ants gotta drink too....

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Went to use the bathroom when I saw this.

I hate ants 99.9% of the time because they are annoying as crap when they find food and then there are millions of them making trails throughout the house.

This time though I decided to give them a break. The little guys must be thirsty. These past few months have been very hot. 90+ degree days have been the norm for awhile now. Just like any other creature, water is needed to survive. I guess ants are no different, I've never seen them gathered around water like this before, so I never thought about it till now.

You cannot really see, but the water is suspended in a ring surrounding the drain. I tried to get some close up pictures, I think they came out okay for a 6-year old point and shoot.

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That's a serious ant problem waiting to happen. I recommend Combat Max ant gel or bait station before you have a less amusing encounter with them.
 
I've never had any luck with bait traps. Never can get them to go in.

I've been killing them as I see them with windex.
 
Try that Combat Max gel in the syringe, that usually works great inside.
 
I'll give it a shot.

I just windex'd the little buggers. Sorry ants.
 
put a sprayer on a IPA bottle and not only does it kill them, it doesn't leave any odor behind...
 
timaishu said:
I've never had any luck with bait traps. Never can get them to go in.

I've been killing them as I see them with windex.
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Try these, they work, really well.

Ant Killer Liquid Bait Stations (6-Pack)-300 at The Home Depot

Seriously, you'll have a ton of them all over them. Just leave them and let them take the food back to the colony. A couple days later you'll have no more. Then if you ever see a lone scout a few weeks later, kill it dead always before it can get away.
 
Thanks A Lot!!... :eek:

These 'creeping-photos' scared the crap out of me.
And just when I was about to take my after-dinner constitutional.

I can always...
...on the AGO forum!!

:D

Bob
 
Terro ant traps. Work like a charm. Put one in the trail. It usually takes ours less than a day to eliminate the colony. Available at Home Depot type places.
 
Robert8194 said:
Terro ant traps. Work like a charm. Put one in the trail. It usually takes ours less than a day to eliminate the colony. Available at Home Depot type places.
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Yep, love those things (they're what I linked above). Also like that they're "fairly natural" (in my opinion). They're basically sugar water and Borax, no crazy chemicals really.
 
Terro. Or Amdro. Either OTC work great.

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After switching to Terro ant bait liquid I have had an ant free summer.

I put little pieces of cardboard all over the yard with a few drops in the middle of each piece. And did the same around the perimeter of my house.

The ants always found it and within a few days there were no more ants.

As a final test I would put a chicken bone on the lawn and if no ants showed up in a day or so then they are all dead.
 
Borax works.

20 mule laundry detergent (wal-mart) mix with juice they will drink it up bring it back to the nest and kill them all.
 
Mayassa said:
Borax works.

20 mule laundry detergent (wal-mart) mix with juice they will drink it up bring it back to the nest and kill them all.
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Yep, that's basically what the Terro stuff is, it's just packaged up in a nice tidy little ant bait.
 
Mayassa said:
Borax works.

20 mule laundry detergent (wal-mart) mix with juice they will drink it up bring it back to the nest and kill them all.
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It works for a while, then the little guys wise up. After a few rounds of Terro, the ants at my house wouldn't go near the stuff.
 
I don't have good luck with the borax-based baits...they seem to ingest them and keep on going. The Combat and other Fipronil-based gel and solid baits seem to work well, and as mentioned earlier there are some other slow-acting baits that work by a similar action. There was another really good sulfuramid bait that was made by FMC, but they don't seem to make that anymore.
 
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