Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on May 07, 2013 at 11:22:13 from (97.115.146.31):
In Reply to: large ant hills posted by 4010tp on May 05, 2013 at 17:44:25:
Whenever I find a sizable hill of ants, I dig out the top of the hill to leave a depression 6 or 8 inches deep with a shovel. The ants get upset, but if you work fast, they aren"t much of a problem. Then I change the crankcase oil in the machine that needs changing, after first getting the engine well up to operating temperature. While the used oil is still hot, I pour the oil in the depression in the top of the ant hill and leave.
After a couple of days, there are no more ants that come out of the ant hill when it is further disturbed. I do not know if the ants just move to a different place or if the oil kills them, but I have never noticed a new anthill close to any hills that I have done this to. It only takes about a gallon of junk oil to deal with a fairly large anthill, and I have never had it not work very well.
After the ants are gone or are dead, I kick or shovel apart the old anthill, to distribute the material it is made of. Then for years after, the grass in that area grows better than it does in the area that has not had ant pile material.
Easy, effective, free, and a good use for something I would have to deal with somehow anyway. And for the folks that would jump on me for putting oil on MY property, I don"t think it hurts anything long term, except the ants. And I don"t like ants.
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