Fscking ants

[Platypus]

You're a muravyed, you shouldn't have problems with ants unless you've been lazy lately! 😉 😀

 

[CalvinHobbes]

We have some regular house ants now that are making me crazy. We leave no food around, have no pets and no kids but they just keep coming inside to look around. I tried a few of the sprays but that's not really working. I'm going to try some of the poison bait and see if that works.

We got a flyer from Orkin but I've heard some bad stuff about them.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
We have some regular house ants now that are making me crazy. We leave no food around, have no pets and no kids but they just keep coming inside to look around. I tried a few of the sprays but that's not really working. I'm going to try some of the poison bait and see if that works.

We got a flyer from Orkin but I've heard some bad stuff about them.

We had the same problem until I pulled up some insulation in the attic and found their nest. Sprayed the sh!t out of it and havn't seen more than 2-3 ants in 3 months.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Eli
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.

That's what's so great about the baking soda, it's been highly effective the few times I had to use it, and it's non-toxic. We've got peony bushes out front, and apparently the ants are beneficial to them, but I don't want them inside.

what does baking soda do ?

 

[NoToRiOuS1]

ive heard baking soda do wonders on all insects from roaches to ants

 

[pclstyle]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Try having a fireants nest in your closet. They were all over my damn clothes for work and a real beeyatch to get rid of not to mention the fact their bites can feel like hot grease on your skin.

wow... that really sucks.

fire ants = formic acid = pain 🙁

 

[slightlyhuman]

CURSE AT THEM AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK GIVE THEM A TASTE OF YOUR MIDDLE FINGER.

 

[JoeKing]

wtf?! talk about a thread revival. I was going to post in this thread, but then I noticed I already had, about 3 months ago!

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Eli
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.

That's what's so great about the baking soda, it's been highly effective the few times I had to use it, and it's non-toxic. We've got peony bushes out front, and apparently the ants are beneficial to them, but I don't want them inside.

what does baking soda do ?

not sure but I think it meses up with their sense of smell so they keep getting lost.... Ants usually leave a scent trail behind them so that other ants can follow. Any substance with a strong smell should help. BTW, havent used baking soda for a long time. How strong is the smell?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
We have some regular house ants now that are making me crazy. We leave no food around, have no pets and no kids but they just keep coming inside to look around. I tried a few of the sprays but that's not really working. I'm going to try some of the poison bait and see if that works.

We got a flyer from Orkin but I've heard some bad stuff about them.

We had the same problem until I pulled up some insulation in the attic and found their nest. Sprayed the sh!t out of it and havn't seen more than 2-3 ants in 3 months.

I'm going to check the attic tonight. That's quite a climb for them. Our house is 3 stories.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: neonerd
We had a terminix guy come over to get rid of a minor ant problem (2-3 ants daily crawling around). After his little visit....we now get 8+ ants crawling all the time in the bathrooms...if you kill them, more come. wtf...did he spray them with sugar? :roll:

i kept putting out the traps and stuff for ones here

didnt work

so i had a lighter in the bathroom for some reason and burned about a dozen of them


the next morning the bodies were gone, and i havent seen anymore ants since.

oooOOOO

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Eli
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.

That's what's so great about the baking soda, it's been highly effective the few times I had to use it, and it's non-toxic. We've got peony bushes out front, and apparently the ants are beneficial to them, but I don't want them inside.

what does baking soda do ?

not sure but I think it meses up with their sense of smell so they keep getting lost.... Ants usually leave a scent trail behind them so that other ants can follow. Any substance with a strong smell should help. BTW, havent used baking soda for a long time. How strong is the smell?

I don't think it really has much of a smell, but it absorbs odors (hence putting a box in your fridge).

 

[sonz70]

I tried the hairspray and lighter thing.


Doesn't work..at all 🙁 but sure is damn fun 😀

 

[IAteYourMother]

Ants

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: merlocka
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.


This is the best stuff ever. You will be amazed at how many ants congregate on this stuff. Then "POOF", no more ants!!!!!

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.

 

[Kelemvor]

If they are Carpenter ants, do a google search for Advance Carpenter Ant bait and get some. It works wonders. They eat it, take it back to the colony, and share it. Within a couple days they will ALL be dead.

 

[wondersteve]

Originally posted by: merlocka
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.

Terro is the best stuff in the world for ants IMO.

 

[beach2nd]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Try having a fireants nest in your closet. They were all over my damn clothes for work and a real beeyatch to get rid of not to mention the fact their bites can feel like hot grease on your skin.

burn teh close!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Eli
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.

you don't have to put up with ants. terro liquid rules.
lay the syrupy borax poison on a piece of cardboard. the ants flock to it and take it back to share with their friends. in about 24 hrs, no more ants.

i would never spray chemicals either.

 

[seanws]

i had a huge problem with ants in my kitchen. i cleaned it good, then went out and bought a tank sprayer and some and killer concentrate stuff. sprayed around the exterior of the house. then got some indoor raid stuff and sprayed around al the baseboards and everywhere they were crawling. the problem got worse for a few days (more ants), and about 7-10 days later i havent had an ant in my house since. think all together i paid around 25 for everything. cant imagine what it would cost to hire a pro

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Just wanted to post an update we've had absolutely no ants since I used the Terro ant bait. It took two applications in some places but the stuff is VERY cheap and works great.