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Posted by ______? on July 24, 2006, 5:56 pm
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:24:20 -0500, Steve broke out their crayolas and
scribbled:
> 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.
Pharaoh Ant, sugar ant, and piss ant, are some of the common names for
what seem to be really small ants (1/16") that can invade the walls of a
house in the southern United States and can be a PIA getting rid of
them. Wipe counter spaces off with vinegar and allow to air dry to keep
them off of food preparation areas. Clean and reapply vinegar after
preping food or daily as required. Then set bait stations out "in line"
with the trails that they use. Avon's (TM) Skin-So-Soft (TM) can be
sprayed on table legs but must be reapplied weekly to be effective.
I was told by an externinator that spraying this type of ant with bug
spray applications only causes them to split the colony and spreading the
colony further. I don't state this as fact, only repeating what I was told
by someone I felt was compedent. He recognised the critters as soon as he
saw them and recomended I look them up on the "net".
Here is a couple of links that may be of interest.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2136.html
http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/l-2061.html
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Posted by Walter Cohen on July 24, 2006, 10:51 pm
Combat ant killing gel. 0.95 ounce syringe...get it at home depot. works
every time
Wally
> 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 Norminn on July 25, 2006, 12:58 pm
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.
With all the hot weather here and there, it may just be too dry outdoors
and they are looking for food/water. If they nest outside, you should
be able to find their entry near where you find them inside. Put some
bait outside as well as on their path inside. clean real well first,
even if it is already clean. They can smell coffee cake and butter from
miles away, and a crumb is a meal :o) Terro has always worked well for
me. Down in Florida, it never fails that if I keep a box of cookies or
coffee cake on the counter, ants will be in after them. A drop of
sugary liquid spilled on the counter will attract ants, even when it is dry.
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Posted by on July 25, 2006, 1:52 pm
wrote:
>Down in Florida, it never fails that if I keep a box of cookies or
>coffee cake on the counter, ants will be in after them. A drop of
>sugary liquid spilled on the counter will attract ants, even when it is dry.
Where are you in Florida. I virtually never see sugar ants. They all
eat protiens of some sort. Sugar doesn't seen to attract them at all.
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Posted by Norminn on July 25, 2006, 9:56 pm
gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
> wrote:
>
>
>>Down in Florida, it never fails that if I keep a box of cookies or
>>coffee cake on the counter, ants will be in after them. A drop of
>>sugary liquid spilled on the counter will attract ants, even when it is dry.
>
> Where are you in Florida. I virtually never see sugar ants. They all
> eat protiens of some sort. Sugar doesn't seen to attract them at all.
West Coast. It's long been my habit to keep cake, coffee cake, bread in
the fridge. Most people I know, if they keep sweet stuff on hand, keep
it in the fridge. Roaches are another concern. I rarely see ants in
the house = perhaps three times in 8 years here? Trash pickup is twice
a week, everywhere here. Nobody uses paper sacks for groceries, or
keeps newspapers and paper sacks around because roaches roost in them.
They even like the glue on envelopes = there were roaches in my mailbox
last week :o)
About the same frequency I had them in the house up north, but that
seemed always to be spring. During one very dry spell = a real drought
- I saw really strange insect behavior. Couldn't have an open drink
outdoors or hornets and bees would be after it. Had breakfast at an
outdoor cafe during the drought, and small bees of some kind kept coming
at my eyes! Had to almost eat with my eyes closed. Wierd!
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