Get some strong acid (as in completely disassociating acid, I.E. HCl or H2SO4), apply liberally.
Also, I like the aardvark idea.
Also, I like the aardvark idea.
How to destroy an anthill?
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Ants hate spiders, go out and purchase a social spider colony (get around 500 to be safe). Within a week your ant problem will be solved.
Know what? All these fire ideas are good, but they all rely on simple accelerants. Thermite the everliving shit out of them. Nothing like molten metal to scorch the shit out of them, that and it's entertaining as hell. All you need is equal volumes iron oxide powder and aluminum powder mixed together, both of which can be found in any local paint shop. Light with magnesium, grab some sunglasses and enjoy the show. I almost forgot; run.
Repeat as needed until ants are all disintegrated. For extra molten metal, place mixture in an iron pan you want to get rid of.
On a slightly more sane note, get a cat. They kill everything because they just hate the world. It won't get the ants out of your yard, but the cat will definitely murder the shit out of any who come into your house.
Repeat as needed until ants are all disintegrated. For extra molten metal, place mixture in an iron pan you want to get rid of.
On a slightly more sane note, get a cat. They kill everything because they just hate the world. It won't get the ants out of your yard, but the cat will definitely murder the shit out of any who come into your house.
Three-feet across? Holy christ. Well... you can probably bet that the network underground is much more massive than that. Get a pressure washer, spray the fuck out of it until you have a crater going on, fill that shit with cement, and then put fresh sod on top. Grass grows on everything. Moss, too. Put moss there.
No, no no and no.
Here is why:
Poison - These poisons are made to kill ants in your house. These are worker and scout ants. If you pour it onto the hive, the ants will either not eat it after the first few died, or avoid the area where the other ants died. In any case, you will not be able to kill the queen(s), who keep producing the ants.
Fire - The three-feet anthill can be aproximated to go as deep into the earth. The queen is usally deep below, the fire will not reach her, since deep down there is not enough ari for combustion.
Here is the only work to get rid of an anthill permanently:
Buy a pair of fishing pants of better yet a full body suit, as used for painting rooms. And a shovel. Then dig up the anthill and toss the earth into bags. If you are lucky you will see the queen's chamber, that is when you know you can stop digging. If you don't see it, you will have to keep digging until there are no more ants.
And here is how I know all this stuff:
I spent almost all my childhood in an extensive warfare with an ant-colony in my parten's garden. I won by unleashing the nuclear fury of shovel and bag. The place where that anthill used to be is still a slight pit.
Here is why:
Poison - These poisons are made to kill ants in your house. These are worker and scout ants. If you pour it onto the hive, the ants will either not eat it after the first few died, or avoid the area where the other ants died. In any case, you will not be able to kill the queen(s), who keep producing the ants.
Fire - The three-feet anthill can be aproximated to go as deep into the earth. The queen is usally deep below, the fire will not reach her, since deep down there is not enough ari for combustion.
Here is the only work to get rid of an anthill permanently:
Buy a pair of fishing pants of better yet a full body suit, as used for painting rooms. And a shovel. Then dig up the anthill and toss the earth into bags. If you are lucky you will see the queen's chamber, that is when you know you can stop digging. If you don't see it, you will have to keep digging until there are no more ants.
And here is how I know all this stuff:
I spent almost all my childhood in an extensive warfare with an ant-colony in my parten's garden. I won by unleashing the nuclear fury of shovel and bag. The place where that anthill used to be is still a slight pit.
I'd say to just welcome your new ant overlords. If you beg, they may yet show your mercy!
On a serious note, you should probably duel them individually. Work your way up the heirachy and then fight the Queen. Once you take her out, the other ants will either worship you or leave.
On a serious SERIOUS note, try using salt AND boiling water from a kettle. The salt plays havoc on anything that grows there, but I've found it to be very efficient in dealing with the smaller anthills that plague our garden.
On a serious note, you should probably duel them individually. Work your way up the heirachy and then fight the Queen. Once you take her out, the other ants will either worship you or leave.
On a serious SERIOUS note, try using salt AND boiling water from a kettle. The salt plays havoc on anything that grows there, but I've found it to be very efficient in dealing with the smaller anthills that plague our garden.
whatever you do the goal is to kill the queen, without the queen they will all die. so your plan should be one that goes into the deepest part of the nest (where the queen nests) and kill her. i have always found that shoving a wter hose in the ant hole and turning the water on for about 5 minutes to work. this way you will get to see where all the local exits are and you will collapse a lot of tunnels, thus trapping the colony. this way one of two things happens:
1: the colony waists time and energy trying to rebuild their colony and thus they are reduced in number greatly due to the loss in time acquiring food
or
2: the queen dies and so the colony slowly dies along with her
1: the colony waists time and energy trying to rebuild their colony and thus they are reduced in number greatly due to the loss in time acquiring food
or
2: the queen dies and so the colony slowly dies along with her
After reading the replies, i must say it's good to know the people on the escapist adhere to the Daffy Duck school of thought.
Really tough, if it's that big and that much of a problem, you might want to get some professional to deal with it. You know, before trying to go all MacGyver on the thing, and causing some property damage. (i think i can see the headlines: ... are cartoons/videogames to blame for this tragedy?)
Really tough, if it's that big and that much of a problem, you might want to get some professional to deal with it. You know, before trying to go all MacGyver on the thing, and causing some property damage. (i think i can see the headlines: ... are cartoons/videogames to blame for this tragedy?)
I once soaked an ant hill in gasoline and then lit it on fire. It was awesome, but you should consider that it could start an underground fire, which is something that's quite the pain in the arse to extinguish.