86a...@pd5822aw.ansto.gov.au>, "Samantha Lane" <s...@ansto.gov.au> writes:
> Alex J. Saar <law...@iinet.net.au> wrote in article
> <lawley-1404...@tango98.nv.iinet.net.au>...

>> bha...@alphalink.com.au wrote:
>>
>> >Hi all,
>> >I have a big problem with these nasty critters known here in
>> >Melbourne, Australia, as bullants or bulldog ants.
>> >
>> >Apart from pouring boiling hot water on the nest ( impractical
>> >application ) I would like to know if there is any way of destroying
>> >the nest.
>> >
>> >The main problem is that the nest is near a path my mother uses to
>> >attend to a large collection of Cymbidium Orchids and the nasty
>> >critters really make it dangerous even to walk, let alone stand still
>> >and admire the orchids.
>>

>> Hi Bev
>> Antex will kill them if poured into the top of the nest. After a few days
>> when you are _sure_ there are no survivors, use a garden stake or a
> trowel
>> to push the top of the nest back into the hole and compact it.
>>
> <snip>
>> "Walk softly and carry a big stick."
>> Good luck
>> Alex
>> Perth
>>
> Som species of bullants are endangered and protected. Be careful what you
> whack
> with your stick.
>
> Samantha

There's ALWAYS one greenie out there to tell us about what's
protected and what we can whack isn't there.The ants are more of a nuisance
than anything,so whose going to count them when we whack it? I wonder if
they have been tagged by the NAtional parks yet.Do they have the little
computer chips in their left leg?.
We put talcum powder down the nest and along the trails we seee them in.I
don't know if it kills them<aggh shock /horror> or just makes them pack up
and leave house but so far we seem to be winning. Is talcum powder ok? Not
to dangerous to the environment is it?
Sometimes I wonder...

\\\ \
------Psycho Bitch----) Joh....
/// /

[Noel]

Peter BARLIN(or his wife J..) wrote:

> > Som species of bullants are endangered and protected. Be careful what you
> > whack
> > with your stick.
> >
> > Samantha
> There's ALWAYS one greenie out there to tell us about what's
> protected and what we can whack isn't there.

An easy way to make life uncomplicated, label somebody so you can invoke
a whole lot of prejudice and feel okay about disregarding what they have
to say.. This attitude could only be borne out of ignorance IMHO

[Physics Division]

> >>
> > Som species of bullants are endangered and protected. Be careful what
you
> > whack
> > with your stick.
> >
> > Samantha
> There's ALWAYS one greenie out there to tell us about what's

> protected and what we can whack isn't there.The ants are more of a

nuisance
> than anything,so whose going to count them when we whack it? I wonder if
> they have been tagged by the NAtional parks yet.Do they have the little
> computer chips in their left leg?.
> We put talcum powder down the nest and along the trails we seee them in.I

> don't know if it kills them<aggh shock /horror> or just makes them pack
up
> and leave house but so far we seem to be winning. Is talcum powder ok?
Not
> to dangerous to the environment is it?
> Sometimes I wonder...
>

> \\\ \
> ------Psycho Bitch----) Joh....
> /// /
>
>

I wonder too . At what point do you take a species endangered status
seriously. When there's
someone there to count you killing it? When its cute enough to feel sorry
for? Or when its not
a nuisance to humans? Or is it a matter of size?

Samantha