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Posted: May 2, 2011
I am really hoping to get some good tips here. I am having a real problem with what we in the Midwest call sugar ants, really small and black. It seems like they all just appear one day and I have tried half a dozen things (ant poison, ant traps, baby powder, vinegar, etc) and nothing has worked for very long. They are about to drive me crazy and I find them all over the house, not just the kitchen, which is disgusting! I was wondering of any one has some good things to try to get rid of these things? I sure would appreciate any tip no matter how off the wall they sound, I'll try anything. Thanks in advance!!! :0)
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Several good remedies. Ammonia will kill any bug, so wipe down counters and - me
[ In Reply To ..]floors, shelves, etc., with that. It will also remove the "scent" that they leave as a trail. Also, no ant will go through white baking flour, nothing special, just the cheapest you can find. I put it around my door sills, outside around the edge of patio, etc, and anywhere else they seem to be coming in. If you can find the ant hill, just pour a bunch of it over the hill and they will be gone by the next day. I guess the white flour seems to smother them. There is also a commercial product called green light that is supposed to be good, never used it though.
don't mention ants - noni
[ In Reply To ..]I was just thinking that it's almost time for an ant invasion. I'm in the Midwest, too, and moved to this apartment three years ago and had my first experience with ants. I swear the building is built on an ant hill. I've had the little brown ones and the nearly microscopic black ones. I have cats so have to be careful about what I use.
I finally was desperate enough to use Terro traps, hiding them behind things. That worked the best for me. I also used (I think) Command. It came in something like a syringe and I painted it on the baseboards, but one tube lasted a couple of feet and it was too expensive to do the whole apartment. It did seem to work in that area. I've tried boric acid, cinnamon, red pepper, vinegar, sprayed around the building with Home Defense, on and on. The little black ones are impossible to get rid of. You just have to pray for frost.
Oh, and I used chalk to draw lines on the front stoop and the foundation and the window frames. Is that off the wall enough for you? LOL.
Boric acid - Been there done that
[ In Reply To ..]We used to get those nasty things every spring (but count your blessings - they are so much better than a red ant problem!!!). My mom used to put boric acid (I think you get it from the pharmacy) in baby food jar lids and mix with just a little sugar. She'd set it on the window sills or wherever she thought they were coming in. It usually took about a week, but they stopped coming. I wish you luck. I HATE ANTS!!!
Had good success with Terro... - lexluther
[ In Reply To ..]I used to leave it on little pieces of aluminum foil in inconspicuous places around the house, out of reach of my dogs. I was mortified to find a ton of ants one day gathered around the aluminum foil and drinking the Terro, but they're supposed to take it back to their nest and it will kill the nest. I had an exterminator in the house for an unrelated issue and he told me that Terro works particularly well. He said sometimes it takes a week or two, but it will work.
Home defense works for me - ant lady
[ In Reply To ..]I get them every year when the weather turns hot. I remodeled my house a few years ago and put river rock on the front of it,that summer I was invaded with black widow spiders, they loved the river rock. I went to Home Depot to try to find something to kill them (if you have ever tried to kill one with spray it is almost impossible). The guy I spoke to used to be an exterminator and he told me to use home defense. So I took it home and not only did I spray around all the river rock, I walked around the entire foundation of my house and sprayed as well as around all the doors and windows. I haven't had any ant problems since (or black widows). Now every month or so I just spray the foundation and around the window frames and sliding doors. I works for me.
Midwest here too and OMG ANTS! In the bathroom, kitchen, at my desk. - LaLaMT
[ In Reply To ..]God forbid I leave a coffee mug on the desk and forget to rinse it out and put in the diswasher! I just cleaned my whole desk with ammonia the other day and I lifted it my cable modem and there was a whole bunch of the little buggers! They love warmth!
I've lived in the midwest my entire life and I have never had a problem with ants until I moved to this small rural town I live in now and it's not just me, it's the whole dang town. Everyone I talk to about it act like you just have to live with it!
maybe we're living in the same rural town - noni
[ In Reply To ..]I've lived in the midwest for years, too, but moved to this small rural town three years ago. I have to eat cold food all summer because if I don't do dishes and put everything away before I eat the kitchen is full of them. Last summer it was the tiny black ones that look like grains of pepper, and I couldn't get rid of them. They continued to thumb their little noses at me no matter what I tried. I don't know what the tiny ones are, but at least sugar ants can be controlled.
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