SpeedRacer 1 #1 April 30, 2008 My back door leads right into my kitchen. This spring I got a bunch of those little black "sugar ants" crawling into my house & getting everywhere. I tried those little black ant baits (called "traps" but they aren't really. They're poison bait) you get at the store, but the ants ignored them & continued to come into the house. This is going to sound like a commercial, but this other stuff called "Terro" really works (got it at Lowes). I think it's just boric acid in sugar water, so you could make it yourself, but I figure they have the right concentrations down, so WTF. You just put a big drop down on a little square of cardboard and all the ants go right to it. Put a few drops out so they can get to it from wherever they're coming from. There's just enough boric acid so it doesn't kill them right away, it gives them time to bring it down into the nest & kill the queen. Almost immediately the ants loved the poison so much they stayed on the door threshold to eat the poison & very few came into my house after that. It's less than 3 days later and now there seems to be no more activity (of course, it was a little cool today, so we'll see when it warms up.) ANYWAY, if you've got sugar ants (the little black ones), this shit really works. These ants had ignored the other ant bait I got at the supermarket, but look how they're clustered around this drop of Terro. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #2 April 30, 2008 Mixing boric acid with sugar is the oldest method. Ants follow a scent trail around. If you put a little bleach into a gallon of water and mop the kitchen, it will mess with their brains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pontiacgtp00 0 #3 April 30, 2008 These damn things got into my kitchen this spring too, I have some of the little traps but they don't really do a whole lot of good. I'll have to pickup some of that stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #4 April 30, 2008 Yeah, you can mop the floor with bleach. that might work for a day or so. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irisheyes 0 #5 April 30, 2008 Terro has a spray that works wonderfully too! Just spent $15 on a supply of all sort of terro stuff today. I HATE ants!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #6 April 30, 2008 Am I the only one that looks at that photo and sees a 10-way speed star? "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #7 April 30, 2008 Time lapse with Terro & antshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3LqCqDvV8 Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tetra316 0 #8 April 30, 2008 No bleach doesn't work. I tried it, almost half and half and they were back the next day. Then I got the Terro and they were almost gone within a day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #9 April 30, 2008 There is a white chaulk stick they sell in asian stores that the ants will not cross the line drawn with the crayon. Don't know what is in it but its probably toxic as hell. One line works all summer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #10 April 30, 2008 I prefer a nice magnifying glass and a hammer. I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #11 April 30, 2008 Quote I prefer a nice magnifying glass and a hammer. Loads of fun for sure, but time consuming. If you have nothing better to do, be sadistic for the hell of it. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #12 April 30, 2008 Quote I prefer a nice magnifying glass and a hammer. If you have a magnifying glass, you don't need a hammer - just some sunlight.... sssss...popMike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #13 April 30, 2008 Quote Quote I prefer a nice magnifying glass and a hammer. If you have a magnifying glass, you don't need a hammer - just some sunlight.... sssss...pop And that's how sugar ants become fire ants! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathaniel 0 #14 April 30, 2008 Quote Ants follow a scent trail around. If you put a little bleach into a gallon of water and mop the kitchen, it will mess with their brains. I had ants coming in through a wall last year and I noted that spiders had set up just a few inches off the trail on either side. Ants were going straight out through the a clearing between the spiderwebs. I meditated on the situation for a minute and then wiped the middle zone between the webs with bleach. 8 hours later, the spider webs were full of ants :)My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #15 April 30, 2008 Quotespiders had set up just a few inches off the trail on either side. Ants were going straight out through the a clearing between the spiderwebs. I meditated on the situation for a minute and then wiped the middle zone between the webs with bleach. 8 hours later, the spider webs were full of ants :) your spiders deserve to starve so that more intelligent spiders can evolve ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #16 April 30, 2008 Quote your spiders deserve to starve so that more intelligent spiders can evolve Maybe Nathaniel was sent by God to help the spiders. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #17 April 30, 2008 . . . is this guy!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerRoo 0 #18 April 30, 2008 I think he was partying at Ryoder's house too long (I.C.D#2 VP) ""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
