ants

[Bob Bowles]

[FH]

sorry, but i'm not aware of any other group to ask this question to.

can you recommend a product that i can spray around my house to keep ants out? i've used 25% Diazinon from the hardware store in the past, but it seemed to only send the ants inside the house from the outside. we've been using a pest control company ( who comes every other month ) but my wife wants to stop the service. she says "why are we paying this guy when we continue to get ants and spiders?"... i see her point, and i've complained to the guy what is happening over a 6 mo period, but it hasn't gotten any better . is there a product i can use that you've found successful? ( and no, i don't know what kind of ants they really are, other than annoying ).

thanks for any help

[mark Ransley]

are they large black ants 1/4 inch long, carpenter ants.

[Lar]

In article , [e-mail] says... :) wants to stop the service. she says "why are we paying this guy when we :) continue to get ants and spiders?"... i see her point, and i've complained :) to the guy what is happening over a 6 mo period, but it hasn't gotten any :) better . is there a product i can use that you've found successful? ( and :) no, i don't know what kind of ants they really are, other than annoying ). :) :) Maybe time to find a new exterminator. They have new products that give good results from 6 months to year. But they have to use them. :) depending on what type of ant you are dealing with may determine the best attack for them on doing it yourself.

['nuther Bob]

That also kills cats, dogs, etc.

Bob

[No-Name]

It doesn't kill the cats and dogs if they're properly kept under control on the owner's property and out of my yard. Our community has leash laws for dogs and cats.

[Stormin Mormon]

And small children.

[k conover]

[Paul A]

Do a Google group search with ANTS BORAXO SUGAR and one with ANTS BORAX SUGAR. Several people have reported very good results with these mixtures.

[Stormin Mormon]

Log onto

and look for "liquid ant bait". It comes in two ounce bottles. Put down small dishes or jar lids with a squirt of this blue liquid. Ants slurp it up, and don't come back.

[Bill Reynolds]

Commercialy available as TERO.

Remove TIE to reply.

[Stormin Mormon]

Cult: A church which teaches differently than you do.