Ants!

Silversmith45 · Jul 27, 2010

Anyone have a sure fire method of getting rid of those small ants. They ignore everything I've tried. A few years ago I bought some ant bait that worked great, but I guess they quit making it. I can't even remember the name.

Old Town · Jul 27, 2010

Silversmith45 said:
Anyone have a sure fire method of getting rid of those small ants. They ignore everything I've tried. A few years ago I bought some ant bait that worked great, but I guess they quit making it. I can't even remember the name.

Is this a house infestation? If it is all I could suggest is calling a bug guy or do an online search. If you go to chemicals indoors do your homework first. It's easy to get into trouble.

OT

Lightningjack · Jul 27, 2010

Try skin so soft..I think its made by avon, It works great for ants.

frankiefry · Jul 27, 2010

In the house or in the yard, you can use Diatomatious Earth to get rid of the little pests. It's safe for humans and pets, but deadly to insects and the like. It's all natural and can be ingested by people and pets to rid our systems of parasites. Just make sure you get 'food grade' if YOU want to ingest it.

Know what DE will kill and won't kill and how it works. When considering DE as a pest control product, it can be safely used around all types of animals and is only deadly for pests like insects. It is not harmful to earthworms. Among the list of pests that it kills and repels are: ants, termites, slugs, snails, fleas, fly maggots, aphids. bed bugs, mites, ticks, roaches, earwigs, scorpions, cutworms, ear worms, lawn grubs, grass hoppers, and many more. It does not kill due to a chemical action like most toxic poisons but rather kills by the structure of its sharp microscopic edges. The hard bodies of the pests are sliced open by the material and it literally drys them out and they die. Complete insect control may take several days as the insects die off, but whereas chemical poisons act fast and have a short residual effect, diatomaceous earth, while working slower will remain active and nontoxic as long as it remains in the environment.

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cnr_dogs · Jul 28, 2010

Go to your nearest fertilizer/chemical agr supplier and ask for a prodict called tempo it is safe to use inside its used in restaraunts a lot comes in a small 50ml bottle and makes about 5 gall of finished product works great no smell lasts a good long time

Utah_T-Hunter · Jul 28, 2010

When I think of Ants .... It reminds me of that 1954 scary Movie called Them. About of course Ants... Huge ones. :lol:

beerdoodle · Jul 28, 2010

Utah_T-Hunter said:
When I think of Ants .... It reminds me of that 1954 scary Movie called Them. About of course Ants... Huge ones.

Thank god James Arness moved on up later in career.............

Utah_T-Hunter · Jul 28, 2010

beerdoodle said:
Thank god James Arness moved on up later in career.............

lol I agree.

Squishy · Jul 28, 2010

The stuff that worked was called "Diazinon" or something like that. Great stuff, but they pulled it off the market.

I've been battling ants in my yard this year. There were mounds about every three inches in all directions. I have applied the insect killers you can buy at the hardware store (Like "Seven") since early summer and I have finally beaten them back. Now they are just at one end of the lawn and the mounds are 4 or 5 feet apart. I've used about 6 or 7 bags so far.

Good luck!
-Mike-

DougF · Jul 28, 2010

Try this: buy some boric acid powder at the drug store, dissolve some in a couple tablespoons of honey (as much as will dissolve), then put it out in small bottlecaps where you see the ants. It has worked for me. It doesn't kill them right away, but they carry the honey with boron back to the colony and it poisons the colony. In a few days you will notice that there are no more ants. It's also cheap, worth trying before you call an exterminator, or start dousing the house with pesticide.

tularetokens · Jul 28, 2010

DougF said:
Try this: buy some boric acid powder at the drug store, dissolve some in a couple tablespoons of honey (as much as will dissolve), then put it out in small bottlecaps where you see the ants. It has worked for me. It doesn't kill them right away, but they carry the honey with boron back to the colony and it poisons the colony. In a few days you will notice that there are no more ants. It's also cheap, worth trying before you call an exterminator, or start dousing the house with pesticide.

Yep,, It works :yes:

Tim

Rudy · Jul 28, 2010

DougF said:
Try this: buy some boric acid powder at the drug store, dissolve some in a couple tablespoons of honey (as much as will dissolve), then put it out in small bottlecaps where you see the ants. It has worked for me. It doesn't kill them right away, but they carry the honey with boron back to the colony and it poisons the colony. In a few days you will notice that there are no more ants. It's also cheap, worth trying before you call an exterminator, or start dousing the house with pesticide.

What a great way to recycle the bottle caps we find.

Is there something we can do with the pop tabs? :?:

RickO · Jul 28, 2010

That boric acid treatment sounds good.... I usually get some ants in early spring... then they disappear after I spray etc. Will try that as well. RickO

Coin_Master · Jul 28, 2010

Rudy said:
Is there something we can do with the pop tabs?

Make a mini obstacle course for them?

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