ant problem

blacksockz · Post by **blacksockz** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:28 am

Hi all,

My 3 year old woke me up this morning, rather frantically, and brought me to the laundry room where I discovered hundreds of teeny ants.

I killed whatever was there, but they seem to me ignoring all my efforts and keep coming back. I did some research and found there are a variety of ants, but I can't figure out which one is mine. Has anyone had any experience with in-house ants, are they Pharaoh or Carpenter? I was reading up about ant exterminators and they seem to cost an absolute fortune!!! Has anyone done this themselves??!!

Thanks.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:27 am

blacksockz;1322642 wrote: Hi all,

My 3 year old woke me up this morning, rather frantically, and brought me to the laundry room where I discovered hundreds of teeny ants.

I killed whatever was there, but they seem to me ignoring all my efforts and keep coming back. I did some research and found there are a variety of ants, but I can't figure out which one is mine. Has anyone had any experience with in-house ants, are they Pharaoh or Carpenter? I was reading up about ant exterminators and they seem to cost an absolute fortune!!! Has anyone done this themselves??!!

Thanks.

I get ants every spring, buy ant traps, they last 3 months and work!

I would put at least 3 where you saw them and spread them throughout the house.

Wal-Mart sells them.

keep them out of reach of children and pets.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:28 am

Carpenter are rather large.

What you have are probably the little "sugar" or, "house" ants, looking for (and probably found) some nice sweet food in your house.

How to Get Rid of Ants

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:29 am

Ah yes ants------------we got em--------and they are the very small ones. This time of year as the weather gets so hot these little critters are seeking water. You can take care of it your self with sprays or ant traps that are readily available at your local market or hardware store.

Ants In and Around the Home, HYG-2064-96

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:34 pm

Buy Terro. It's cheap and sold in hardware stores. Best of all, it works and works well.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:36 pm

Not all ants will respond to a particular poison. Very small ones will ignore most of the wedge shaped poison traps.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:36 pm

Excuuuse me but unless your ants are in your pants this isnt really a health problem.