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December 16, 2018, 10:00:17 AM
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Genuine issue here, does anyone have any good solutions to getting rid of ants?

Last time they started getting inside the house, but luckily they haven't reached that stage yet. I've tried those store bought ant poison pellets, and it seemed to have no impact. I've tried making some sugar water and borax solution and it did attract a bunch of ants to the baits, but it seemed to only get half the ants. So half the area is clear of ants (for now) but there is another stream of ants like a metre away that was unaffected.
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December 16, 2018, 11:29:36 AM
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If they are in the kitchen: Don't leave anything food related in the house! Don't leave the dishes etc.

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December 16, 2018, 12:06:41 PM
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Making sure your home is clean and aerosol spray will do the trick .bonus point try to locate their nest and destroy it
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December 17, 2018, 10:45:28 AM
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The home itself is okay for now, everything is definitely clean inside. Just worried that with so many outside, eventually they'll venture inside looking for the smallest bits of food.
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December 17, 2018, 11:50:40 PM
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I have a yearly problem every summer in my house.  I wish I knew a solution. 
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December 18, 2018, 01:37:30 PM
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We use vinegar at home to avoid ants, they hate the smell.
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December 19, 2018, 08:26:33 AM
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I own a remote house in an olive grove with a lot of mice and rats, so I am using rodent baits. I noticed last summer that ants like it and disappeared from house. Just give it a try.
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December 19, 2018, 02:34:12 PM
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Find the nests and pour boiling water in the nests.

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December 20, 2018, 09:00:18 AM
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We use vinegar at home to avoid ants, they hate the smell.

I use that too, they really hate the smell of it. Grin
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December 20, 2018, 09:03:04 AM
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The usual stuff that we buy on grocery stores that can eliminate ants.
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December 20, 2018, 10:54:40 AM
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Try to find the reason why they are so brazenly climb into the house. It could be anything, such as food. There are special services that fight pests, try to contact them.
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December 20, 2018, 02:07:47 PM
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The ants that you see are the scouts, and there is no point killing them. They will just send more. As somebody has suggested, put stuff down like vinegar or paraffin. They will go back and tell the others that it's not a nice place to visit.

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December 20, 2018, 08:54:35 PM
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There are special organizations that expel harmful residents from your home for a small fee. Search the web
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December 22, 2018, 03:37:59 PM
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Pour rock salt on these ants! YOu can also use water spray just to get rid of them ants!
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February 04, 2019, 12:31:29 PM
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Do not leave food open at night, especially sugar or honey, and dirty dishes))There are many means to combat their appearance. It can help even everywhere a little scattered kitchen soda.
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February 04, 2019, 01:37:23 PM
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find the nest and get rid of it!!! Grin
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February 04, 2019, 02:50:35 PM
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Find the nest and kill the queen with bleach or boiling water.
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February 04, 2019, 11:24:14 PM
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they love coming inside when its raining! I am dealing with this issue atm. I got a couple traps as well as ziplocking all sweet sugary things

Also don;t leave dirty dishes in the dishwasher
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February 05, 2019, 03:18:19 AM
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The pellets you buy from the store typically takes over a week to work because they need to take it back to the nest and there are thousands of them in a nest.

Some things I've found to work:
  • Spraying the path they use so they lose their way
  • Spraying the entrance they use into your home from outside
  • Leaving the dead ones you killed behind to warn them off
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February 05, 2019, 08:43:03 AM
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If they are in the kitchen: Don't leave anything food related in the house! Don't leave the dishes etc.
Even if he do anything like that stillw ants will find ways to look for their foods,what you need to do is follow the track and get into the Queen thats the only chance to escape from the misery,you must Dig deeper to get and kill the Queen so they will gone forever,i did that once but i am going to tele you that its not easy ,or better call the pest control to do the job
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