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Stupid Ants!! How Do I Rid Them??
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on January 7, 2010
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Ok so we just bought a house in november and we cant seem to get rid of the fire ants IN our house, I feel like they are everywhere weve had 2 exterminators and we won...
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- One thing that helped us was going around the foundation with Orthene. It's expensive, but getting it down next to the concrete really helped.
- Call Jeff with Crown Pest Control 18174858774. We had a horrible ant problem and he just kept working on the problem until it was resolved. He told me he wished we h...
- Try cornmeal. It's always worked when I've used it though it takes a few days. Good luck!
Teeny Tiny ANTS
Asked by L.S. from Portland
on April 9, 2009
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I know this question was asked before but I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for these bothersome ants.. They come into my house when it rains. I mop the floor...
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- Eco-Care is great for pest control. They will come to your house and put out pet/kid-safe stuff that is also environmentally safe. Their number is ###-###-####. They c...
- I learned many years ago from a professional exterminator to use orange oil cleaning products in the home wherever you clean. I also add essential orange oil to my mop...
- Ants follow trails. They have an established trail to your house. My apt's have a massive ant hill someplace under the stairs and I lived in the biggest ant hill for...
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...
How Do I Get Rid of Ants in My House
Asked by T.K. from Dallas
on May 27, 2010
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I'm suddenly infested with ants. They're in the wierdest places. Not on food, but on the woodwork and baseboards or crawling up the walls. Even in my dishwasher on t...
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- I use dryed molasses to protect my house. You can buy a 50 lb bag (about $10 - will last all summer) at any feed store. Sprinkle in all around the outside walls of ...
- are you sure they are fire ants? If not fire ant killer is not what you need. They could be carpenter ants, they eat wood. You will need to have the house treated b...
- Try Home Defense spray - spray the borders of the house inside and out. You can get it at Lowes/Home Depot, etc . . . works great, dries quickly . . .
How Do I Get Rid of These Ants?!
Asked by K.G. from Springfield
on April 9, 2008
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Is anyone else having problems with ants since we have been getting all of this rain? I am about to lose my mind! I really can't use stuff like Raid because I have a...
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- Definitely use Taro!
- Terro works great - make take a couple of days - but it does the job - and you can put it aways from where a child can get at it.
- We use Terro. It works really good, you just have to put it out of the children or animals reach. Under cabinets, in the corners on countertops. They provide little ca...
How to Safely Get Rid of Ants?
Asked by L. from Minneapolis
on June 30, 2007
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I'm seeking some advice on how to safely rid our home of ants. We have the little black ones. I want to be cautious about using pesticides, as we have a 1 year old d...
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- Repel ants. Sprinkle Baby Magic Baby Powder in cracks, along a window sill, or under doors where ants enter. Ants will not walk through baby powder. Mix in a smal...
- I use Melaleuca cleaning products and many of the products can be used to get rid of ants, spiders and many other uses. and are safe and natural. That is why I use t...
- If you can find the spot they are getting in through you can sprinkle cinnamon it that area and it actually suffocates them. It may sound weird but it works. We did ...
How Do I Get Rid of Ants?
Asked by J. from Chicago
on December 31, 2007
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We have had an ant or 2 in the past, but today I found a whole bunch of them in the kids room, YUCK! I got squished the ones I could see and cleaned as well as I could...
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- Sprinkle a packet of EQUAL sweetener around the ants....they carry it back to their colony and it kills the whole colony....there is something in it that is poisonous ...
- I have also had good success with Terro. This contains borax as the killing agent - which is supposed to be harmless to people and pets. (check out terro.com for mor...
- I have had good luck with Comet kitchen cleanser. I sprinkle a small line of it along where they are walking and leave it down for a day. I was told that is sticks to ...
Help! Ants in the House!
Asked by K.A. from Los Angeles
on July 12, 2011
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Hello! I have ants scattered around the house, I guess they are looking for water? I can't see where they are coming from, there is not like a trail or anything, jus...
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- Once you spray the Raid barrier it really does form a barrier. It dries quickly so you don't have to worry about your baby crawling in it. Perhaps spray it when the ...
- Try Terro liquid bait traps. They are made of sugar and borax solution, so fairly non toxic. Set up many, one or two in each spot and leave them there till you don't s...
- If you can somehow find the trail, you can create safer barriers using baby powder. In this hot weather they are certainly looking for water, and the powder dries the...
Help I Have Ants in My House!
Asked by E.Z. from Minneapolis
on July 14, 2010
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Recently I have noticed that I am getting ants in my home. Not sure where they are coming from or how they are getting in - we live in a new construction home build w...
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- You may want to consider fogging your house and then disinfecting everything or spray them with an ant killer and disinfect where you sprayed. Just a warning I want to...
- I've been there... and it doesn't take much for them to come back.. Make sure every crumb is cleaned up. Leave nothing on your counter. Put everything into tupperwa...
- Go to Home Depot and get some "Terro". It is essentially a small bottle of liquid Borax that you put out for the ants to eat and take home to their nest. It is toxic...
Help Getting Rid of Ants
Asked by A.K. from Iowa City
on May 20, 2009
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We've had ants in the kitchen for about 2 weeks and I can't get rid of them. I'd like to use products without die-hard poison if at all possible because it's on our co...
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- salt will also work as it is toxic to them(so I've heard)put a line of it wherever they go and they won't cross it. good luck! hope it helps.
- We had that same problem last spring...we called WilKil and have not seen an ant, a spider, or any other kind of bug in our home since. They do the inside and outside...
- A., I recently struggled with ants, and I dusted my countertops and sink ledge with baby powder. I left it sit for about 2 hours and then vacuumed it up. Not an ...
