How to safely get rid of fire ants?
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I don't want to use anything to get rid of the fire ants that will pose any harm to any form of wildlife or domestic animals! Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Follow their trail. Find the entrance to their nest. Pour gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid in. Toss a match, step back. The fumes and fire will reach all the tunnels and other openings. Gone. Nothing else will be harmed but the ant colony.
apply cornmeal.
Thank You Janet!!
There are things on the internet to try as well.
It's as simple as club soda! http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/easy-solution-to-kill-ant-piles-club-soda-1775030
Easy Solution to Kill Ant Piles - Club Soda!
borax
I put Bimbo white loaf bread pieces along their trail and around their nest, small pieces that they can carry. Inside their nest, they have a "garden" where they bring "food" NOT to eat but to feed their garden which grows the mold that is their food. The bread has so much anti-mold chemicals in it that it eventually kills their "garden". Works for most ants, leaf-cutters and other gremlins that have "gardens" in their nest.
I used to spinkle powdered laundry detergent on the ant hill every time I saw one. That was before I learned about borax. I don't think I ever got rid of all of them.