will ants hurt my worm farm?
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Worm Composting & Ants. Hi Bruce, Ants can be a real pest in many regions, but contrary to belief, very few ant species actually cause physical harm to your composting worms. ... If they are already invading your beds in great numbers however, you will likely need to kill the existing ants to get them under control.
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Although carpenter ants can chew through wood and create property damage, generally speaking flying ants are not dangerous. They are not more likely to bite and they are not poisonous. They are, however, annoying and a swarm of flying ants does not look good and can lead to a full on ant infestation around your home.
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With babies, they won't know to not make contact, making them quite dangerous to them especially. There have been cases where the sting from one of these ants has caused anaphylactic shock, which can be quite serious.
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The good and bad news about ants and plants “Help! ... Their tunnels aerate the soil and allow water and nutrients to flow directly to the plant roots. They also distribute seeds by storing them in their tunnels. The bad news is that ants can protect honeydew-producing, sucking insects that do a great deal of damage.
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Yes, ants can be attracted to laundry detergent. Anything with a sweet smell might bring ants around. Despite this being true, ants can actually get poisoned by laundry detergent. So its not like they will be picking up laundry detergent and carrying it around back to their colony.
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Try white vinegar and water. Ants really hate vinegar, and you can make a cheap, easy pesticide just using vinegar and water. Mix a 50/50 solution of vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Spray it directly onto the ants to kill them, then wipe up the ants using a damp paper towel and discard them.
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Are army ants dangerous to humans? Not normally. A human can normally walk away quickly enough to prevent any problems. The ants rely on slow moving or injured animals they can swarm over quickly before stinging it and then tearing it apart.
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In a lawn mowed too short, ant nests are very visible. Small ant nests like those of the yellow meadow ant and the pavement ant don't destroy grass: it will grow perfectly well despite their presence and in fact, possibly even better, as ants help aerate the soil. ... Get rid of the ants and bird visits will drop. Too bad!
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Some may die from exposure to dry conditions, or simply not make it back to the nest. There is no food for the ants, but they may be attracted to wet pet food or trash items for the moisture.
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Like most hive pests, including wax moths and hive beetles, ants are opportunists. Ants in your beehive may be a sign of other problems because a strong colony that is both populous and healthy can generally keep them away. Most ant species are a mere annoyance in the hive.
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Most likely, you'll be able to find their food source — whether it's a juice spill or a dirty spoon in the dishwasher — and where they're getting in, too. Typically if you clean up the spill, the ants will go away on their own (until next time).
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The results are, well, yucky, but as bad as this problem can be for humans it can be worse for pets. Ants get into pet food too and pets may refuse to eat food with an ant colony climbing all over it. Worse, if ants actually get on your pet, they often bite, which can be an even nastier problem than you might think.
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Sure, some of the pesky ants will fall victim to the unpleasantly fatal experience that is being sucked into the vacuum cleaner. However, the majority will come out alive due to their extremely light body weight that protects them from being hurt. Ants are surprisingly strong both physically and structurally.
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Re: Can ants hurt my beardie? They can. They are one of the insects they should not eat. I would be worried about them biting your beardie, and him eating him.
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Electric ants (Wasmannia auropunctata) A seriously invasive pest that can blind pets, damage the environment, and severely affect outdoor lifestyles and agriculture. It's in the same category as red fire ants; however, there was no new funding to help fight it in the budget.
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Ants are terrific soil builders and as a general rule don't harm plants. My friend the entomologist is an "ant expert" and she says there are only a couple species of ants that actually eat plants. The more likely scenario is the ants are interested in the other insects on your plants.
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Carpenter ants are not typically thought of as dangerous. They generally do not bite. The real concern with an infestation of carpenter ants is with their ability to damage and weaken the structural integrity of your home.