cannabis and gambling are both about to go legal…we are running out of oil tax revenue so we need another way to support state tax so we don’t have to…
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At least you don’t live in California 
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one the many things I like about Texas is the no state income tax…but oil has always supported this …
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I miss that part of home for sure 
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@Budbrother you around buddy??
Talk to me about this Argentine Ants please.
Do I need to DE my medium?? Trash it???
No signs of a colony,eggs,brood.
Just random 5-10 of them under my cup/dome chewing the hell out my coty leaves. Plant is dead and gone now.
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If you can take the plant outside and cover it with cinnamon it will repel them and empty the pot. If you don’t have eggs going on, then that’s that.
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It was just a potted sprout. They attacked and chewed before it popped soil. I went diggin in and found them.
Still,not sure if Odorus or Argentine 
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From that blurry picture, I told her it it looks more like
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Thanks 
I dig the USDA and am working with them now on the farm
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Does it look more like the Monomorium minimum? It has a longer segmented body than my ghost ants. Have you tried bugidentification.org
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Yes and no 
I believe it’s the Mono Min 
Cinnamon ya say?
Luckily i dont see any signs of movement in my other plants.
I’ve been diggin lick a skitz looking for a shard 
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These are tiny specs like dust
Yes cinnamon. The ants were just running over top of the DE
They kept eating the sweet tasting berries with seeds. No more
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Nice Lopho’s 
I have 1 sick Willy left after my move.
More seeds on hand just need time
So the ghost ant…the first time I noticed I had a problem I seen the bugs.
My first thought was termites Body shape and translucent.
A day later same area same plant the bugs look like the pics I showed. Damn near black.
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Thanks.
Sound like juvenile vs adults.
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On which species?
Ghost
Or
Mono Min??
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The Mono
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Roger that and thank you much
Guess a trip to town for cinnamon tomorrow so I stay out the woman’s
Preventative measures?
I’m not a indoor soil grower, I’m trying
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Early AM light bulb 
So reading through what you provided I found this…
Keep plant and mulch debris away from foundation. Reduce moisture prone areas inside.
My only Infected plant was the only one I placed on the floor. All others are up on a tote Had just brought that pot to field capacity so it was definitely moist for a couple days and that’s all it took
Thanks again @Budbrother
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Ants won’t cross over chalk. Another useful tool that can be utilized. Depending on the floor type, you can draw a circle around them. My kids and I used to draw mazes and race ants, or just circle them and watch em frantically go round. It’s a great tool for animal food bowls outside.
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I have been known to reroute their pheno trails
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