burnsk

I use boric acid powder but it is hard to find. It works. I sprinkle it around outside where they come in and around the baseboards inside. Are your ants the little ones?

tigger5464

I've had good luck with ammonia also. I found where they were in the yard and poured a line of it so they don't cross it and then in the hill they were in. Hope you find a doable solution. :D

Flying_V_Goddess

No. They are the bigger black ants. Some of them are tiny, but I think those are the younger ones.

burnsk

You might want to call an exterminator. The bigger black ones could be carpenter ants. They don't have wings do they? If they do they are definitely carpenter ants.

ConnieF

borax and powderes sugar about 1/2 and 1/2 and mix with water. spray outside a leave little lids of it ad they will drink and take back to nest and it blows them up like rat posin to rats. We do it every summer all areond the RV just under the edge all around, others have ants but we don't

sewnsewer2

Cloves, they will run from it.

texasannie

Carpenter ants can lead to termites......they did for me....what a mess.

sewgull

Boric acid is best found with cleaning supplies. It is cheaper than when you get it from the pharmacy.
Mix boric acid, sugar and a little cocoa place on waxpaper or paper towel, ants can get to this easy.
Cornmeal is good for amall ants.
The larger black capenter ants come in from the outside. The nest is in the ground or dry decaying wood. Unless you can locate the nest and destroy it, professional help is needed.

grannym37

I am told to pour club soda in an ant hill. a bottle will kill 3 or 4 mounds. Kill the whole hive. does not hurt birds or other animals.

sewgull

P.S. Boric acid is not harmful to pets. It is a white powder so when mixed with sugar you can't tell which is which.
My dad always sdded enough grated onion to make a stiff paste the rolled into marble size ball. This can be placed in cabinets or where ever needed. Not harmful people or pets.
But I said in earlier note Carpenter ants have to stopped at the nest.