Why Fire Ants Move Into Your Yard
Summary:
In Texas, there’s the Southern Black Ant, also known as “sugar ants”. When they don’t have flower nectar to feed off, they’ll invade your home. It’s important to eliminate their colonies and set up a barrier (or a “Bulwark”) around them home.
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Here we have an example of a fire ant colony that’s moved in underneath the roots of this plant. The homeowner keeps this plant and this whole bed more moist in the yard generally speaking because he wants to keep the plants alive and the flowers blooming.
Problem is is that that really attracts fire ants from the many different locations around the home. They’re all throughout this area. The the soil is very loose, and allows them to set up camp and bring their eggs to the surface so that the sun will warm them. If this area dries out, or if the colony splits, the new colony will butt off possibly moving into the house for additional moisture.
