Ahhh...the Ants returneth...

[Chunkee]

Time for the Ortho border patrol and the Terro syrup brigade.

Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[effowe]

You should be welcoming your new ant overlords.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Definitely something I don't miss from living in Florida.

...what a shitty house we rented.

 

[rivan]

We're seeing the same thing here. Tiny little black fuckers, by the gazillion.

We did have a light ladybug invasion this year though - only 10-20 per window instead of the 50-100 we had per window last year.

 

[ggnl]

I had a fire ant invasion in my closet of all places. I went in there without turning the lights on to hang up a few shirts and immediately started to wonder, "hmm...why is there a burning/itching sensation coming from my feet?" Turned the light on only to see hundreds of fire ants covering the floor, my dirty clothes hamper, and my feet, at which point I pulled some matrix-esque ninja-backflip-wallrun which somehow deposited me in my tub so I could spray them the hell off.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ohh shiat, that means the ants will be up by me in a week or two ... (NW of Chicago)

/me makes a reminder to pick up some liquid ant baits and some ant block ....

Thanks for the reminder!

 

[nerp]

Just stop eating for a while. No food = no ants.

 

[randomlinh]

yeah, they are starting to invade our home again. anyone have any good tips that doesn't involve pesticide all over?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: nerp
Just stop eating for a while. No food = no ants.

Anybody who knows me, knows that this is not an option.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

We've had 8 make it into the house since the weather got warm. First I tried the spray that says "lasts 9 months". I'm pretty sure the ants use that as cologne. Then I tried the insect barrier stuff and that worked for a day. I put some granules on the lawn that says it kills 250 types of insects. What seems to work best is some Terro where they live. Usually kills the nest in a few days.

BTW, we have no food anywhere near the area they come in. We're very careful about food in the kitchen and the place they come in never sees any food. Maybe they just smell my wife's cooking.