Thinking all the way back to the 80s... My parents owned this house I bought... There have been ant problems.
This house was our familys summer house as we only came here to party and swim in the pool or work on cars. I had countless memories of ants frozen in the freezer attacking popsickles. Since I have bought the house 4 years ago.... ants! I have sealed cracks and kept a super clean house.
Last month I tried chili powder down an ant hole. No dice.
Today I am thinking it may not be an ant hole. Part of my issue is my backyard is all concrete. I see ants streaming out the side of some brick steps.
Today I followed a trail to the pool pump house. I poured 2 gallons or boiling water down the crack in cement/hole.
I shall wait and see. That was maybe one of many ant holes.
Where do they sell borax as I have not seen it in a long time. I remember way back when we had a box of it next to the back door sink. Dad and I would wash our greasy hands with it.
Worked for us. They were in our pantry, on the kitchen counter, bathroom. They feed on it and take some back to share with their hive mates.
Sounds like they accidentally give away their formula.... pancake mix and borax?
Originally Posted by Hammer
Put gas down the hole and light it.
You my long lost cousin? Here, hold my beer and watch this!
Late one winter night in my friends backyard after a few beers... we wanted to light the bbq. He had this 2 liter bottle full of gas. I squirted some at the fire. He squirted some at the fire and it followed the stream back to the bottle. He panic'd and dropped the bottle... it rolled pouring gas and fire across his backyard!!! I laughed my ass off. He panics more!!
Every time I light the bbq I see ants flee. The other day the container lid that held some ground beef got swarmed in a few hours.
I just cooked up a pound of ground beef, took the oil drippings and mixed it in an empty red bull can with a spoon of borax. Their trail runs along the back of the house outside and then back in by the pump house.
BTW the hot water had no effect.
I poured a puddle for the can to sit in and left it next to the pool pump. We shall see what happens next.
They're swarming the puddle!!! They called out for reinforcments! I am seeing odd looking longer ants (no wings) in the trail!! I took some bottle caps and placed them near some other cracks outside with ants.
I am still killing some in the kitchen so they havnt all got the message.
Every year when it gets hot, the ants attack my condo. The only thing I have found that helps is the diazanon (sp???) granduals that you spread around the ant holes and in your planters.
Every time I light the bbq I see ants flee. The other day the container lid that held some ground beef got swarmed in a few hours.
I just cooked up a pound of ground beef, took the oil drippings and mixed it in an empty red bull can with a spoon of borax. Their trail runs along the back of the house outside and then back in by the pump house.
BTW the hot water had no effect.
I poured a puddle for the can to sit in and left it next to the pool pump. We shall see what happens next.
DUDe, you are infested big time. As you already know, notes Captian Obvious.
Stop F&*king around and call Orkin. Let them handle the hive. Set up the contract and call them back as many times as necessary. My bug guy put something down that attached to their bodies as they trailed through it. It went back to the hive with them. Took about two weeks, haven't seen one since.
Tried all that eco friendly crap. Give me some good ol' DDT!
Thanks for the suggestion on Terro , TB8. I have bought two packs of 5 and 4 bottles of refill. They are going nuts for the stuff. I am feeding them out by the garage and under the kitchen sink.
The more I read the more it seems futile. They have taken over the peoples republic. I should figure out how to make this exact mixture based on borax.
We have a similar problem at my parents house. It's been going on for years. I asked a friend who owns a Pest Control company. He said there was only one way to get rid of that type of ants. Move.
...dude you ride an offroad bike with slicks, 1/2 the weight of a GS, double the suspension, with a browning 50 cal going off 32" from your skull as a daily freaking driver - I'd expect anything except a nitro dragbike to be bland by comparison - SSG
After two to three days of feasting on the stuff under the kitchen sink the ants are down to a few straglers. It looks like an Ant frat party in the bait with a few ants that got a too much before they could get back to the nest. The garage still has some action. I am kinda wondering what is really holding my garage up as these ants do have termite like qualities. They have just discovered the bait under the bathroom sink. I think these ants originate from my neighbors trashcans on that side of the house.
Overall I am very pleased with the Terro. I am going to talk to my neighbors and give them some bait to help push back on the western front.
Originally Posted by wdgah Actually, I preferred "compulsive and incessant ideological dominatrix", but it didn't roll off the tongue as well ...
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