black ants

They're probably grease ants or the like. Best solution is to clean up the kitchen and figure out where they're coming in from. Once they no longer have an interest in your house, they'll go back to the wild where they came from. Might be attracted to the stove, drain on the sink, or spilled food on the counter.

It can depend on the species of ant they actually are, but Terro is general all around house ant aid...in the Dallas area I am finding Odorous House Ants, a small dark ant, at almost every home I go to, they are crazy this year. When "mushed" they have a definite odor to them. These ants do not live in the dirt like other ants but are nomads constantly on the move. They will be found in moist areas such as mulch, cluttered gutters, under leaf matter beneath the hedges, etc. Keeping the area clean of such moist hot spots will help future invasions.

Lar

Spray the foundation perimeter inside and out with Ortho Home Defense. I've had good luck with it and we have a ton of ants here in our wooded lot. You could also invest in an Anteater or Aardvark.

is it hard to potty train them?

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I did, about eight or nine years ago, and havn't seen an ant since then.

Nah. I can't help you with this one.:-) Although I really have eaten ants in the past. Delicious, very citrussy.

I thought they tasted like chicken?

"longshot" wrote in news:bcEZh.6566$f17.4378@trndny05:

Potty train the ants? LOL

Lemon chicken? That's citrussy :-)

I've found that taking a minute or two to clean up prevents ant invasions. I usually get a scout or two, but if they find any food, I get whole mess of them. My toddler use to leave a bunch of crumbs and some how the ants zeroed into them, so I had to vacuum each night.

tom @

For the invasions, I used *Fantastic* spray soap, specially in the kitchen etc where I don't want to use poisons.

I'm guessing this removes the ants and what attracted them.

tom @

Yes, the cleanup helps, but strong soap like this kills all the ants almost on contact, too.