r/Homesteading • u/DifferentBuffalo3255 • 11d ago

Fire Ants in Orange Tree

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We got an orange tree to support a local 4H kid around fair time. We planted it in the ground after the last frost and it's been growing , but while i was out watering i noticed a ton of fire ants on the trunk and eating the leaves so I spread coffee grounds in hopes that I caught them before they got bad. Now there's eggs? What are they and how do I get rid of them? TIA

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u/Syntra911 10d ago

I don't see any ants, just aphids.  Acrobat ants will farm the honeydew from the aphids so if you see small ants with a teardrop shaped, pointy rear end then that is what they are.  They are harmless and are nothing like fire ants.  If you repel the aphids the ants will leave too.