how can I kill ants?

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mcveigh

mcveigh

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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?
 
MichaelD

MichaelD

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But if you do that, the Uncles will be sad. :(


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Stomp them. Spray them. Drown them. Make them watch Liberals talking about governmental policy....all methods will work.
 
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everman

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You just need to make sure there is no food/crumbs lying around. They're probably eating dead bugs in the walls.
On that note, have you ever seen ants attack termites? It's crazy because termites have a very high sugar content from the wood they eat. That's also why you may have a lot of ants after getting your house fumigated.
 
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Cobalt

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Originally posted by: MichaelD
But if you do that, the Uncles will be sad. :(


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Stomp them. Spray them. Drown them. Make them watch Liberals talking about governmental policy....all methods will work.
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Love to spew your partisan bs everywhere don't you? :disgust:
 
Supermercado

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We get a lot of ants in our bathrooms in the summer and my dad always uses Terro to get rid of them. We had a near-continuous stream of them from a small hole near the ceiling, across two walls, down the doorframe, to a spot near one of the sinks the other day. Some fresh Terro, a few hundred ant meals later, and today, I've seen all of two or three stragglers wandering around. There had to be thousands of them just two days ago.
 
mcveigh

mcveigh

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hmm haven't tried terro on these ones, i get some more.
maybe i'll just buy one of each kind of insect poison home depot has.
 
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huesmann

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Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Vacuum them up!
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Dude, have you tried ant traps? Works for some ants, not all. It's this poison crap that they take back to their nest and that's how it gets their queen. You will get some crazy ant action for a little while, like they will be all scurrying around randomly. Then suddenly they will disappear and not come back. It's like they some of the died there and the others took their bodies away or something.
 
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BatmanNate

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

Dude, have you tried ant traps? Works for some ants, not all. It's this poison crap that they take back to their nest and that's how it gets their queen. You will get some crazy ant action for a little while, like they will be all scurrying around randomly. Then suddenly they will disappear and not come back. It's like they some of the died there and the others took their bodies away or something.
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I've used the same method, but I just mix a little bleach into some honey. It can take awhile to work, supposedly the workers don't eat it (immediately anyway) but eventually the queen eats it and no more workers.
 
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Yo Ma Ma

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I had a huge colony of ants move into my monitor once. It was amazing to see, opened it up and it looked like it was just alive with ant goodness.

In the walls though.. maybe that poison syrup, but if not then try exterminator.
 
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damonpip

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Terro/borax - supposedly disrupts the reproductive cycle and eventually kills all the ants
 
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