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Quick ant hill resolution

Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:33 am
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
10030 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:33 am
Have a few spots in my yard that ants love to make piles on - right up against bricks and other structures.

I've tried various powders that you pour onto the hill, around the hill, or around the perimeter of the home.

Nothing has been extremely effective and it takes a couple weeks to know if it even works. And they come right back a few weeks later anyway.

Could I just pour a bit of lighter fluid in each pile and light it? And then shovel up the dirt.

This post was edited on 3/22/26 at 6:34 am
Posted by GEAUXT
Member since Nov 2007
30469 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:06 am to
Take a scoop from each hill and put it on the other hills. They kill themselves.
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
3464 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:06 am to
Sounds like a cool experiment but if you don’t burn the queen, it’ll keep on keeping on.
Posted by GeeMan
Member since Nov 2020
65 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:53 am to
Taurus SC is a liquid pesticide that will take care of them for a long time
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
6990 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:42 am to
Amdro seems to take a couple of days but works.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
14964 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:56 am to
quote:

it takes a couple weeks to know if it even works

Orthene works overnight for me. I won't get another one for over a month or two.
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