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Post by jmd74 on Aug 11, 2015 2:06:27 GMT
We moved to Texas recently and ants have taken over the pantry. I haven't seen them anywhere else. I have taken everything out, scrubbed down the shelves, used cinnamon after a quick google search, and caulked the trim on the baseboards. They are still getting in. All open food is sealed in Tupperware or Ziplock bags. Help!
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Post by twistedscissors on Aug 11, 2015 2:20:47 GMT
Having the same problem in KY. I'll be watching this thread too.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 11, 2015 2:38:20 GMT
Terro. And watch to see where the line of ants come from
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 11, 2015 2:50:31 GMT
The only way I've ever gotten rid of ants is feeding them Terro. It looks like white Karo syrup. Set up a feeding station on a plate or tile, something hard surfaced and just keep putting drops of the Terro down. They will swarm at first, millions of them, but just keep feeding them. Soon they will start to thin out and eventually stop coming. It may take a week or even a little longer.
409 or other spray cleaner will kill them on contact, but won't stop more from coming. The 409 isn't toxic like the poison spray.
I must live on a giant ant hill as I fight them every summer. Terro is the only thing that I've ever found that actually works.
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Post by jmd74 on Aug 11, 2015 3:01:45 GMT
conchita these are also tiny ants. I have also placed an Amazon order! Lol
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 11, 2015 3:06:26 GMT
Yiu can get Terro anywhere, so if you don't want to wait run to walmart, target, home depot, the grocery store...
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Post by Zee on Aug 11, 2015 3:07:06 GMT
I have had this problem in the past and the best, fastest, easiest solution honestly was to call an exterminator. You can try Terro but it never seems to totally solve the problem.
It wasn't super expensive and was guaranteed for a year. I used the same guys in two different houses, they cleared it all up after I had tried everything. And thankfully in this house I haven't had those pesky visitors!
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Post by happymomma on Aug 11, 2015 3:11:14 GMT
I've used Terro in the past as well. Now, our town had a very large above average spider population this summer and I asked on FB what to do. Many people told me to soak cotton balls in peppermint oil because spiders hate it. I just Googled ants and peppermint and found many articles recommending peppermint oil to get rid of the ants as well. I guess it's worth a try if you want to try to take a non-chemical approach first.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 11, 2015 3:45:12 GMT
You want to use a poison like Terro that the ants will take back to their nest. You can also buy bait for the yard, hoping to find the best. If they return again, I'd call an exterminator. They will find the best and gave a guarantee for several months.
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Post by stephgg on Aug 11, 2015 4:03:00 GMT
So weird! I found tiny ants in my house too today. Never heard of Terro. Off to look it up.
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Post by karenintx on Aug 11, 2015 4:14:51 GMT
I second Terro. Works like a charm. We use it when we see them, and they are totally gone in two days, usually quicker than that!
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Aug 11, 2015 5:41:37 GMT
I live in the Bay Area and we had ants in the kitchen yesterday for the first time in at least 8 years! I figured out where they were coming in and sprinkled borax there. We didn't have any ants today. I read they won't cross the borax line, so I guess that's right.
My mother lives about 100 miles north of me and she has had ants for the first time since she's lived in her house--30 years.
It's a crazy year for ants, I guess.
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Post by chrissypie on Aug 11, 2015 10:19:25 GMT
I have the same problem! It's so frustrating! I wonder if I can get Terro in Aus - never heard of it.
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Post by carhoch on Aug 11, 2015 10:44:38 GMT
Terro is absolutely the best it take 3-4 days but it work.
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Post by baslp on Aug 11, 2015 11:02:14 GMT
We have a horrible ant problem every spring . I tried Terro, but ended up sprinkling baby powder in the spots they were roaming. It greatly reduced their population. I just wish I could find unscented baby powder!
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 11, 2015 12:26:35 GMT
I've used Terro in the past as well. Now, our town had a very large above average spider population this summer and I asked on FB what to do. Many people told me to soak cotton balls in peppermint oil because spiders hate it. I just Googled ants and peppermint and found many articles recommending peppermint oil to get rid of the ants as well. I guess it's worth a try if you want to try to take a non-chemical approach first. Is your town located in hell?  Spiders TERRIFY me. I'd rather have a billion ants than 1 spider. Off to order a 10 gallon drum of peppermint oil. |
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 11, 2015 14:49:51 GMT
I had an ant problem a few years ago in my pantry. They were coming down the wall from a corner of the ceiling- so look up, too! I put dry wall in all of the corners and it solved the problem.
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Post by happymomma on Aug 11, 2015 16:08:18 GMT
I've used Terro in the past as well. Now, our town had a very large above average spider population this summer and I asked on FB what to do. Many people told me to soak cotton balls in peppermint oil because spiders hate it. I just Googled ants and peppermint and found many articles recommending peppermint oil to get rid of the ants as well. I guess it's worth a try if you want to try to take a non-chemical approach first. Is your town located in hell? Spiders TERRIFY me. I'd rather have a billion ants than 1 spider. Off to order a 10 gallon drum of peppermint oil. You're too funny! Seriously, it felt like we were in a scary movie this summer. I'm not scared of spiders, but this was ridiculous. I even had company from out of state comment on it. She said, "Wow, this town has tons of spiders! The street signs even have spider webs all over them." And she was right. I have no idea why they were so prevalent this year. But...hardly any mosquitoes, which some say should be named Michigan's state bird. I guess all those spiders ate 'em all up. |
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Post by akathy on Aug 11, 2015 16:16:15 GMT
Yep, Terro!
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 11, 2015 17:59:34 GMT
Is your town located in hell? Spiders TERRIFY me. I'd rather have a billion ants than 1 spider. Off to order a 10 gallon drum of peppermint oil. You're too funny! Seriously, it felt like we were in a scary movie this summer. I'm not scared of spiders, but this was ridiculous. I even had company from out of state comment on it. She said, "Wow, this town has tons of spiders! The street signs even have spider webs all over them." And she was right. I have no idea why they were so prevalent this year. But...hardly any mosquitoes, which some say should be named Michigan's state bird. I guess all those spiders ate 'em all up. If I lived in your town, I'd be in the corner, rocking back and forth with my thumb in my mouth, praying for snow! |
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Post by Trixie Bender on Aug 11, 2015 18:06:53 GMT
I'm another Terro user thanks to recommendation of the Peas years ago on the old board. I don't use the bait. I understand how the baits works, but the thought of the baits drawing in more frightens me.
Starting in the spring, I start spraying the perimeter of my house weekly/every two weeks with Terro spray or Ortho spray. I also use both products in granular form in flower beds and in the lawn. Yes, it's probably overkill (no pun intended), but I really don't like bugs and I really, really don't like them in my house.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 11, 2015 18:08:48 GMT
Avon Skin-so-Soft. We had an invasion about a month ago and sprayed a few of the *runs* with SSS. Within a day they disappeared. Works every time for me. ETA: I used Terro one time years ago and came home from a trip to Hawaii to an inch thick line of ants going from my front door to the kitchen (about a 25 foot run.) They had found my sugar bowl that someone had left out. It was awful.  |
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Post by melanell on Aug 11, 2015 18:12:48 GMT
I 347th the Terro suggestion.
We had ants invade our pantry and I was so upset. We lost so much food and it was a time when money was tight. We did wash everything down. We made sure everything was in containers. We also caulked around anywhere we thought might allow them in. And we still kept seeing some. They showed up in a cabinet, and on our counter, too.
I was given the suggestion of the Terro liquid traps and we bought them, and we have continued to buy them as a preventative measure every year since then, twice a year (once in April & once in August). And, knock on wood, we have not had any inside since we started buying it.
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Post by Country Ham on Aug 11, 2015 20:39:04 GMT
The sarcastic side of me wants to say "as long as the ants aren't called Cecil".
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Post by snappinsami on Aug 11, 2015 23:20:23 GMT
I have had this problem in the past and the best, fastest, easiest solution honestly was to call an exterminator. You can try Terro but it never seems to totally solve the problem. It wasn't super expensive and was guaranteed for a year. I used the same guys in two different houses, they cleared it all up after I had tried everything. And thankfully in this house I haven't had those pesky visitors!  I ***HATE*** ants. We had a problem with them in our last house and nothing we tried ourselves got rid of them. Eventually they moved from just being in the kitchen (all the cabinets and drawers, by the way) to crawling up the banister and being upstairs too. I literally woke up in the middle of the night with them crawling on me. We wound up calling an exterminator who did both an interior and exterior spray. We signed up for a regular service and they did an external spray every other month. But if we had any problem between their visits, they'd come out and treat it at no cost. It wasn't expensive (I think it came out to less than $40 a month), and was well worth the cost for the peace of mind knowing that we wouldn't have to deal with that again. |
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Spiders TERRIFY me. I'd rather have a billion ants than 1 spider. 
