-
We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.
Fscking ants
- Thread starter neonerd
- Start date
SynthDude2001
Lifer
:camera:
Mr.IncrediblyBored
Lifer
:Q
It gets worse in the summer, so we wanted to stop it before it became a big problem...looks like it only caused a big problem. 😕
In the summer we have ants crawling throughout the rooms, and the bathrooms usually have a few. Right now it looks like all the ants have flocked to the bathrooms.
SynthDude2001
Lifer
I guess your only option now is to burn the house down. :evil:
slightlyhuman
Lifer
better than being infested with koala bears....
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
I like to pour boiling water in their nests.
Terro.
Had a few ants creepin' into the house, from under the trim on a wall that backs to the garage. I was liek, WTF mates?
Laid out a couple of the Terro bait traps, within 60 minutes there was an assembly line of ants running from the trap, under the trim board, through the wall (wall backs to the garage), into the garage, and down into a crack at the corner. So now I know where thier base is.
The ants were like OMGWTFTERRO = TEH YUM.
1 day later, the ants = teh DEAD.
End result = no more random ants.
Yes, Terro = da bomb yo.
On a serious note, I highly recommend Terro baits. I previously also had a carpenter ant problem. I called Terminex, they were useless. Their stuff is basically the same crap you can get at the stores, and they just know where ants are "likely" to turn up.
Terro bait traps plus the Terro dust stuff (which you use to create a perimeter around the outside of the house) totally eliminated the carpenter ant problem.
Terro baits alone eliminated my recent problem (which were the smaller "house" ants).
I can't speak highly enough of this crap. It really works. You may need to spread around the traps to get the ants to do a feeding frenzy on it, but once they carry it back to the nest, all of them die.
Had a few ants creepin' into the house, from under the trim on a wall that backs to the garage. I was liek, WTF mates?
Laid out a couple of the Terro bait traps, within 60 minutes there was an assembly line of ants running from the trap, under the trim board, through the wall (wall backs to the garage), into the garage, and down into a crack at the corner. So now I know where thier base is.
The ants were like OMGWTFTERRO = TEH YUM.
1 day later, the ants = teh DEAD.
End result = no more random ants.
Yes, Terro = da bomb yo.
On a serious note, I highly recommend Terro baits. I previously also had a carpenter ant problem. I called Terminex, they were useless. Their stuff is basically the same crap you can get at the stores, and they just know where ants are "likely" to turn up.
Terro bait traps plus the Terro dust stuff (which you use to create a perimeter around the outside of the house) totally eliminated the carpenter ant problem.
Terro baits alone eliminated my recent problem (which were the smaller "house" ants).
I can't speak highly enough of this crap. It really works. You may need to spread around the traps to get the ants to do a feeding frenzy on it, but once they carry it back to the nest, all of them die.
dullard
Elite Member
Ants can be very difficult to eliminate with poison. You can spray and spray all you want and they just come back in a few days when the spray has decayed. Sure the spray claims that it lasts for months. However, I have yet to see any that last more than a few days.
Instead, you can always eliminate ants with very little time or effort. How? Plug the hole. Watch them for a few minutes. They always come in/out of the same location. Plug it and that room is good to go. I've used hot glue, silicone caulk, and tub/tile caulk and they all work wonderfully.
Of course you might have multiple rooms with multiple holes. But it just takes a second or two to fill a hole. You can easilly block one room from the ants at a time. Pretty soon you will have blocked all holes and the only entrance is their main entrance to the house. Fill that and you are set.
Instead, you can always eliminate ants with very little time or effort. How? Plug the hole. Watch them for a few minutes. They always come in/out of the same location. Plug it and that room is good to go. I've used hot glue, silicone caulk, and tub/tile caulk and they all work wonderfully.
Of course you might have multiple rooms with multiple holes. But it just takes a second or two to fill a hole. You can easilly block one room from the ants at a time. Pretty soon you will have blocked all holes and the only entrance is their main entrance to the house. Fill that and you are set.
Ants, unless they are eating your house, are not a pest IMO.
They aren't dirty. Infact, they help you by cleaning your pigstye, and they get food out of it. It's win-win.
We live in a concrete house(literally), so we don't have to worry about carpenter ants. But the little sugar loving ones are EVERYWHERE.
I would never, ever spray my house with toxic chemicals because of 2 or 3 ants. For one, they were here first. Two, we live in a small nature-cove in the middle of the city. We try to preserve it as such.
Anyway, if you don't want the ants, don't feed them. There will always be a few scouts. What do you expect? As I sad, they were there long before you were.
Edit: dullard's suggestion is probably the best if you truely can't stand the site of them.
They aren't dirty. Infact, they help you by cleaning your pigstye, and they get food out of it. It's win-win.
We live in a concrete house(literally), so we don't have to worry about carpenter ants. But the little sugar loving ones are EVERYWHERE.
I would never, ever spray my house with toxic chemicals because of 2 or 3 ants. For one, they were here first. Two, we live in a small nature-cove in the middle of the city. We try to preserve it as such.
Anyway, if you don't want the ants, don't feed them. There will always be a few scouts. What do you expect? As I sad, they were there long before you were.
Edit: dullard's suggestion is probably the best if you truely can't stand the site of them.
Bought some type of spray and went on an ant sweep and destroy mission. 🙂 It took several days to eliminate them all. In the interim I also had to check out ALL my clothes in the closet for ants. Believe me you don't want to have those ants under your clothes as a surprise so you better do a good job. That is also how I was bitten many times.
Edit: It was also a real pleasure vacuuming up dead ants all over the place.
TRENDING THREADS
-
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)- Started by DisEnchantment
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes + WCL Discussion Threads
- Started by Tigerick
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel current and future Lakes & Rapids thread- Started by TheF34RChannel
- Replies: 24K
-
-
