those pest nest every place.they build mounds all over the yard.they get into the wall of the house.they short out breaker boxes.fire ants kill baby animals like rabits and ground nesting birds.i do`nt like to use chemicals because to kill one thing you can distroy many other creatures and poison the environment.
2006-12-16 04:15:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Spread salt in and around the mound.
**socal**
2006-12-16 06:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by **socal** 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only way to enusre that the colony is killed is with a pesticide of some persistance.
One easy way to kill any insectect is to use common dish detergent/soap diluted in a spray bottle. When large concentrationsa re foune, just spray them all down and the surfactant will sufficate them. < 5% dilution rate is best, test it on plants if you do not want to see leaf damamge. Phytotoxicity has been reported in concentrations >3%
Oils work well for this too, standard veggie oil in solution. It works on eg masses. I've heard of people using Pam and like sprays on gypsey moth egg masses.
2006-12-16 04:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by sanbornstrees 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you live, but I do believe that armadillos are the natural predator of these pesky little creatures.
I saw a program on this once. Check it out. Sounds like you live in the south like Tennessee where there may not be any armadillos like there is in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and as such.
I don't think you would want them in your yard as they like to dig for insects. Good luck with your situation.
2006-12-16 08:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by HowFuzzyWuzee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cream of Wheat. The ants will take this as food into the mound and to the queen. Once thier digestive fluids mix with the driy Cream of Wheat, it will expand (as it does in boiling water) and kill them. Rice sometimes works but is harder for ants to eat than Cream of Wheat.
2006-12-16 16:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by zombski 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ants become a nuisance when they enter homes. Instead of spending money on costly pest control, you can get rid of ants by removing the food source and using soap water.
I found the information at http://www.pests.in useful.
2006-12-16 04:43:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
May I suggest going to this site: http://www.biconet.com/crawlers.html
They have many,many means of natural controls.
Everything I've ordered from them has worked great.
Hope this helps,
Dave
2006-12-16 04:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by what'sthis4 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard- put some uncooked rice around the mound.....or take a scoop of one mound and mix it with another mound
2006-12-16 04:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by johnnydean86 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all of the above sounds good and works but if u want something thats free and u have plenty of just pee on them it worked for me it takes some time but i would'nt stand in one place to long
2006-12-16 06:40:44 · answer #8 · answered by Steve C 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
See the link below. It has a two step process that is organic and will the harm the environment.
2006-12-16 04:26:21 · answer #9 · answered by lenshure 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
boiling water down the nest (s)
2006-12-16 22:42:13 · answer #10 · answered by bill g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋