How to destroy an anthill?
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Ants hate spiders, go out and purchase a social spider colony (get around 500 to be safe). Within a week your ant problem will be solved.
Know what? All these fire ideas are good, but they all rely on simple accelerants. Thermite the everliving shit out of them. Nothing like molten metal to scorch the shit out of them, that and it's entertaining as hell. All you need is equal volumes iron oxide powder and aluminum powder mixed together, both of which can be found in any local paint shop. Light with magnesium, grab some sunglasses and enjoy the show. I almost forgot; run.
Repeat as needed until ants are all disintegrated. For extra molten metal, place mixture in an iron pan you want to get rid of.
On a slightly more sane note, get a cat. They kill everything because they just hate the world. It won't get the ants out of your yard, but the cat will definitely murder the shit out of any who come into your house.
Repeat as needed until ants are all disintegrated. For extra molten metal, place mixture in an iron pan you want to get rid of.
On a slightly more sane note, get a cat. They kill everything because they just hate the world. It won't get the ants out of your yard, but the cat will definitely murder the shit out of any who come into your house.
Three-feet across? Holy christ. Well... you can probably bet that the network underground is much more massive than that. Get a pressure washer, spray the fuck out of it until you have a crater going on, fill that shit with cement, and then put fresh sod on top. Grass grows on everything. Moss, too. Put moss there.
No, no no and no.
Here is why:
Poison - These poisons are made to kill ants in your house. These are worker and scout ants. If you pour it onto the hive, the ants will either not eat it after the first few died, or avoid the area where the other ants died. In any case, you will not be able to kill the queen(s), who keep producing the ants.
Fire - The three-feet anthill can be aproximated to go as deep into the earth. The queen is usally deep below, the fire will not reach her, since deep down there is not enough ari for combustion.
Here is the only work to get rid of an anthill permanently:
Buy a pair of fishing pants of better yet a full body suit, as used for painting rooms. And a shovel. Then dig up the anthill and toss the earth into bags. If you are lucky you will see the queen's chamber, that is when you know you can stop digging. If you don't see it, you will have to keep digging until there are no more ants.
And here is how I know all this stuff:
I spent almost all my childhood in an extensive warfare with an ant-colony in my parten's garden. I won by unleashing the nuclear fury of shovel and bag. The place where that anthill used to be is still a slight pit.
Here is why:
Poison - These poisons are made to kill ants in your house. These are worker and scout ants. If you pour it onto the hive, the ants will either not eat it after the first few died, or avoid the area where the other ants died. In any case, you will not be able to kill the queen(s), who keep producing the ants.
Fire - The three-feet anthill can be aproximated to go as deep into the earth. The queen is usally deep below, the fire will not reach her, since deep down there is not enough ari for combustion.
Here is the only work to get rid of an anthill permanently:
Buy a pair of fishing pants of better yet a full body suit, as used for painting rooms. And a shovel. Then dig up the anthill and toss the earth into bags. If you are lucky you will see the queen's chamber, that is when you know you can stop digging. If you don't see it, you will have to keep digging until there are no more ants.
And here is how I know all this stuff:
I spent almost all my childhood in an extensive warfare with an ant-colony in my parten's garden. I won by unleashing the nuclear fury of shovel and bag. The place where that anthill used to be is still a slight pit.
I'd say to just welcome your new ant overlords. If you beg, they may yet show your mercy!
On a serious note, you should probably duel them individually. Work your way up the heirachy and then fight the Queen. Once you take her out, the other ants will either worship you or leave.
On a serious SERIOUS note, try using salt AND boiling water from a kettle. The salt plays havoc on anything that grows there, but I've found it to be very efficient in dealing with the smaller anthills that plague our garden.
On a serious note, you should probably duel them individually. Work your way up the heirachy and then fight the Queen. Once you take her out, the other ants will either worship you or leave.
On a serious SERIOUS note, try using salt AND boiling water from a kettle. The salt plays havoc on anything that grows there, but I've found it to be very efficient in dealing with the smaller anthills that plague our garden.
whatever you do the goal is to kill the queen, without the queen they will all die. so your plan should be one that goes into the deepest part of the nest (where the queen nests) and kill her. i have always found that shoving a wter hose in the ant hole and turning the water on for about 5 minutes to work. this way you will get to see where all the local exits are and you will collapse a lot of tunnels, thus trapping the colony. this way one of two things happens:
1: the colony waists time and energy trying to rebuild their colony and thus they are reduced in number greatly due to the loss in time acquiring food
or
2: the queen dies and so the colony slowly dies along with her
1: the colony waists time and energy trying to rebuild their colony and thus they are reduced in number greatly due to the loss in time acquiring food
or
2: the queen dies and so the colony slowly dies along with her
After reading the replies, i must say it's good to know the people on the escapist adhere to the Daffy Duck school of thought.
Really tough, if it's that big and that much of a problem, you might want to get some professional to deal with it. You know, before trying to go all MacGyver on the thing, and causing some property damage. (i think i can see the headlines: ... are cartoons/videogames to blame for this tragedy?)
Really tough, if it's that big and that much of a problem, you might want to get some professional to deal with it. You know, before trying to go all MacGyver on the thing, and causing some property damage. (i think i can see the headlines: ... are cartoons/videogames to blame for this tragedy?)
I once soaked an ant hill in gasoline and then lit it on fire. It was awesome, but you should consider that it could start an underground fire, which is something that's quite the pain in the arse to extinguish.
Go Vietnam on their asses. Use fire, chemical weapory (pour ignitable fluids and cleaners down the holes and either ignite it burning the little fuckers or let them die from the toxic chemicals you introduced them to) along with hit and run tatics (occasionally bashing their nest with a stick for 10 seconds) and you shall be victorious. With fire and cleaners your going to have to remove parts of the hill as you go to make sure you get them all, the anthill can go pretty deep.
Bug spray has no effect on Argentine Ants, which by the sound of it you have. It actually makes them lay eggs faster, they get horney at your futile attempts to kill them all, so here's a few ways Wikipedia gives to anihilate them.
Argentine ants are a common household pest, often entering structures in search of food or water (particularly during dry or hot weather), or to escape flooded nests during periods of heavy rainfall. Argentine ant colonies almost invariably have many reproductive queens, as many as eight for every 1,000 workers, so eliminating a single queen does not stop the colony's ability to breed. When they invade a kitchen, it is not uncommon to see two or three queens foraging along with the workers.
Due to their nesting behavior and presence of numerous queens in each colony, it is generally impractical to spray Argentine ants with pesticides or to use boiling water as with mound building ants. Spraying with pesticides has occasionally stimulated increased egg-laying by the queens, compounding the problem.[12] Pest control usually requires exploiting their omnivorous dietary habits, through use of slow-acting poison bait, which will be carried back to the nest by the workers, eventually killing all the individuals, including the queens. It may take four to five days to eradicate a colony in this manner.
An effective homemade recipe[13] consists of a solution of granulated white table sugar and boric acid, placed in a shallow dish in the area being invaded:
1/4 teaspoon boric acid powder
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon sugar
The boric acid will dissolve only if the water is hot, or one can mix the ingredients cold, then place the container in a microwave oven to bring the water to boiling temperature. When mixed in small quantities, the solution can be stored in a dropper bottle and dispensed as needed to replenish the bait dish. Although the solution isn't particularly hazardous when used in small quantities as described here, the bait dish should be placed out of reach of pets and children.
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have developed a way to use the scent of Argentine ants against them.[14] The exoskeletons of the ants are covered with a hydrocarbon-laced secretion. They made a compound that is different, but similar, to the one that coats the ants. If the chemical is applied to an ant, the other members of the colony will kill it.[15] The chemical method may be effective in combination with other methods.
Bug spray has no effect on Argentine Ants, which by the sound of it you have. It actually makes them lay eggs faster, they get horney at your futile attempts to kill them all, so here's a few ways Wikipedia gives to anihilate them.
Argentine ants are a common household pest, often entering structures in search of food or water (particularly during dry or hot weather), or to escape flooded nests during periods of heavy rainfall. Argentine ant colonies almost invariably have many reproductive queens, as many as eight for every 1,000 workers, so eliminating a single queen does not stop the colony's ability to breed. When they invade a kitchen, it is not uncommon to see two or three queens foraging along with the workers.
Due to their nesting behavior and presence of numerous queens in each colony, it is generally impractical to spray Argentine ants with pesticides or to use boiling water as with mound building ants. Spraying with pesticides has occasionally stimulated increased egg-laying by the queens, compounding the problem.[12] Pest control usually requires exploiting their omnivorous dietary habits, through use of slow-acting poison bait, which will be carried back to the nest by the workers, eventually killing all the individuals, including the queens. It may take four to five days to eradicate a colony in this manner.
An effective homemade recipe[13] consists of a solution of granulated white table sugar and boric acid, placed in a shallow dish in the area being invaded:
1/4 teaspoon boric acid powder
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon sugar
The boric acid will dissolve only if the water is hot, or one can mix the ingredients cold, then place the container in a microwave oven to bring the water to boiling temperature. When mixed in small quantities, the solution can be stored in a dropper bottle and dispensed as needed to replenish the bait dish. Although the solution isn't particularly hazardous when used in small quantities as described here, the bait dish should be placed out of reach of pets and children.
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have developed a way to use the scent of Argentine ants against them.[14] The exoskeletons of the ants are covered with a hydrocarbon-laced secretion. They made a compound that is different, but similar, to the one that coats the ants. If the chemical is applied to an ant, the other members of the colony will kill it.[15] The chemical method may be effective in combination with other methods.
Mix some sulfer with water and flood the colony with it. You can find powdered sulfer at gardening or feed stores.
Hmmm new plan:brandon237 said:If you cannot solve a problem with fire or love, why the hell would you want to solve it at all?!
1. Infiltrate Hive
2. Seduce ant queen
3. ???
4. Profit!
For a more serious answer though I too would like to promote the use of fire to solve all your problems.
ALL OF THEM!
Hahahah, love this idea. Replace one terrifying swarm with anotherOhSnap said:
OT: what about a combination of firecrackers (to blast the nest apart) and then boiling water? This would ensure that the water fully permeates the extent of the nest