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Ants!

Asked by calderoh about 1 year ago, 7 answers.

There everywhere!!!

I have never had this kind of problem in all the years I've lived here...

10 years to be exact.

And now I'm infested by these little critters!

I dont like to keep a dirty house but they still keep coming!

Why???

Answered by theegodfather on Nov 14, 2008, 12:48AM
25 answers

burn the place to the ground. diesel and kerosene usually help.

Answered by seao2florida on Nov 14, 2008, 03:54AM
460 answers

There's usually something that's attracting them, or they are trying to get away from something like rain. If it's rained a lot in your area, they're looking for dry shelter.

We once had raccoons born in our attic. After they were a little bigger, I put on loud music in the attic with a radio and put small pans of ammonia around the attic. It got rid of the coons. I didn't remove the ammonia pans and we had terrible ant infestation in the attic, I finally associated it with possibly the ammonia, which was dried up by that time, but they were all over the pans. I removed the pans and the ants disappeared. So examine something new you're doing you haven't done in the past, if it's not raining a lot.

Answered by irrismith on Nov 14, 2008, 04:54AM
196 answers

ants in large numbers like that usually mean they have found a water source..ants NEED water to reproduce, so if maybe you have a dishwasher or some other appliance that is either leaking or condensating, thay may be using that source for their water requirements...leak under sink maybe? watch them move, they will develop a little pathway from the water to the queen , if that s the reason they are there, and that could help you track down their supply...

Answered by ichibanarky on Nov 14, 2008, 05:15AM
9058 answers

Make sure that all food is properly sealed (they can get through plastic wrap so use containers with lids.

I had an ant problem last year and I cleared it up by dusting around all the baseboards in the house with baby powder. The ants refused to walk over the powder. Not long after, they just disappeared and I swept up the baby poweder.

Answered by ty on Nov 14, 2008, 07:17AM
10132 answers

Check for a source... my friend randomly got ants one day and she couldnt get rid of them (turns out her little neice had dropped chocolate into some obscure corner...

If you cant find out, try an exterminator...

Answered by 00shreck00 on Nov 14, 2008, 01:07PM
100 answers

You can get a bug bomb from walmart.

Answered by tseirpeht on Nov 17, 2008, 12:40AM
1163 answers

It dont work for everyone but Combat brand has been a God send for me.

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