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03-29-2016, 11:46 AM | #16 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Idaho
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| I have a very old house. It was build in 1900, so of course, I have ants! Ants everywhere. In the cupboard, on the counter, on the stove and in the bathroom! I use a bait that you put on a small cardboard square and they come and take it away. I keep the squares with the bait well out of canine reach (inside cupboards, on top of counters, etc) wherever I see ant activity. They come in droves for the first little while to take the bait and then it destroys the colony. It works like a charm. I hope you can find a good solution. Ants are seriously the worst. They give me the heeby jeebies so bad! I keep tarantulas...so it's hard to give me heeby jeebies.
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03-29-2016, 12:19 PM | #17 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
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| I use those ant baits inside the house but I'm looking for something for outside as well... Now that I have a backyard the furries can run around in, I'd like to stay top of the game and prepare it so it'll be furrie friendly and void of pests like ticks/ants/etc... |
06-01-2016, 08:55 PM | #18 |
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| I am too fed up with these creepy ants. I have tried many DIY methods, but every time they return back. This time I am thinking of contacting a pest control company, as recommended by my aunt termite inspection Davis and would let them try out their methods. Last edited by MildredEdwards; 06-01-2016 at 09:00 PM. |
06-02-2016, 06:13 AM | #19 | |
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You can use this both inside/outside of the house. But remember to get the FOOD GRADE. | |
06-02-2016, 06:34 AM | #20 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Ontario canada
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| ok so heres a new one I tried this week I got it from the internet. Take pop corn and grind it up fine like corn meal ( dont know if corn meal in the bag work the same ) and put a pile on the ant hill outside. I have used it on two ant hills and in a day or two the ant hill was dead. I am going to try this a few more time to make sure it wasn't a fluke . |
06-05-2016, 12:27 AM | #21 |
Don't Litter Spay&Neuter Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal
Posts: 9,874
| We have major ant problems right now & I was researching...if there's any scientific proof, that cornmeal (or anything corn), kills ants? Couldn't find anything! It's all over the internet, that cornmeal kills ants...one blogger said it takes 2 weeks. Gosh, IDKnow if I want ants from all over the yard moving into the house in those 2 weeks. What if they don't die LOL. I did run into this: Grits, Ants and Fire Ants: The Truth! There are many myths concerning fireant (or ant) mound elimination or colony elimination. None of the foods (grits, oatmeal, etc.) will cause any type of internal problems with an ant. They do not get fatal flatulence; they do not blow up --it just does not work that way! In the first place, adult ants cannot digest solid foods. Worker ants can be seen going back to their colony with either a swollen belly (from liquid foods) or carrying a solid piece of food. Solids are fed to ant larvae in the nursery; larvae digest the solids and immediately regurgitate the nutrients back to the adult worker ants. These ants, in turn, feed other ants in the colony. On the average, each worker ant will feed 10 other ants. This unique transfer of nutrients insures that any poisons or bad foods are filtered out before reaching the queen and the workers around her. Second, ants love corn! Many farmers have severely damaged their machinery while running into or over large fireant mounds in the fields. Thousands of pounds of grain products are tossed into the trash by home owners each year, because ants invaded the containers in which grains are stored. Ants love corn and it does not kill them! The myth with grits (and other grains) began when the general public discovered that small grains of ground corn (in essence, grits!) are the carrier in many ant baits. The carrier is just that -- the product on which the attractant (soybean oil, etc.) and the pesticide (Hydramethylnon, etc.) are placed. The carrier is just the vehicle with which we disperse granular pesticides and baits. When people dump grits or other such objects onto an ant mound, the ants do not appreciate the door of their home being disturbed. They then build another door (mound) to their colony, deserting the one covered with grains. Ants have many uses for their mound (incubating young, etc.) and do not appreciate it when you dump things on top! When all is said and done, the colony did not even move (as most people believe), it just built another doorway to the colony. This is good to remember when using an ant bait: do not dump the product on top of the ant mound or nest. Instead, broadcast your baits around the mound and in other areas where ants are seen foraging for food.
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06-05-2016, 12:37 AM | #22 |
Don't Litter Spay&Neuter Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal
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| Did a little more digging & found this, thought it was very interesting. The 7MSN Ranch: Evidence-based ant eradication The 7MSN Ranch: The jury is still out I already had food grade DE (diatomaceous earth), so sprinkled it around the areas on the counter where they've been making an appearance...we'll see if it really works. Wish I knew where the ant colony was, then I'd be dumping this stuff into the ant hole w/ a long straw.
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