Ants in lawn
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Do a google search for killing ants or ask a local pest controller. All I can say is that I have been battling ants in my lawn for over a decade and they have finally moved across the driveway to my neibours yard and then still come wandering in to MY yard.....<groan> Homeowner purchased pesticides are no longer allowed in my area, all we can get now is diatomtatious earth.... It doesn't seem to do a thing in my yard, but perhaps it works better indoors where it doesn't get wet.
I just started to make my own poison bait cups.... 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1 tbls borax. The ants will carry this back to the mound and it will kill them all off, or at least that is the theory. If you try making your own bait cups, make sure they are covered in such a way that pets or other animals, or even kids won't get inside them as borax is toxic if ingested, but touching it is safe (it's used as a laundry additive after all).
A couple of links I found:
https://www.diynatural.com/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-naturally/
http://pesthacks.com/homemade-ant-killer/
I just started to make my own poison bait cups.... 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1 tbls borax. The ants will carry this back to the mound and it will kill them all off, or at least that is the theory. If you try making your own bait cups, make sure they are covered in such a way that pets or other animals, or even kids won't get inside them as borax is toxic if ingested, but touching it is safe (it's used as a laundry additive after all).
A couple of links I found:
https://www.diynatural.com/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-naturally/
http://pesthacks.com/homemade-ant-killer/
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It probably depends on the type of ant. I have had success with this stuff:
https://www.domyown.com/maxforce-complete-granular-bait-p-1603.html
I am assuming the Bayer Stuff you used is a spray? It probably only kills what it contacts. For every ant you see, there are thousands more underground. Baits are more effective because they bring the poison back to the colony and it kills slowly, so you can take out everything. It takes a few days, but they will be gone.
I had some ants in my house this spring. I sprinkled this around the perimeter of the house and haven't seen one since.
https://www.domyown.com/maxforce-complete-granular-bait-p-1603.html
I am assuming the Bayer Stuff you used is a spray? It probably only kills what it contacts. For every ant you see, there are thousands more underground. Baits are more effective because they bring the poison back to the colony and it kills slowly, so you can take out everything. It takes a few days, but they will be gone.
I had some ants in my house this spring. I sprinkled this around the perimeter of the house and haven't seen one since.
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Never used that so I checked the description which says kills surface insects in 24 hours but nothing about soil insects although does say it prevents soil insects for 3 months.SpiveyJr said:
I used Bayer 24 Hour Grub Killer for webworms which also kills ants so might try that next time although I wouldn't now since you already dropped the insect killer.
This is a thread from MQ for insect control. I dont have a huge deal with insects, so I only use cyzmic cs for mosquito.
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