Ants on my backyard

[Eduard Nemirovsky]

First time this years I see ants hills on my septic field, never see it before. And these ants colonies just spreading with tremendous speed.
What to do?
Because this is a septic field I don't want to do any destructive measures, same time I start thinking maybe we are eating too much sweet?
But seriously -how to get rid of these nuisance ants??
Thank you,
Ed.

[Jerry Thompson]

I'm bettin' they are P Ants.

[daryl moses]

What kind of ants are they? If they are fire ants you will see huge mounds and to get rid of them quickly it would probably be best to use a commercially prepared pesticide for them.
For other species of ants I've had pretty good success mixing Borax and sugar and placing it around their nests.

[Jason Roehl]

Agree with the borax/sugar solution. You'll probably have to do it a couple times this year, then each year for a few years to totally get rid of them.

[George Bokros]

A little Sprecticide sprinkled around the area will do the job. I do not believe this will affect your leach field.

[Myk Rian]

What proportions sugar and borax?

[Matt Day]

I've been happy with products I've gotten from domyownpestcontrol.com. Good resource for info and reviews.

[daryl moses]

What proportions sugar and borax?

It doesn't have to be exact, probably around 60% sugar 40% borax +-. just shake it up so the borax coats the sugar. I use it dry or it can be mixed with water and put in shallow containers.
The theory is the ants take it back to the nest as food and poison the whole colony.

[Rick Gibson]

I've used corn meal with good results. I've spread it around their nests and a week or so later they are gone. Haven't had any in the house for a few years now. theory is they can't digest it but eat it and take it back to the nest where it's treated as food and they starve. Some say it doesn't work but it seems to have for me and it's cheap and safe.

[Eduard Nemirovsky]

Thank you guys, as usual a lot of useful info.
My concern using Borax with sugar - dogs. Especially our small one who always hungry. Area I am planning to use any kind of baits/chemicals not really visible from home.
Ed.

[roger wiegand]

Why not live and let live? I sincerely doubt they can harm your septic system. What Bad Thing will happen if you just ignore them?

[David Ragan]

I use Amdro. works great no matter what kind of ant.

[Kent A Bathurst]

Whatever happened to the M-80 response?

[Bill Huber]

I use Amdro. works great no matter what kind of ant.

1+ on the Amdro, I use it all the time and it does the trick.

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