Ants

[billb7581]

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[timneh5]

Try cornmeal, boric acid, or borax:

How to Get Rid of Ants - wikiHow
"Cornmeal can be used as a weapon against ants, and it's not poisonous to people or animals. Ants eat it, and after consuming water, the cornmeal swells inside their digestive organs, killing the ants."

"...Mixing boric acid powder or borax with maple syrup is the most common bait (and is what a popular commercial ant poison, Terro, basically consists of). Boric acid affects ants both externally (when in powder form; similar to diatomaceous earth) and internally (when ingested). The ants bring the poison (borax or boric acid) with them to the colony and spread it around. If you get the quantity and timing just right, you can wipe out a large colony, but it might take several weeks to a few months. A bait that's too strong will kill the ants before they make it home, and a bait that's too weak will only weaken the colony temporarily, so here are some recipes that people have had success with:

*1 cup water, 2 cups sugar, 2 tablespoons boric acid

*3 cups of water with 1 cup of sugar and 4 teaspoons of boric acid.

If you have pets and/or children around (see Warnings below) put the bait in a jam jar. Screw the lid tightly and seal with adhesive tape. Pierce two or three small holes in the lid, and smear the outside with a little bit of unpoisoned bait. If you're concerned about the jar getting knocked over and the poisoned bait spilling out, loosely pack the inside with cotton balls."

[kiki1130]

We also used Terro at our house in FL and it's the only thing that worked. We used the indoor bait, not outdoor, but I bet it would work just as well.

[JessicaB25]

We had carpenter ants. They only wanted in when it rained. Our pest control guy sprayed inside our walls and around our house and we sealed all the cracks. Make sure your windows are sealed good. Thats where we had a lot coming in at. There was a piece of plastic missing on the right side and to the left where the window slides across.

[manderly6]

We seemed to have made good progress. Put stuff outside the house. Haven't seen any activity inside for a few days.

Although we put up our hummingbird feeder on Saturday and within an hour it was covered in ants. We had to relocate it farther away from the house.

[CanalsLB]

We spotted a couple of ants in the kitchen and sprayed. Sure enough no more ants in the kitchen but they showed up in the bathroom! We then used the Terro liquid bait trap. It took about a week but they are all gone now. It was difficult the first 12-24 hours! We would see the many ants traveling all over the bathroom. 24-48 hours from the initial laying of the traps all we did was clean up the dead ants! After 72 hrs no more ants. I've even taken the battle to the outside of the house!
everytime I see an ant hill I place a bait trap nearby for about 3-4 days! I'm waiting to see the effectiveness of this strategy!