how can I kill ants?

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imported_Papi

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Get some Boric acid, its not harmful to humans its used and a cleaner and you can buy it at a pharmacy.

Drill a hole in the wall and try to get it inside the wall some how. The ants will walk through it and track it back to the nest when the momma ant is. It will kill them by dehydration.

This works well with Cockroaches and other bugs too.
 

Tremulant

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Originally posted by: huesmann
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Vacuum them up!
Indeed!

Or piss on them.


Seriously, I don't know. We had ant problems a few years ago and my dad got this gel stuff and all you do is put a small amount of it onto something and it attracts the ants and kills the queen. I'm not sure of the name, but it sounds similar to some of the other advice given.

 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: mcveigh
I have treid all kins of stuff, while sprays kill them nothing seems to kill the queen. these are little sugar ants. not fire ants thank God.

I own a duplex and live in one half of it. My tenant in the back showed me where hundreds got into his freezer and refridgerator, how the hell they did that I have no idea.

combat has some gel that they love to eat and then it's supposed to kill the queen but they still come back.

anyone a veteran ant killer?
Solution:

http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_abp.asp
 

SuperTool

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Forrest ants are pretty good. Take a piece of grass, lick it, and let the ants piss on it. It has this nice sour taste to it afterwards.
 

dighn

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Originally posted by: SuperTool
Forrest ants are pretty good. Take a piece of grass, lick it, and let the ants piss on it. It has this nice sour taste to it afterwards.

wtf :confused:
 

bacon333

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there has to be a hole or somewhere they're coming from. locate it and then use raid. the raid smell will go away and you'll have 4 weeks of no ants. i also place peppermint and cinnamon around my bed. ants hate peppermint and cinnamon. i heard apples can actually kill them too (something about the acid in apples). hope this helps.
 

MegaWorks

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use RAID, dude this stuff kills like dog fart. If you don't have RAID well use dog fart!