Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- Shovel and jar (option 1)
- Sugar water and jar (option 2)
- Rotting log (option 3)
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Step 1
Your first option is to dig the old-fashioned way with a shovel. You can dig out an ants’ nest, but you’ll receive lots of bites.
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Step 2
As an alternative to digging, second option, place a jar of sugar and a little water near an ant hill. Wait for the ants to be drawn out. Look for the queen ant. She’s considerably bigger than the others.
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Step 3
In the spring and summer, you can look under rotting logs for ants and wait for them to move their colony, which would be your third option.
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Step 4
Whatever method you use, make sure you have a jar to put the ants in and a farm to place them in when you get home.
