Ant problem (suggestions?)
#21
If the ants ever get on your kitchen counter you can make a spray bottle of dish soap (about 2 tbls) and water. Then spray them and they die instantly. They can no longer breath. No need to worry about chemicals around food. We get ants twice a year around Sacramento. When it is too hot and when it rains. I hate them.
#22
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Location: South Carolina
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Ants come into get the protein in hand soap, so that means kitchen and bathroom.
I like the idea of spray of dish degerent.
We get ant anytime here in SC I found some today. Is is raining and chilly. Who knows do ants like hot dry or cold weather.
I like the idea of spray of dish degerent.
We get ant anytime here in SC I found some today. Is is raining and chilly. Who knows do ants like hot dry or cold weather.
#23
Originally Posted by marsye
I use Terro. They eat it and take it back to the nest and die!
comes in an orange box at the supermarket.
bye-bye, ants !!
#25
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Merced, CA
Posts: 4,188
For ants that love my cats' dry food, I simply put down a few
crushed Wrigley's Breath Mints. The ants went away and have never
returned.
Then I put some outdoors, and the ants swarmed over them!!
Might be a different kind of ant. So had to resort to my old favorite,
sugar and boric acid. This always kills off insects, ants, roaches, don't
know about sliver fish that a friend was talking about recently. She will
try the boric acid with them.
crushed Wrigley's Breath Mints. The ants went away and have never
returned.
Then I put some outdoors, and the ants swarmed over them!!
Might be a different kind of ant. So had to resort to my old favorite,
sugar and boric acid. This always kills off insects, ants, roaches, don't
know about sliver fish that a friend was talking about recently. She will
try the boric acid with them.
#28
Originally Posted by burnsk
Originally Posted by Flying_V_Goddess
Originally Posted by 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?
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