Sugar Ants Won't Go Away!!!

Hi B.,
I had the same problem with all kinds of ants, not any more...thanks to my friend.
In Homedepot you can get granules "Amdro" for the ants. Put it outside aroud your house, all ants will go away in a few hours. It REALY works for a long time. And you don't need pest control anymore.(I used them a few times, they don't help, just making a lot of mess in the house.)

Good Luck!

V..
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Good Luck

Hi B.,

I have the same problem, but just at home in my kitchen!!! they are getting to me and i cant seem to get rid of them (frustrating)

if you find out how to get rid of those pesty insects, please let me know.

I worked for an apartment community. My pest control company said the only thing that works is Boric Acid. It is a poweder that you can find at Home depot or Lowes. It is very poisious though. We had them in a lot of cars so we suggested putting a little in a bottle cap under a seat where no-one can get to it. As far as inside your house maybe the same but in the corner behind applainces or something. Luckily your kids are old enough you don't have to worry about them putting everything in their mouths. We only had to use it once and they never came back. God Luck, hope this helped.

Please don't be offended as that is NOT my intention. I've had this problem before and after months of torture I realized that the ants keep coming because there is something there that they want. You might have soda (sugar) under your carpet that they can get to, in the crevices of your counter tops, in the tiniest places that are so hard to see.

I have the same problem in the kitchen and we spray raid..they still dont go away....they are everywhere and in the bathrooms we have the darker, flying, thicker ants..no clue what they are called..ahhhh...ya know i use to leave out grits, cause the ants are suppose to eat that and ca-pow they die..but that just attracted moths..its never ending..so then we had to get rid of the moths which took for ever..and of course the ants are back.

Exterminators won't work on sugar ants. Try Terro - clear liquid that comes in an orange box. It is sweet and attracts the sugar ants, then they take it back to the nest. Once you put it out, just know that they will SWARM like crazy to get it. Keep rereshing it daily (it does dry out) and putting it out till they are gone. It may take a while b/c sugar ants have four queens instead of one like most other ants. Once the queens are dead, the rest will die as well. Good luck!

Have you tried the terro ant drops from home depot they usually work great. Put the drops in a cap and put them around those areas. Good Luck!
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I am going crazy with the same issue!!! Inside the house I spray Home Defense for ants, big red and white sprayer got at home depot. I have never tried it but many people tell me that cornmeal works................Let me know if you find anything!

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I have intentionally lured them by placing a potato chip or other food item that they are attracted to on the floor where they are more prevelant and then, when they are all over it, I scoop them up and place them in a ziploc bag and throw them out. It's a bait and destroy tactic. Sounds sneaky, but it works. When there are only a few of them left, I spray them with a little spray and poof, they're all gone.
Take Care,
T.

Hi B.,

I have the same problem and I find that vinegar works. I haven't had that much of a problem with them since last summer when I also asked how to get rid of them. Don't get me wrong they still show up but not as bad. Not sure how to get rid of them in the van, sorry

Hope it works for you
G. V

Try orange oil or lavender oil.

go an get you some red pepper and put it around your doors and around the base board and in your van. I have done this around the outside of my trailer and i had no problems with ants. ants dont like the smell of red pepper.

This has worked for me and I read it on-line. Wherever you don't want them to go, apply talcum powder. I do this around my dog's food bowl and it works. They do not cross the talcum powder. I don't know about your car though. Now-a-days, there are lots of non-toxic products that can be applied. Call some experts in your area and get their input.

I hope this helps a little.

L.

FEED THEM INSTANT GRITS. aNTS EAT THEM THEN THE GRIT ENLARGES AND THE ANT DIES. SPRAY AROUND THE BOTTOM OF OUT SIDEYOUR HOUSE.

They may not be sugar ants, they might be white footed ants. Anything you do for sugar ants won't get rid of them. Ask your pest control company about treating for white footed ants instead. As far as your van, I am not sure, maybe you can find something on the internet for a better way to get rid of them. Good Luck!

Jill

We had the same problem here. We used Terminex and they had to come out several times before they were gone. They called them farrow ants, but they looked like sugar ants to me. We are only charged quarterly and if they have to come out 100 times before it's better, we only pay that one fee. We also had roaches after all that rain from TS fay and they came out once and we've had no problems since. About the ants... they said, sometimes they'll move around. If you have to leave for the day or longer tell them to dust the house or whatever it takes to get rid of them.
R.

I can certainly relate, we live in East Fort Lauderdale on the water and have had our share of ant problems. We have NEVER used a hired service and the best remedy I have found is TERRA. You can find it at Walgreens I think or maybe even Home Depot. It is in a bright orange box and you put a few drops on a piece of cardboard, they eat the poison, go back to the nest and leave your home. Since you have children you need to put it up and where they will not mess with it.

Hope this helps.

L.

Buy TERRO for ants it works really good for me.
Good luck :)

borax(or boric acid) and sugar water...set little "traps" with just a few drops of this mixture. They will eat it and die. I learned this trick from a pest control company and it really works!!

Try Ant Kill. It's in a small bottle that is white with blue lettering and a red lid. It's a think liquid and you can put it in small dots where needed. It's a miracle worker.

Terro is the magic stuff for sugar ants in your kitchen. Comes in a little orange box. You put the liquid on a piece of cardboard and the ants will eat it(they look like cattle at a watering hole). They will then go away! Works great!!!
Hope this helps.

When we first moved to Florida my bug guy told me that in order to remove them, I had to eliminate the scent of the ones that were there previously. I used the bleach solution, and tracked down where they were entering the house. I had to do it a couple of times but it did work. I do think I will go get some of that Terro stuff just in case; that stuff sounds great. Maybe if you did a combo of the two??
Good Luck!

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J. K

Hi B. - We recently moved to Florida, and had ant issues the second we stepped in the door. One of the moving guys grew up here and told me to go "Old School". 1/4 ammonia to 3/4 water works wonders, and does double duty as it's a natural cleaner too. I've also tried a bleach/h2o solution, but the smell lingers too long and bugs my kids (no pun intended. ;)) Here are a couple of links with more info. The 2nd link mentions bugs in drains, tho not ants direct.

http://www.naturodoc.com/library/lifestyle/cleaner.htm

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/257583/using_amm...

I have to admit, I'll buy a commercial product in a sec, but I'm a true convert now when it comes to using vinegar baking soda and ammonia as products au naturale. And it's saving us a TON of money since we buy the costco size versions! Good Luck!

I have never responded on here before, but I so sympathize with you and this problem, we had the same problem in our Kitchen and it was horrible. A lady at home depot recommended TERRO ANT Killer. Its amazing and we have had no problems since. All you do is apply a little drop of the clear gel like liquid onto a piece of cardboard (about 1 sq. inch in size and provided in the box) and place it near where you see the ants. you'll see all the ants congregating around the gel and then they will go away and I guess bring it back to their "leader" (lol) but they wont come back. We left the little drops out about a week and the ants disappeared,....we have not seen them since. Yay! Hope this helps

Try Terro! We had sugar ant problems, too and that has seemed to work. Get it at Home Depot. (That's the stuff that the previous posts suggested, too.) Just be careful where you place the drops. It should take a week or less... like the other post said, they'll swarm because they're attracted to it, then they will slowly start to disappear. You may need to reposition the "spots" you put down because the ants will change their patterns.
PS The bugman I called said he'd pretty much be out of business if it weren't for those little ants!

I have 2 little ones 2 years and 6 years and I don't like using sprays. There is a product called Terro and it works very well. You can buy it at Lowe's or Home Depot and maybe even Wal-Mart and Target. We used to have a big problem with the sugar ants but once we used the Terro they disappeared within a few days. Best of all, it's odorless. You apply a couple of drops on the cardboard provided and put the pieces in different places. It attracts the ants and later they seem to disappear. Hope this is helpful.

a natural approach is to sprinkle cornmeal in their path. It causes them to have digestive problems and die. It sounds funny, but I actually tried it and it worked.

I had the same problem ...even in my truck. I got them in my truck from parking under a tree. I used cloves in the truck and around the house (the smell seems to repel them).

The best thing that I found that works in the house is Terro Ant Killer. Publix sells little ant baits that work too. They are white plastic baits. But, Terro will get rid of them within a week.

Do u live in an apt? My mom had them to and couldn't get rid of them. It turned out they came from the apt above hers.

Good luck!

For sugar ants I think the best product is Ant Kill. It comes in a little yellow and red bottle. It is a gel that you squeeze in little puddles around the areas that you have the ants. Soon you will see each puddle surrounded by the ants, and then they form a line, taking some back to the other ants. Within an hour or so they are all dead. You should be able to get this anywhere they sell insecticide. Good luck!

Hi B.,

If you can't find the Terro, then you can use Combat Ant Gel (it's a syringe that comes in a little brown box). Same idea, but it's a yellowish gel. The ants will be all over it, but in a day or two they'll be gone.

I also use the Home Defense in the large red & white spray bottle (I think it's Ortho brand), and that works well too. I only use it outdoors, though. Every now and then I spray it all along the base of the outside wall of the house.

Now we get the occasional bug here and there, but no more of those crazy large-scale sugar ant invasions.

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Good Luck.
L.

your pest company is a money grubbing one and the pest guy who told you to bomb is a jerk.
Years ago my pest person told me this and it never fails!
go to Home Depot and buy the little bottle of clear-ish liquid that is specifically for sugar ants. Pour a small amount of it in a puddle (dime size or less) on the counter wherever they are coming in. It's something they eat and take back to the hill and die and poison others. I have had this problem many times- it gets worse when it rains because they are looking for someplace dry. But if I keep the area clean and do the poison they are gone for a long while unless I leave a mess!
The car is a little trickier- clean it well and park it somewhere different and try to find the source of the ants for the poison.
good luck!

I find that a product called ANT KILL works best for these pests. You can buy it at your local grocery store. It comes in the form a liquid. I put little squares of cardboard ( 1" x 1") on my counters and put a few drops of ANT KILL on them at night, I remove them in the morning. I hope this helps, it worked for me.

Window clean or vinegar works well.

Use a product called Terro. They sell it at Publix and Walmart. Put a small drop on a piece of paper and the ants love it.

HTH

Hi B.;

They actually do go away eventually with or without Terro; however, I like the Terro; what happens is the working ants take the terro back to the Queen and they all die. It might take two weeks and you will see the line of ants where ever you are at; I have a two year old so I have to be careful with where I put the little cardboard pieces. I do not use pesticides. I was going to spray before I got pregnant and then I got pregnant and so I didn't want to take any chances. After having Ethan, I just didn't want to spray chemicals around him.

We live by a lake and we get a lot of creatures; especially lizards.

Every body has crazy ants. I hate using the stuff around the counters but if you want the ants to go away, then use it. It takes longer if you don't. My son is every where.

My husband says that certain times of the year the ants are looking for water not just food.

Hi!
Try "Home Defense"; is a white gallon with a red label. I buy it in Home Depot but I'm sure any other store can have it. It can be used indoor or outdoor and has no odor. Also make sure you follow the ants to the main source where the queen is. Is a little bit like the Antz movie... but it will help you. It worked for me.
Good luck!