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Posted by Stubby on July 24, 2006, 11:29 am
If you're cheap like me, half borax and half sugar will do the job.
Steve wrote:
> What is the best procuct for getting rid of ants? I see a bunch around my
> kitchen window and sink, and I kill them, and minutes later there are more.
> They are the really small ones.
> I think they are in the walls. Do they live in the ground, and just travel
> thru the wall to the kitchen?
>
> I do keep my kitchen very clean, so it's not like there are food crumbs
> laying around.
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Posted by Jeff on July 24, 2006, 12:35 pm
Yeah boric acid is a few $$ a pound at Home Depot. You can mix it with corn
syrup. It is moderately toxic so don't put it where kids or pets could get
to it.
> If you're cheap like me, half borax and half sugar will do the job.
>
>
> Steve wrote:
>> What is the best procuct for getting rid of ants? I see a bunch around
>> my kitchen window and sink, and I kill them, and minutes later there are
>> more. They are the really small ones. I think they are in the walls.
>> Do they live in the ground, and just travel thru the wall to the kitchen?
>> I do keep my kitchen very clean, so it's not like there are food crumbs
>> laying around.
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Posted by Dan_Musicant on July 25, 2006, 3:10 pm
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:29:53 -0400, Stubby
:If you're cheap like me, half borax and half sugar will do the job.
I have some commercial stuff, a liquid which contains boric acid, but
I've found that the ants don't care for it. I mix a drop of it with a
drop of pancake syrup and they are much more interested.
I have the same problem every year, usually a bout in the winter and
another in the summer. I'm fighting off the summer invasion right now.
Every ant I see is a dead ant. When I see several, I wipe the area with
a sponge, because I'm convinced that the ants leave a trail that tells
other ants "hey, I like this place, I found a crumb of this, a few
molecules of that." This keeps them in check. I haven't found external
colonies, but maybe they are there. I suspect they are living within the
walls, however.
:Steve wrote:
:> What is the best procuct for getting rid of ants? I see a bunch around my
:> kitchen window and sink, and I kill them, and minutes later there are more.
:> They are the really small ones.
:> I think they are in the walls. Do they live in the ground, and just travel
:> thru the wall to the kitchen?
:>
:> I do keep my kitchen very clean, so it's not like there are food crumbs
:> laying around.
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Posted by on July 25, 2006, 4:25 pm
wrote:
>When I see several, I wipe the area with
>a sponge, because I'm convinced that the ants leave a trail that tells
>other ants "hey, I like this place, I found a crumb of this, a few
>molecules of that."
Absolutely true. The way they establish those neat trails is when more
than a few use the same route back home, each fine tuning it a bit.
Eventually they have laid down a perfect pheromone trail that any ant
crossing recognizes as the road to the promised land.
Ants are really pretty interesting and the more you understand about
them the more you know you will never win the battle. The best you can
do is fight them to a draw.
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Posted by on July 24, 2006, 11:37 am
Steve wrote:
> What is the best procuct for getting rid of ants?
Two things:
1. Get a residual ant killer, like Raid or Black Flag, and spray a
solid, wet band of it all around the seams under your sink and around
the window. Sort of like building a "fence" they must go through.
2. Get a granular pesticide (Diazinon was terrific, until the
bunny-huggers got it banned) and sprinkle it liberally around the
foundation of your house, making about a foot-wide band of it. Be sure
and go completely around the house, so ANY insect that enters must
crawl through it.
This will work. Repeat every couple of months.
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