How to destroy an anthill?

[Azrael the Cat]

What kind of ants are we talking about? Are they normal ants, or are they something like jump-jacks? We get those in Australia - they're about an inch long, mean as anything, will chase just about anything, they jump (hence the name) and as well as a mean bite, they sting like a wasp except more painful. I'm not making them up - wikipedia them if you don't believe me.

If it is jump-jacks (or a similar mega-ant species - we get a few different types here, the jump-jacks aren't the largest, but they're the meanest), then none of the things mentioned here will work: you'll need to call in a professional exterminator (who will probably fumigate the place).

If they're normal ants, you can get specialist baits for them. Forget anything like firecrackers or insect spray - at best you'll make them waste time digging deeper or rebuilding their nest. You certainly won't wipe them out, and probably won't even get near the queen, let alone kill both the queen and all jnr queens (the ones that will turn into queens if the queen dies). The idea with ant baits is that the ants themselves take it back into the hives, poisoning the rest of the ants. That's you're best bet short of getting a professional. But if you want to be sure, get a pro in, and make sure it is someone who guarantees their work (in case they don't get them properly the first time).

 

[Talvrae]

Have you tried convincing them to leave? All this violence gets nobody amywhere; open negotiations with the ants, and try to understand the issue from their point of view. Dressing up as an ant may help as well.

and post a video of the negocations

 

[fingerbang143]

Male seamen, no seriously they take it to the queen and she eats it and dies!

 

[trophykiller]

Male seamen, no seriously they take it to the queen and she eats it and dies!

Or you get sentient ants that take over the world.

P.S., that was a good episode of south park.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I usually either flood the anthills, or, I use a variety of poison that attracts at least 14 species of ants. You pour it around the ant hill and the yard, the ants take it back to the hill, they all eat it, and they die from the inside. Once the anthill looks empty because of the poison,...flood it anyway.

 

[aei_haruko]

got any bleach? Pour some warm bleach, then poun on some lye if you can get your hands on it. After that procede to use smoke to clear it out, just saying lulz, btw, how do you make a thread?

 

[Boom129]

I've found vinegar works fairly well, or ant poison, or gasoline, or boiling water
just use a funnel to make sure it goes down

 

[Lewieroo0]

As a kid i just dropped a brick on that shit

 

[Ganath]

No you fools! Don't light them on fire! THAT ONLY MAKES THEM ANGRY!

...There is no more wisdom to contribute to this.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

Get a lancer and chainsaw Mount ant.

 

[Kefo]

Why try to burn something when you can have a constant deathmatch going on in your front yard? Go out and dig up a different ant colony and start adding the inhabitants to the one in your front yard and watch the show!

Ants are notorious show offs as well. They will decapitate their victims and parade around with the trophy....until they get blindsided and have their head cut off. Eventually you will either have 2 dead ant colonies or 1 colony reigning supreme(but severely weakened) and at that point you can burn the weakened colony and call it the wrath of god coming to punish the ants for their murderous rampage and sins.

what?? stop looking at me like that. I'm sure others have done the same.....right?

 

[Zeema]

Rapier or maybe napalm.

Napalm Strike waiting for Order's

everything can be fixed with Napalm

 

[Nerfherder17]

Kill it with fire!

You can mix equal parts petrol to orange juice to make napalm. Add sawdust to make nitro glycerine.

Recently read fight club, i think thats the recipe.

 

[Redingold]

Pour liquid nitrogen down it.

Oh, I'm sorry, did you want a feasible solution? Yeah, I got nothing. Call some exterminators if it's really bad.

In point of fact, liquid nitrogen's cheaper than water. It's an incidental by-product of a ton of chemical manufacturing processes. They've got the shit literally on tap all around entire buildings in some laboratories.

Huh. I did not know that. Thanks.

 

[triggrhappy94]

Napalm
Ants are just nature's Viet Cong.

 

[Roganzar]

Fire. And please record it and post it up here. I've always wanted to do it myself but I don't have a lawn anymore.

I think there maybe a good reason for that.
OT: Try grits, they take them back to the queen and *POP*. One blowed up ant queen and ants go away or die off.
Split a tree in my father's backyard doing that.

 

[Adultism]

Purchase aardvark. Let aardvark roam free in your garden. Problem solved.

This is the most feasible solution here, buy the aardvark.

 

[T8B95]

I need help guys.

There is a massive anthill in my backyard, and I need to destroy it. It's about three feet across. I need new suggestions.

We've already tried hot water, soapy hot water, cold water, vinegar, Javex, and Raid. None of them worked. I really don't want to dig up a massive hole in my backyard, but I'm getting desperate. They. Must. Die.

i'm only quoting you to get your attention

i had a similar problem. mine was about 2 ft. wide and out of curiosity, i dug it up after we got rid of them and it went down something like 5 feet.

anyways, this works well: icing sugar and baking soda/powder (i don't remember which). the ants will think they're the same and when ants eat the baking soda/powder, they explode.

if THAT doesn't work, just cover the top with cement and remove after a year

Oddly enough, the icing sugar and cornmeal was the first thing my girlfriend suggested. We tried it, and it didn't do jackshit. They were back in full force two days later. Also, covering the top with cement isn't really an option--we want to keep the lawn more or less intact.

Also, I'd like to thank everyone for all of your suggestions. Right now we're considering fire, and if that doesn't work, we'll call Pest Control and fork over $2,000,000,000,000,000 to get it removed professionally.

 

[standokan]

Boiling pan of water + anthill = problem solved.

 

[Icaruss]

urine and fire.