# @#$!$ ANTS!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754 "2000-07-25T09:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrAsphalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MrAsphalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAsphalt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/1 "2000-07-25T09:20:15Z")
I was on here a few days ago, maybe a week. I saw a thread on killing ants, now I can’t find it, if anyone remembers the answer, drop me a line, please. Please? They’re everywhere. They must die. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/2 "2000-07-25T09:25:10Z")
somebody said pouring gasoline on them and into their nest (but it only works if you pronounce it ‘gazzoleen’). ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/3 "2000-07-25T09:33:40Z")
Do not listen to jb. He went to Faber College for Godsakes and has a mountain of mashed potatoes on a chunk of plywood suspended on a bucket. At the very least he is a nutloaf. At best, he is an intelligent comedian and I don’t need the competetion! Here is what you seek, my son: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31176](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31176) ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/4 "2000-07-25T09:42:05Z")
it’s Faber College for Godsakes and Veterinary Studies. please get it right next time. and as a godsakes-veterinary double major, MrAsphalt, let me tell you that the best way to get rid of them is with gasoline. light it, too. nothin’ better than raining down fire and torment upon the little buggers. ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/5 "2000-07-25T10:05:38Z")
Vets don’t provide emergency services to ants. Entymologists do. Gasoline doesn’t work. The house I used to live in in California was consumed by fire but the ants are still there. The only way is to locate the two entrances of the ant colony. Take a hollow, stainless steel probe and drive in into the entrances to a depth of about 6 feet. Then remove it while pumping in half a gallon mixture of Malathion, Boric acid and DDT at 6" intervals. Then select the area in the middle of the two intrances and do it again. This will eliminate the majority of your ant problem. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/6 "2000-07-25T10:08:48Z")
> [@](#): > > . Then remove it while pumping in half a gallon mixture of Malathion, Boric acid and DDT at 6" intervals. Then select the area in the middle of the two intrances and do it again. This will eliminate the majority of your ant problem. … Along with your neighbor’s dog and all Bald Eagles in a three mile radius!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/7 "2000-07-25T10:20:38Z")
Diazon. Sprinkle on nest. No more ants. Do not listen to these buffoons. And for in-home use, there is a citrus based spray that kills on contact, but is sfe around foods and stuff (Don’t get it in your eyes, tho). ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/8 "2000-07-25T10:22:28Z")
Buffoons?!?!?!?!? Ants tremble at the sound of my name! ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/9 "2000-07-25T10:29:14Z")
yes, and so does the EPA. I know you were kidding, but somebody else might not know that shit is illegal. We have a few folks here who are “missing a few cards from their deck”, if you know what I mean. However, remember the unwritten rule of GQ, ie first we post the REAL answers, THEN the jokes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/10 "2000-07-25T10:48:05Z")
How confusing! I was almost sure that my FIRST post in this thread WAS the REAL answer. Silly me! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/11 "2000-07-25T11:21:03Z")
Is it okay to substitute a length of pipe for the hollow stainless-steel probe? ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/12 "2000-07-25T11:23:28Z")
What you need to do is build another ant colony, and lure the ants into it, then seal it with concrete. Simple, really… ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/13 "2000-07-25T12:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrAsphalt \* > \*\*They must die. \*\* I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants/26754/14 "2000-07-25T13:12:57Z")
Since the original thread on this subject has been located, (thanks, **tc** ), I’m closing this copy.