How to Get Rid of Ants?

[imdoo'n]

What is an arff vark?

 

[ferniesnow]

What is an arff vark?

that's a gooder..................if I can I'll pass on a little green rep!

 

[john s]

Isn't it annoying that there is an answer out there but you are not aloud to own ant eater. What is the world coming to they want all this green chit what's better than an animal that eats ants. But you are only aloud to buy chemicals lol end of my drunk rant lol.

 

[Dazzler]

Great ideas but I bet nothing works better then a kid with a lighter lol

Pretty time consuming.. and but most kids I know, there weapon of choice was a magnifying glass.......

 

[Dazzler]

I've got 3 acres covered in ants.That's a lot of boiling water!

I am on a quarter section, and those little bastards are every where..... some of the nests are six feet across and near two feet high. I tried diesel, gas, fire, borax... you name it I tried it.... the one thing that worked the best was I took my excavator and scooped them up and dumped them over the neighbors fence.. If you like I could go ask him what he used?? I haven't seen any ardvarks running around...

 

[gibsons]

try cornflakes? I heard once that it's suppose to work.

 

[tripster]

The best bug killer I have used is CRC clorinated brakekleen. I have used it for years for ants and wasps and cheaper than bug killer. I usually use the spray cans but for large ant nests I get the 4L and dump 1/2 the jug over the nest.

 

[Fatdaddy]

Mikey, mix up some Malathion (that's an insecticide for house plants that my mother faithfully used) in a big hand held sprayer (the ones with the hand pump on it). If I were closer you could borrow mine. Mix it twice as strong as recommended and spray each "hill". It will work wonders. I only have an acre and that has been a god send.

Thanks for the advise fs, the wife picked some up at ufa a few days ago so I tried it out & wow, I think I got rid of a couple thousand, I could of used your advise 20 yrs ago...... thank you

 

[ferniesnow]

Thanks for the advise fs, the wife picked some up at ufa a few days ago so I tried it out & wow, I think I got rid of a couple thousand, I could of used your advise 20 yrs ago...... thank you

You are very welcome.

I had it out today as I had some nests under some decorative rock stepping stones. I'll be betting those suckers will be all gone/dead tomorrow. I mean dead and not just moved along to another location.

 

[arff]

What is an arff vark?

A really nice person

 

[arff]

try cornflakes? I heard once that it's suppose to work.

Fail. We tried it

 

[Bogger]

concrete...

 

[nast70]

I had a giant hill of the big red bitting ones. Used raid ant hill foam. Stick the straw as deep as you can and press the trigger, watch the foam bubble up all the holes.......and BAM! Done and done.

 

[snopro]

I had a giant hill of the big red bitting ones. Used raid ant hill foam. Stick the straw as deep as you can and press the trigger, watch the foam bubble up all the holes.......and BAM! Done and done.

Seems to work good in the commercials as well...

 

[woody_tobius_jr]

I had a giant hill of the big red bitting ones. Used raid ant hill foam. Stick the straw as deep as you can and press the trigger, watch the foam bubble up all the holes.......and BAM! Done and done.

I have had pretty good luck with that as well, and it doesn't seem to kill the grass.

 

[01Sharp]

Are you guys after new ardvarks or used ones?....used ones may be easier to come by.

 

[arff]

Are you guys after new ardvarks or used ones?....used ones may be easier to come by.

Used ones...Low mileage all wheel drive. Not snorkeled, no lift kit..

Prefer a stock model.

No loud exhaust.

 

[Hylode]

Doktor Doom - Natural Pyrethrum Products

This works the best as said earlier in the thread .

 

[Med1ogre]

Doktor Doom - Natural Pyrethrum Products

This works the best as said earlier in the thread .

Its really expensive though

 

[ferniesnow]

Its really expensive though

The malathion works and it is cheap. A small bottle is $16 and when mixed for ants (60 ml/l) it goes a long way. Takes quite a bit on full sized trees when doo-ing aphid control.

The bonus about malathion is that it can also be used for all the aphids on the trees and plants around the house. I used a bottle yesterday; aphids on 2 elm trees, aphids on a pussy willow tree, aphids on a maple tree, aphids on 3 elder berry bushes, found some more ant hills, and there were some kind of bug in some of the perennials that needed spraying.