Hi, Im Jennie and I'm new to the message boards. Could anyone please help and offer any advice. I have ants that are spreading like wildfire in my lawn, there are little mounds of earth that started last year in just one spot but now they are half way up my lawn. The ants are little redish brown ants and when I recently lifted turf up they had hundreds of eggs everywhere. I have two small children and the eldest has been bitten a few times now when playing outside.

The ants will be there long after we have gone but they do not like water. If you are not on a water meter, pour lots of water on the mounds ( a bucket full each day ) and they will give up. Cold water will do, there is no need to use hot water. The water threatens to drown the eggs and the ants will seek drier places. If the lawn comes close to the house, start the water near the house, to drive the ants away, covering a strip about one metre wide to start. DO NOT drive them towards the house. After two weeks, stop the water and see if is being successful.
There are chemical sprays but they only deal with the ants you can see and spray. There is a poison Nippon that is in a sugar syrup. This is placed near the nest, the ants come and eat it and take the poison into the nest ( do not kill ants when they are taking the poison, it needs to get into the nest ).
You are in for the long haul but water will help you.
If the treatment works, please come back to the Message Board to tell others.

Thanx Mondaychild will certainly be giving it a go, will let others know what happens. Thanx again