Go Vietnam on their asses. Use fire, chemical weapory (pour ignitable fluids and cleaners down the holes and either ignite it burning the little fuckers or let them die from the toxic chemicals you introduced them to) along with hit and run tatics (occasionally bashing their nest with a stick for 10 seconds) and you shall be victorious. With fire and cleaners your going to have to remove parts of the hill as you go to make sure you get them all, the anthill can go pretty deep.
Bug spray has no effect on Argentine Ants, which by the sound of it you have. It actually makes them lay eggs faster, they get horney at your futile attempts to kill them all, so here's a few ways Wikipedia gives to anihilate them.
Argentine ants are a common household pest, often entering structures in search of food or water (particularly during dry or hot weather), or to escape flooded nests during periods of heavy rainfall. Argentine ant colonies almost invariably have many reproductive queens, as many as eight for every 1,000 workers, so eliminating a single queen does not stop the colony's ability to breed. When they invade a kitchen, it is not uncommon to see two or three queens foraging along with the workers.
Due to their nesting behavior and presence of numerous queens in each colony, it is generally impractical to spray Argentine ants with pesticides or to use boiling water as with mound building ants. Spraying with pesticides has occasionally stimulated increased egg-laying by the queens, compounding the problem.[12] Pest control usually requires exploiting their omnivorous dietary habits, through use of slow-acting poison bait, which will be carried back to the nest by the workers, eventually killing all the individuals, including the queens. It may take four to five days to eradicate a colony in this manner.
An effective homemade recipe[13] consists of a solution of granulated white table sugar and boric acid, placed in a shallow dish in the area being invaded:
1/4 teaspoon boric acid powder
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon sugar
The boric acid will dissolve only if the water is hot, or one can mix the ingredients cold, then place the container in a microwave oven to bring the water to boiling temperature. When mixed in small quantities, the solution can be stored in a dropper bottle and dispensed as needed to replenish the bait dish. Although the solution isn't particularly hazardous when used in small quantities as described here, the bait dish should be placed out of reach of pets and children.
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have developed a way to use the scent of Argentine ants against them.[14] The exoskeletons of the ants are covered with a hydrocarbon-laced secretion. They made a compound that is different, but similar, to the one that coats the ants. If the chemical is applied to an ant, the other members of the colony will kill it.[15] The chemical method may be effective in combination with other methods.
Bug spray has no effect on Argentine Ants, which by the sound of it you have. It actually makes them lay eggs faster, they get horney at your futile attempts to kill them all, so here's a few ways Wikipedia gives to anihilate them.
Argentine ants are a common household pest, often entering structures in search of food or water (particularly during dry or hot weather), or to escape flooded nests during periods of heavy rainfall. Argentine ant colonies almost invariably have many reproductive queens, as many as eight for every 1,000 workers, so eliminating a single queen does not stop the colony's ability to breed. When they invade a kitchen, it is not uncommon to see two or three queens foraging along with the workers.
Due to their nesting behavior and presence of numerous queens in each colony, it is generally impractical to spray Argentine ants with pesticides or to use boiling water as with mound building ants. Spraying with pesticides has occasionally stimulated increased egg-laying by the queens, compounding the problem.[12] Pest control usually requires exploiting their omnivorous dietary habits, through use of slow-acting poison bait, which will be carried back to the nest by the workers, eventually killing all the individuals, including the queens. It may take four to five days to eradicate a colony in this manner.
An effective homemade recipe[13] consists of a solution of granulated white table sugar and boric acid, placed in a shallow dish in the area being invaded:
1/4 teaspoon boric acid powder
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon sugar
The boric acid will dissolve only if the water is hot, or one can mix the ingredients cold, then place the container in a microwave oven to bring the water to boiling temperature. When mixed in small quantities, the solution can be stored in a dropper bottle and dispensed as needed to replenish the bait dish. Although the solution isn't particularly hazardous when used in small quantities as described here, the bait dish should be placed out of reach of pets and children.
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have developed a way to use the scent of Argentine ants against them.[14] The exoskeletons of the ants are covered with a hydrocarbon-laced secretion. They made a compound that is different, but similar, to the one that coats the ants. If the chemical is applied to an ant, the other members of the colony will kill it.[15] The chemical method may be effective in combination with other methods.
