"Peter H" wrote:
"Doug G" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

I live in northern Illinois and have an ant problem in my yard.

In the past, I've had one ant colony (city, urban area?) that covers
an area of about 2-3 square feet with dozens of individual holes.

I have pretty much ignored this. But this year, I have two other
large areas of Ant mounds.

I use ant traps when I run across them in the house. I have excellent
results with this.

But, what can I use outside????

I suspect the ant traps would just wash away with the spring rains.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Joe

Diazinon granules sprinkled around the mound.

Be sure to water them in and look out for birds coming to feed. The
diazinon will kill them.

Peter H

That's mostly from the birds eating the grubs that have
eaten the diazinon. That's why it was outlawed from
the golf courses, and before long retail too.

Organophosphates are going to be a thing of the past
soon for insect control. Damn shame too, over-use
is the main reason, they put organo's in any control
product they could for a while.