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Ants!!!!!
Asked by M.H. from Washington DC
on June 8, 2010
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Okay, I saw a post about ants a few weeks ago but I didn't pay any attention to it because I didn't have ants. Well, gues what? Now I do. They are in my kitchen an...
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- Hey M., Ants hate anything spicy. You can use Cheyenne pepper and it will at least keep them at bay, but it can be messy. I use the Ortho Home Defense spray and i...
- According to the internet (emails), dryer sheets deter them. I don't know how it works exactly. I had an ant problem a couple of months ago and I did use chemicals. We...
- sprinkle the baseboards with cinnamon, ants hate it. Vinegar is good and windex kills them instantly. We use Terro ant bait. It is some clear stuff that you can eit...
Ants
Asked by D.S. from New York
on April 19, 2010
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HI Moms,
For about a week now we have had ants. They are the larger black carpenter ants. My house is clean and I sweep and wash the floor almost every night after ...
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- We had these they are totally gone now but we HAD to use a professional service. (We used JP McHale). I think the carpenter ants in our case were coming in from the w...
- Hi - They are obviously getting in somewhere from the outside. You will need to spray the foundation and about 3 feet from the house as a preventative. Try to see wh...
- Carpenter ants are WORSE than termites. They can do so much damage to the wood in your house. You really need to call a licensed exterminator or you will be calling a ...
Ants!
Asked by H.B. from Dallas
on July 30, 2008
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Hey Mamas! I am just wondering how to get rid of ants? I make sure to keep the floors clean, and mop after every meal my son eats so they don't have anything to feed o...
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- I had this problem and discovered they were finding crumbs under the microwave! I tried Raid ant baits, with no luck. So, I bought Combat ant baits (which my mother ...
- Hey H., I've used cayenne pepper to repel ants. If you can find where they are coming in, just leave a thin trail of pepper and it will keep them out. S.
- I've also had success with those little ant cups or ant baits--we had ants on our counters, so we could put the baits in places my DD couldn't reach (she was about 1 a...
Ants
Asked by D.F. from Detroit
on May 31, 2011
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Ok - every year we have issues with Ants - big black ones...they don't seem to eat food but they do seem to come out of the woodwork - literally. I think we need to p...
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- You might want to call Orkin or Terminix for an inspection for carpenter ants. We get a few of those guys...and they bite...but not too many. If you have alot they m...
- We just had the same problem (carpenter ants) and I was so disgusted I just had to do something about it. I also feel like you regarding the chemicals, as I too have ...
- there carpenter ants there a pain in the a##. U need a orkin man or someone last i checked two years ago orkin was 88 dollars a month they come out once a week and spr...
Helppppp We Have Ants!!!!!!
Asked by S.S. from Chicago
on July 10, 2011
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Ok so I got up this morning to ants. not a few ants but literally hundreds of those little bitty tiny ants. my mom used to call them piss ants when we were little. ...
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- The only thing I use,they haven't been back and it is VERY safe if you have little ones. Mix Powder sugar and Boric acid equal parts. The POWDER sugar will attract th...
- Mine were in the bathroom only they were attracted to water, I cleaned to destroy their scent trail, and for a few days I dried my sink after every use and they went a...
- Hi S., Believe it or not, but you can use regular table salt or orange rines (sp?). There is something that is in those that ants don't like because it dries out t...
Tiny Ants
Asked by K.T. from Houston
on July 8, 2010
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I have these tiny little ants that appear magically in my bedroom on the nightstand. Whenever we place coffee cup or saucer with something on it, they just appear. I...
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- I have had these ants for a couple of years. Found out they are Pharaoh ants. Look them up online and see if they look like what you have. When you spray, they know...
- could be sugar ants and you need a good toxic ant control to spray, but my neighbor had the same thing and she thought they were sugar ants and they're not. They are ...
- They are actually sugar ants. We get them in the boys bathroom every summer. Not sure how they appear or where they come from. We have used an Ortho bug spray, the kin...
Ants Everywhere!
Asked by G.T. from Boston
on April 6, 2012
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We are getting carpenters ants in my home everywhere and I am so grossed out. I contacted an exterminator but I am really worried about the chemicals as I have 2 small...
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- I agree with B D. Terro works amazing, my brother was an exterminator and it's what he recommended to us. You just have to deal with the trail for a few days and then ...
- I agree with the votes for Terro. We had carpenter ants and Terro took care of them and they never came back. I got really grossed out when I discovered them because...
- Someone out here recommended Terro to me last year, and it's the ONLY thing that worked for us. Not Orkin, not Raid...nothing else. Put it by where the ants are com...
Fire Ants!!!!!!!
Asked by W.C. from San Antonio
on August 9, 2008
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Hello everyone. We just returned from our 3week trip to Indiana. We were welcomed home by about 1,000 fire ants. We vacuumed them up and thought that we found the entr...
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- Are you kidding? You better tell the apartment complex to get someone out there immediately! I thi nk something like that would make the place considered uninhabitab...
- I Sprayed my house inside and out. But, around my daughter's bed, etc. I placed ant baits. They work like roach motels but are white and for ants.
- That doesn't sound like fire ants! You'd better get the apartment manager, it sounds more like termites! B. C
Is Anyone Having Trouble with Ants
Asked by L.C. from Dallas
on July 25, 2008
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i am in need of pest control and I am worried if I go with terminex or a well known co I will be sold a plan I dont necessaraly need. i found some ants with wings in ...
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- we just had a guy come out and give us a quote to get our trees trimmed. One of the first things that he asked us was if we had ant problems, because apparently they c...
- L., We had termites and after calling Terminex and getting an outrageous quote I read the responses here and called National Pest Management Tommy Everest ###-###-###...
- We found some winged ants in a windowsill of our first home. It's been a while,so I may be wrong, but I think they were carpenter ants. Fortunately we caught them be...
Ants with Wings in My Bathroom
Asked by R.W. from St. Louis
on May 20, 2010
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I have these ants with wings in my bathroom. They don't seem to be able to fly, they kind of jump. How do I get rid of them. R.
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- Whether ants or termites, you've got an established nest in your house and the fliers have just hatched out and are looking to breed and/or establish new nests. Get a...
- They're termites. They will fly, give them time, lol. Don't let people scare you about termites. They can be controlled. When you call an exterminator make sure when ...
- That sure sounds like what I found in the bathroom of my first apartment. The bad news? Termites! Call immediately and have your home inspected by a pest control pr...
