Ants...Help!

[bekkiz]

For the past seven days we have had a constant ant infestation. It's been pouring rain like mad around here, and a number of people have told me this happens around here often when it rains so much. However, this has never happened to me!!!

Every time I think I've got any openings taped up, and every bit of food in a baggie or in the fridge, they suddenly appear somewhere else. I can't even tell what they're eating half the time.

So far I go after them and their trails with 409 and a sticky lint brush. We also have a few of the bait traps. My tiny kitchen is unuseable (all the cupboards have been emptied, I have nowhere to put dishes, pans etc) Everytime I clean one area, another area gets more piled up with stuff. Is there any way to make this more manageable, or do I just need to wait them out? I'm really nervous they'll never go away.

As an aside, I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex. Why can't they bug my neighbors?

 

[annemariec]

Have you tried the product, TERRO? It works wonders! It comes in an orange and white box. You can get it at Lowe's and Home Depot (maybe even Wal-Mart).

We have had ants once or twice and this really does the trick.

Good Luck!
Annemarie

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color=#006400>Well... I was going to say find out where those ants are entering the building....

I used to caulk every hole I found them coming through (sometimes trapping those little bodies in the caulk... ugh ) I now put dryer cling free sheets (like Bounce) over the holes & rub the areas around there, and they stay away.

 

[bekkiz]

I'll try the bounce and the terro. I really don't want to go to the store, but if I can't cook tonight, take out calls. I'll stop by home depot on the way there...

 

[annemariec]

Yes, MaryJo is right. I forgot to add the caulking part. (DH did that.)

Annemarie

 

[Boots]

I have waged a war against ants here for the longest. I will finally get rid of them and then about two months later I will be right back where I started from!!!

 

[lilboo]

Sometimes they are a-skeered of grasshoppers.

 

[jipsy]

cayenne pepper flakes - they won't go near it. If you can find where they are coming in, sprinkle some at the opening.