Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die.

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You could try pouring boiling water into fire ant mounds. It can work, but be careful not to burn yourself (or anyone else).

So if flies and ants invasions are bugging you, consider this top tip: use lemon to send those pests packing. The specialists advised: "While the lemon method will not kill the ants or flies ...

the furore over the case overlooks the greater threat to insects in East Africa posed by pesticides and habitat destruction that kill millions of ants every day. Harvester ants, whose ...