Select a product with boric acid. "Terro" is one such product. Theapplication requires placing the bait on small squares of thincardboard. Once the ants discover the food source you'll see hundredsof ants carrying the bait back to their nest and in 2-3 days they willbe gone. You do not need to spray insecticides and these won't killthe queen anyway.

Animal fat kills humans, but doesn't do a thing to ants. We have to add boric acid to it.Rather ironic, eh?hehe

Re: How to rid house of ants?

Oct 23, 2004 3 Replies

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Phisherman 21 years ago

>Recently we have had a rash of ants in our house. We have a two story
>house, about 2400 sq feet. The ants are in the kitchen and laundry room
>at one end of the 1st floor, and in the bathroom at the other end of the
>house , on the 2nd floor. So, I am not sure if some sort of "spot"
>treatment will help.
>
>Do I need perimeter spraying , on the outside of the house , or should I be
>thinking more of spot , inside spraying just in the areas where we see the >ants ??
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated !!
>
>--james--

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Dorot29701 21 years ago

I used Terro last year and it worked fine. I used left over Terro this year and it didn't. Was it because it was too old or the type of ants were different? I have the Combat ant motels and they aren't working either.

I see the ants carrying crumbs from the toaster up the wall to the electrical socket.

Also have some ants in the bath at the other end of the house.

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jamie 21 years ago

Boric acid, sugar, and peanut butter.

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me 21 years ago

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