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02-06-2007, 09:55 PM
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| | | Ant hills
I live in lincolnshire and my lawn currently has 10 or more ant hills on it. This has increased by about 5 ant hills since last year, where I forked them up and sprayed ant powder down, but it made a mess of the lawn. How can I get rid of them, a colleague suggested boiling water?? please help. thanks in advance.
Steve
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02-06-2007, 10:16 PM
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| | | re: Ant hills
Hello Steve, I am so sorry I can't help with with your ant problem (no lawn  ) but I hope someone else can. Welcome to WAB  . |
04-06-2007, 09:32 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lancashire
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| | | re: Ant hills
Hello Steve, welcome to WAB. Ants are amazing creatures, why kill them . Then again I don't have a lawn, just a jungle  . I leave it to the wildlife. Can't help with your problem, sorry, but sure someone will have some ideas. |
04-06-2007, 04:01 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Suffolk
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| | | re: Ant hills
Hello and welcome to WAB
You need some green woodpeckers for your ants nests they love ants and their eggs.
What sort of area do you live in?
Being a wildlife lover I would suggest you don't use ant powder in case you do have any wild creatures eating the ants.
Sorry i don't have any ideal suggestions. |
06-06-2007, 05:36 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lancashire
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| | | re: Ant hills
We did have an ant problem ourselves once, sorry forgot to mention it before. It was in another property several years ago. Now I don't like to kill anything but they were taking over the kitchen so measures had to be put in place. We purchased an ant trap, they're small and very effective. The ants go inside, take the bate and then return back to the queen and feed her the poison. The idea is that ants are programmed to behave a certain way but once the queen is dead they lose their purpose and the problem usually resolves. Powder is a waste of time as it doesn't get to the root of the problem, which is for every one you kill the queen replaces it with hundreds more. Kill the queen solve the problem. Like I've said before though they're wonderful insects and I would only kill them if the problem was severe. |
08-06-2007, 06:53 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jun 2007
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| | | re: Ant hills
Many thanks for the replies.
I am loath to kill them per se, as last year I had four dragon flies in the garden and you could clearly hear them feeding on the flying ants, plus the various birds that visit the garden can be seen picking at the nests. Its just that as the ant nest appear they make a mess of the grass that they push up through, perhaps I could encourage them to build the nests in the boarders of the garden?? any ideas??
tks  |
11-06-2007, 07:13 AM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alderbury, Wiltshire
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| | | re: Ant hills
Boiling water works for me. We have had big problems in the past with ants but have always had success with boiling water. My granny used it too when she was alive and she was the daughter of a market gardener and a very wise woman. That would be my recommendation anyway.
Not very PC but I am inclined to think ants are rather pointless. Ooops...I am bound to have upset someone now aren't I! 
Good Luck,
Rachel |
14-06-2007, 01:37 PM
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| | | re: Ant hills
Hi Steve and a very warm welcome to WAB from me too. Enjoy!
John |
14-06-2007, 03:23 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Near Peterborough
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| | | re: Ant hills
Quote:
Originally Posted by oceanroc  Not very PC but I am inclined to think ants are rather pointless. Ooops...I am bound to have upset someone now aren't I!
Good Luck,
Rachel | well you haven't upset me, but I think its worth pointing out that they feed hundreds of other species - other invertebrates, birds, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, create drainage in the soil and as they can be predatory I imagine that they keep down smaller pests too (not including scale insects and aphids  _). Not to mention they seem to be able to manage and run a tight society with far greater ease than ourselves....
So.... so long as you don't value wildlife and the natural ecosystem in our country yes they are pretty pointless!! |
14-06-2007, 06:15 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lancashire
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| | | re: Ant hills
Quote:
Originally Posted by oceanroc Boiling water works for me. We have had big problems in the past with ants but have always had success with boiling water. My granny used it too when she was alive and she was the daughter of a market gardener and a very wise woman. That would be my recommendation anyway.
Not very PC but I am inclined to think ants are rather pointless. Ooops...I am bound to have upset someone now aren't I!
Good Luck,
Rachel | No creature is pointless. They're all part of a delicate balance in the eco system. I have to remind myself of that fact every time I see a big house spider | | | |
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