I went out back because my girls were screaming. There were what looked like ants with wings everywhere I stepped. I am now scared to go out back or let my girls go out there for fear they are going to get bitten. I am really being serious here they are EVERYWHERE I step. I need help fast!! They are orange, black, little and big. There are mounds of dirt, and they are crawling through the grass. I feel like I am in a night mare. HELP!!!!! I live in the Western part of Pennsylvania.
2007-08-22 11:50:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
sounds like termites. But it could also be ants. Ants spread by releasing potential queens(they have wings). They fly off from the original ant colony to settle and start new colonies. It's usually many of them flying around when this happens. But it doesn't last more than a few days i think.
2007-08-22 11:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Oh crap!! I think I had the same problem one time, except they were INSIDE my house, all on one wall!!! I just used bug spray and evacuated for three or four days...
Call an exterminator and keep the kids in the house or get the heck out..... I believe those are termites... and whatever they are, they do bite and when I had them at my old place, many many years ago, there were what seemed like millions of them... I was terrified just like you!!!
Call an exterminator and if you can't afford to have one come out, at least ask them what they look like.... and ask them what they think they are...
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! (just kidding but stay away from em')
Check out this site, tell me if they look like these, if not it's something else.... but this site tells you what to look for...
Also, I hope to God they are not fire ants like they have in Texas... those have a painful sting/bite.... I would google fire ants if the termite site doesn't help....
Good luck.... **shudders**
2007-08-22 18:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mercedes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, I'm scared for you, the only bugs we have that fly in the garden like that are plain old ants that get wings, a few kettles of boiling water and they are gon, can't you look for a local exterminator and ring them for advice, find out what they are and go from there.....
Good Luck, let me know how you get on :o(
2007-08-22 18:55:11 · answer #3 · answered by Lindy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call an exterminator. See if you have a company like Bug-A-Boo, they are really good, got rid of our ant and earwigs (probably not how you spell that), anyway that's what you need to do.
2007-08-22 19:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by marriedw/children 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well um, thats a creepy one... what i do is poor boiling water over the hills and around any cracks they might be living/ hiding in. it should at least chase them out of your yard. if they come back call an exterminator or something
2007-08-22 18:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like a swarm of carpenter ants. u can do 2 things
1 get a couple of cans of bug spray and spray away or
2 get an exterminator over to do it for u.
good luck
2007-08-22 18:55:39 · answer #6 · answered by Nora G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call your local pest control and see what they offer.
If that doesn't work burn the house and salt the earth, that will take care of those little buggers!
But seriously, call a pest control service.
2007-08-22 18:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by Sammy The Surfer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first thing you can do is to, search your local directory for contractor who come to your home and eliminate these insects.You can also go to these websites:
http://www.janisan.com/insecticides.html
http://www.boecker.com/Templates/InternalTemplate.aspx?PostingId=150
http://www.k-chem.com/insecticides.htm
www.target.com (you can also go to target.com and search for powerful insect insecticides for crawling and flying insects. you can do that, and it usually ships within 1 to 2 days)
http://www.biochemcorp.com/insecticides.htm
http://www.diatect.com/how-to-kill-earwigs.php?gclid=CJvSkZmeio4CFQwqgAodwVhUOA (go to this website and enjoy free ground shipping)
http://www.bugsout.com/general.asp
This is a serious situation,you need to act very fast.
2007-08-22 19:16:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some kind of ant or termite. I live in north western pa. also. Just spray them with hair spray or windex (if you have nothing else).....?
2007-08-22 18:56:53 · answer #9 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd be on the phone with the exterminator like yesterday.
Is this them? If so call that exterminator cause they can do damage.
http://www.google.com/search?q=carpenter+ants&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
2007-08-22 18:54:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋