An Army of Ants Are Invading Us!

Is it at the health store? I was thinking of how persistent the ants are! Thanks, I will have to look for it.

I know it sounds like I am torturing them! But they can take over in so many hours and it does not seem to stop unless you take an active stance against them! Do you know if it is poison? I thought the baking soda would work in a similar manner, as it is salt and can make most insects explode!

I found mine at the grocery store.. It is colorless, odorless and I don't think that it will bother your Asthma at all.. There are no fumes given off from it.. I put out a small drop of it on a small piece of cardboard and the ants come to it in droves, there is always a small circle of ants, almost like a black circle around the drop of liquid and then they quietly and politely leave and take it to the nest to kill everyone in the nest.. That sounded really cruel, didn't it.. My ants are the very small black ones but it works on them every time, any of the bigger ones, I get my husband to come in and step on them.. If you get the big ones call him and he will come and step on yours for you also.. Hope you find the right answer as they are persistant little pests.. Have a great evening..

I am winning all the battles but losing the war! The queen keeps sending more and more, smaller and smaller ants my way!

That is interesting! During the nineties, I was growing tomatoes in the kitchen window, and these tiny exotic looking mushrooms sprung up! We did not eat them but wondered where they came from! I do know about the soap sprays, dish soap mixed with water!

We have the same ant problems here at times. Your responders have given lots of true information and techique. I do know like mention here that they leave a sent trail. After you have waged your war with whatever be sure to wipe away the sent trail. This will keep them at bay. I have to war them 2 or three times a year as well. hope you win!

These were Mohave desert ants. Can't recall ever having been bitten by California ants.

I do feel them crawling when I "get in the way"!

I know what you mean! I kept thinking you are in China, something to do with your nickname! I know in the winter when it is going to rain, the ants let us know by their behavior! They come in before the rain, as they are always prepared! I envy those ants! So do you mean the ants need water too? I know they do not like rain, as it messes with their bodies, but I did not think they want some eater as long as they do not drown in it! I would leave them alone, but I watched them l;ong enough to know that one more day and they would take over the whole house! I can just see them carrying away my body!

That is so weird! here we have a rainy season,and that is when they usually come inside, to get out of the rain! They usually warn us a few hours ahead of the rain, that it is coming! (It does not rain every single day.) It is dryer than normal though, so I guess that is it!

yeah when it is really dry they going looking for moisture. They do the same thing here (the northern part of Australia)We are not in a drought area, we just have six months without rain and during that time the ants tend to come inside looking for moisture.

I thank you for your suggestion! My husband has told me in the past, that if the builders put a certain substance in the walls, it will prevent pests from invading and inhabiting the walls! I am always careful though, as we have been in shelters too many times already! Even though the law is meant to protect tenants from being evicted for asking for repairs/etc., it still happens and the most you can do is get six months time waiting for the court date! We really do not want to have to move again! Most everything is fine here, just that I have been nusy with helping my children in school and now I need to focus more on the house! I do think Lou has something there, about the drought making them search for water! Now that you ahve sent an iceberg, and some locusts,oops, I mean grasshoppers, things will cool off again soon!

Are they cousins to grasshoppers? I think I would like some, but I do not want to get kicked out of California! Or arrested for high treason! LOL (Very strict laws here on what you can bring in from other areas.)

Hey I've got locusts! They eat ants. Can I send you some? They are really doing a number on our crops and I won't even charge you for them! ROFL

The boric acid that is in that stuff works best if it is put inside the walls ! Some builders do that when building a house, as it works on other insects too.

I learned about ants in school, how they have their "soldiers" that do a lot of work! I am glad that you like the way I phrased it!

Thanks for being so nice! I have not been called "dear" in quite some time! I cannot afford anything like that, but I know it works as my parents hired one and I used to follow him through the house asking questions! This is a temporary problem that happens every so often in California! We are in a drought period, and we need some rain dances to fix the problem! It was like this when we moved here and it happens whenever we do not get enough rain during the winter! We are under restrictions, like not being allowed to water the lawn certain times of day, and stuff like that! So the ants must be feeling the drought too! I just never saw ants drink water, or carrying it!

That is funny, everything I used so far has been making me sneeze! I did not use the vinegar for the table, as it is really a desk and has a blacktop that is slowly getting ruined! that is why I thought of the oil.

I cannot handle the pesticide people! I have used baking soda and now tonight, I put cayenne pepper on them! After all that, I spray them with enough water to mix it up and get them good! I like your idea of luring them back outside! Here in California, it s a statewide problem! I know ants are not as bad as most bugs, but they do not march two by two, rather they march two thousand by two thousand! Who can multiply that quickly before another two thousand show up?

What do you use to get rid of them? I heard another story yesterday bout how someone would put a cup of jelly outside, so the ants would go back outside and not bother to come in!

I knew I should go visit Chinatown! I can get anything I need there, cheap too! Of course, I can probably get it at the new dollar store that opened last year! The chalk is probably also borax!