There is a product the ants take back to the nest that kills them at the source, but I can’t remember the name of the product this minute. Something to look up.
Finding the nests, and killing them at that source is the best way to be rid of them now, and future. If not the product I can’t remember the name of is about the best alternative.
Maybe someone else will remember the product. Good luck.
Wife buys something called Terro. Little tray of stuff they are attracted to and take back to poison the hive.
[There is a product the ants take back to the nest that kills them at the source, but I can’t remember the name of the product this minute.]
They are little morsels of food with miniature time bombs in them.
There is a product the ants take back to the nest that kills them at the source,
TERRO ?
Get a box of Quaker Instant Grits...not the little packets but the box, wait until dew is all dried up and no moisture on the mound...liberally cover the mound with the grits and watch them grab a grit and take it into the mound...mound will be clean in minutes...wait 48 hours and dig into the mound...you will find lots of dead ants but not one live one.
Theory is that they have just enough liquid in their digestive system to activate the grit and it swells and kills them. I have used this method many times here in Northeast Louisiana with 100% success.
Boric acid for carpenter ants and those little brown sweet ants- it clings to their feet and they take it back to their nests. I’ve see them go absolutely nuts when BA was sprinkled on them. My dad uses powdered sugar mixed with BA to attract them so they’d run through the stuff. Hadn’t seen an infestation of them in several years now.