[Pontiac]

Mix up a spray bottle of dishwashing detergent.

Spray the ant island with the detergent solution and the island will sink, the ants drown.

And don’t feel guilty. Fire ants are an invasive species.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Alternately, you can have your pet armadillo consume the ball of fire ants.

[Clay Moore]

The problem is you are wading through the water up to your waist and intercept a ball of ants and you suddenly have thousands crawling on you. They aren’t that easy to see or avoid amongst all of the other debris floating around.