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mike s
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mike s asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

how do i kill millions of ants outside my home?

i had a swimming pool installed last week. they piled up a lot of dirt and sod they dug up for me to use as packing at my pools base. today as i was digging through it i noticed thousands of them. some very small and yellowish in color. some of them much bigger with wings. any ideas on how to kill them ?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Those sound more like termites. Ants rarely swam in such large numbers. If ants, you can sprinkle baby powder. Ants can't walk across it. If termites, you need professional help. Please look into it. Termites can cause enormous(and enormously expensive) damage in a very little time.

    http://www.termitemd.com/ants_termites.htm

    Source(s): learned the hard way
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