Ants

[SAB1]

Go to Home Depot and buy the ortho home defense for ants. Spray you foundation All around the house from the ground up 18-20 inches. In 48 hours your ants will be gone.

[garysanfran]

I agree with spraying the foundation with an ant defense.

Terro liquid is irresistible to ants. If I see an ant, I put a drop of this stuff in front of it's face and it stops immediately. Don't get traps. Get the liquid.

What would the world be like if ants were the size of Chihuahuas?

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by garysanfran

I agree with spraying the foundation with an ant defense.

Terro liquid is irresistible to ants. If I see an ant, I put a drop of this stuff in front of it's face and it stops immediately. Don't get traps. Get the liquid.

What would the world be like if ants were the size of Chihuahuas?

Ha! You think the Ants are bad...wait til you see the UNCLES!

[WeLoveTheLake]

I use this

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Spectracide...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

every year around the perimeter of the house. It works GREAT.
Usually add more then the suggested amount.

[tis]

For me spraying around the perimeter has worked better than anything. Thank you for reminding me before the ants come in.

[Woody38]

Strange that we had some ants in an around the dog bowls. One of the bowls was not touched. I found a samll hole in the oak floor and sealed that off. No more ants. I also use Home Defense in the basement and the outside perimeter twice yearly. The previous owner said there was an ant problem since we live in a forest. What? I have placed lemon rind at the garage doors and side doors. Ant problem gone since we moved in. Had one large black ant several weeks ago but nothing since.

[swnoel]

This is what you need to destroy them... you don't want to kill them on contact, you want them to go back to the colony to kill them all. This is what the pros use. https://store.doyourownpestcontrol.c...r-ant-bait-kit

I use this system and it's amazing!

[MeredithMan]

Originally Posted by swnoel

This is what you need to destroy them... you don't want to kill them on contact, you want them to go back to the colony to kill them all. This is what the pros use. https://store.doyourownpestcontrol.c...r-ant-bait-kit

I use this system and it's amazing!

We had an exterminator several years ago give us that advice. Don't kill on contact, but rather put the stuff down that they then get all over their bodies and bring it back to the nest and spread it around to their colony-mates. In that instance, the exterminator couldn't find any sort of nest in the house, but outside, about 30 feet from the house, was a decaying tree and it was completely infested with the big carpenter ants. He sprayed around the foundation with some sort of ant poison and voila! No more ants!

[swnoel]

Originally Posted by MeredithMan

We had an exterminator several years ago give us that advice. Don't kill on contact, but rather put the stuff down that they then get all over their bodies and bring it back to the nest and spread it around to their colony-mates. In that instance, the exterminator couldn't find any sort of nest in the house, but outside, about 30 feet from the house, was a decaying tree and it was completely infested with the big carpenter ants. He sprayed around the foundation with some sort of ant poison and voila! No more ants!

Yep... just treated my place. Had ants going into the house with the poison. Next morning they were no more!

[Hillcountry]

Coincidentally, right after this post was made, that night I found a pile of “leavings” from some type of critter in our new bathroom (in the existing house but abutting our new bedroom addition). We have a log home and ordered a “kit” from the original company and built a 1st floor master suite.
Anyway, not knowing what the hell was making that mess, I had my wife pick up some Terro Liquid (hoping it might be the big black ants we were seeing outside) when she did her shopping the next morning.
Well, I cut the little cardboard squares (thanks Dan!) and placed them with a drop of the liquid along the baseboards in the area where the “leavings” were.
Later that day, sure enough the black bastards were in a feeding frenzy on the Terro Liquid drops. They would be feeding as I replenished the drops every couple hours...overnight, he next day there were still ants feeding on the stuff but by the end of the 2nd day their numbers were reduced to a few ants (and staggering around like they were “sick”
By the third day, one dead ant is visible in a remaining drop of liquid. The colony has been wiped out!
I also went around the outside foundation with some Ortho Home Defense just to be thorough. I’m sold on the Terro Liquid!