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Posted by Kelly on July 25, 2006, 11:13 pm
While you're waiting for the bait to work, some odors repel ants, for a
while. They really seem to hate eucylptus, citrus and lavendar. I
sprinkled some essential oil on cotton balls and left them around the
windowsills they were crawling on, although an aroma diffuser might work
as well. I also sprayed a bit of lemon juice. This kept them at bay,
and it was fun to see them run for cover. But I did kill as many as I
could, though considering the numbers, that's a useless endeavor.
Kelly
gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
> wrote:
>
>
>>.hmm can't say
>>for sure it will stop Pharaoh ants since they are an inside ant, but
>>then again we rarely see Pharaohs anymore since Max force came on the
>>market a number of years back.
>
> My experience with Pharaohs was when I moved into this house. They
> were unstoppable it seemed. I threw everything in the book at them for
> 2 years.The problem was solved by actually treating the walls. I
> punched holes and shot a now illegal persistant into every stud bay on
> all the wet walls. That whacked them and knock wood, they have been
> gone for 20 years.
>
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Posted by Phisherman on July 24, 2006, 12:31 pm
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.
I've used Tero with great success. The bait is a clear heavy liquid
placed on cardboard squares. After a few hours you'll see thousands
of ants carrying the bait back to the colony. This works with "sugar"
ants.
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Posted by Tom The Great on July 24, 2006, 3:42 pm
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.
I've had success with Raid's double control ant control baits.
Take a day or two depending on the amount of ants you have. If you
can get many to visit the station, you should see results in a day.
hth,
tom @ www.FreeCreditReportAdvice.com
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Posted by on July 24, 2006, 4:30 pm
wrote:
>I've had success with Raid's double control ant control baits.
>
>Take a day or two depending on the amount of ants you have. If you
>can get many to visit the station, you should see results in a day.
If you have trouble getting them to eat your commercial bait, see what
they do eat and make bait out of that. Use about 1 part boric acid and
12 parts food.
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Posted by Old_Boat on July 24, 2006, 5:02 pm
> wrote:
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>>I've had success with Raid's double control ant control baits.
>>
>>Take a day or two depending on the amount of ants you have. If you
>>can get many to visit the station, you should see results in a day.
>
> If you have trouble getting them to eat your commercial bait, see what
> they do eat and make bait out of that. Use about 1 part boric acid and
> 12 parts food.
I got an article the other day from someone that said Aspartame was
developed as an ant poison. Wonder if anyone has ever heard of using nutra
sweet to kill ants. Seems according to the article that it interferes with
their nervous systems.
If I find it I will post it.
LJ
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