How do you get rid of anthills in your yard?

Answer 1

The encouraging of a lusher plant growth and the use of insect nets and insecticides may get rid of the beneficial cicada killer wasps [Specius spp] that live out of antlike hills in the garden. Generally, these beneficial predators of cicadas don't live where the vegetation isn't sparse, patchy or inconsistent. Insecticides that contain such active ingredients as carbaryl tend to be chosen when wide areas need to be treated. Insecticides that contain such active ingredients as permethrin or pyrethrin tend to be chosen when the area's narrower or up close.

But whatever the insecticide selected, it's important to do the following:

1. Have the product's label and such pertinent information as the product's toll free number and the area's emergency contacts in a readily accessible, logical place;

2. Keep the area cleared of all pets and humans, especially of the very young and old;

3. Read and follow the product instructions;

4. Use a flashlight that gives a red light;

5. Wear protective clothing, head to foot.

The insecticides need to be applied in the dark when the females, which may sting, are inside the burrows.

Males, which may be found outside the burrows even at night, can't sting. They're easy to catch with an insect net during the day.

Answer 2

You could boil water and dump it on the anthill. Ants also don't like chalk so drawing a circle around the anthill while putting pesticides "such as raid" on it will keeps the ants in one place "temporarily before they start to dig under it or make a bridge over it"

Answer 3

More often than not, these are yellow jackets. Short of flooding the nest with pesticide, a dangerous and not altogether effective way, there is little you can do. If you have a wet/dry vacuum, you can try putting the hose over the opening, and turning on the vac. Let it run for an hour or more, then spray wasp and hornet killer into the intake and let it run for fifteen to twenty minutes more. Be certain the hose is tight against the ground, and be sure neither you nor anyone else is standing near the exhaust and up wind from it when you spray in the pesticide.

Answer 4

Make a soapy water mixture. Soap and water kills bees.

Answer 5

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