Quote:
Originally Posted by maclufrontier
We've been battling ants in our house for weeks now. I've tried ant traps (the kind where they take poison back to their home and it is supposed to Kill Em All), I've siliconed around the baseboards, and we've cleaned the house from top to bottom. It never fails... 30 minutes after I get rid of a bunch off of the floor, 15 more are their to replace the dead ones. I don't know where they are coming from!!
|
I've had a lot of luck with Combat Gel-type bait. They used to have a translucent gel that worked GREAT. They've switched (at least in this area) to a brown gel that I don't think works quite as well. But, I've put a teaspoon sized blob of the gel down in their path and let them have at it. With the translucent gel they'd be done in less than 24 hours. With the brown gel it took up to 2 days.
Other than that, I use the bug killer you get for the lawn spreader around the whole yard and make a second pass around the house perimeter.
Good Luck. I admire their work ethic, but I hate the little guys.