Fire Ants And How To Declare War On Them

The Fire Ant came to the United States around 1930 in shipments of old tires shipped to Mobile Alabama. And the rest is really history. Fire Ant bites and stings are very painful to humans and pets. In some areas of the southeastern USA fields and yards are covered with the fire ant mounds. If the fire ant has come to your neighborhood you probally want to know what you can do to get rid of the critters and that is what we are going to do is tell you how you can declare war on fire ants.  

Method 1. Borax Acid and Sugar

In a pot ( You want to use a old one ) place 1 gallon of water. Into this pot place 8 oz of powder borax acid and 8 oz of granulated white sugar. Bring to a boil and then turn off. Stir it very well and let cool. Into the pot place cotton balls using something to push the cotton balls under the water. Go around your yard and drop one or two cotton balls soaked with the borax acid and sugar water mixture on to the top of each fire ant mound.

Method 2. Cinnamon and Orange Juice.

Buy a large container of cinnamon and mix it into a gallon of orange juice. Mix it together very well. Go around your yard and wet the top of each fire ant mound.You can sprinkle dry cinnamon around your yard and the fire ants will leave your yard. They can not stand cinnamon. And believe it or not but oranges and orange juice is toxic to them.  

Method 3. Instant Grits And Sugar

Here is what I consider the best method. And you must use instant grits. Only instant grits will work. The long cook grits will not work. Take a large bag of instant grits and add a equal amount of sugar to the grits. Sprinkle the mixture on to the top of every fire ant mound. It will kill the fire ants and you can hurry the process along by taking a few sponges and cutting them up. Soal them with water and drop them onto the top of your grits and sugar mixture. The fire ants will eat the grits and explode. I have wiped out large fire ant mounds with this method.  

Boiling Water will kill fire ants. If you only have a few mounds to get rid of this is a great method. You want to take a shovel or garden rake and cut a hole in the top of the mound just before you bring the boiling water. Pour the boiling water into the hole you created. Wait a day or two and if necessary repeat your attack. It will work. And if you like after pouring in your boiling water you could hit them with the grit method. You will destroy the mound and the surviving fire ants will leave your yard. If not simply repeat until you see no fire ants.

Another thing you can do is mix apple cider vinegar 1 quart to one gallon of water and spray a perimeter around your yard. The scent of the vinegar messes up the ants sense of smell and will confuse them badly. You can keep most ants out of your house with this method. Find where they are entering your house and spray the area heavy with the vinegar water. And yes apple cider vinegar works best.

Baby powder sprinkled on any ant mound will destroy part of the mound and confuse the hell out of the ants. Any type of baby powders will mess up the ants sense of smell.And the more you can confuse fire ants the better off you will be.  

When your after fire ants and you don't want to use commercial pesticides you really have to declare war on the ants and use every method you can to get rid of the ants. The methods on this page will work but you want to stick to these methods and you will be successful in getting rid of your fire ant population.