The invasion
@sweetashoney (3597)
United States
August 23, 2018 5:44pm CST
This morning I went in the kitchen and my counter top was covered with sugar ants!
I had cooked a cake of cornbread last night and made the mistake of leaving what I didn't eat in pan laying on the counter. There was so many ants that the whole top of the cornbread was dark. It looked like I had poured black pepper on top of the cornbread. I did get rid of them though, I sprayed them, then flushed them down the sink.
It has been years since I have had any ants come in my house, the last time I had this happen, it was fire ants, I woke up with something biting me and fire ants gotten in my bed. They were also real bad in the closet, I quit using the fabric softener that I was using at the time and hadn't had a problem with fire ants or any other ant since then. Until today!
Have you ever had ants take over your kitchen?
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
24 Aug 18
Thankfully no. Cinnamon gets rid of them good. The smell of it repels them. 
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
24 Aug 18
Thank you for telling me this, how do you use it? Do you just put it in a container and sit it on the counter?
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
24 Aug 18
@Starmaiden thank you Lucinda, I'll try that.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
24 Aug 18
@sweetashoney Just spinkle it along the back edge of your cupboards and countertops. You dont need to use much.
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@flpoolbum (2978)
• United States
24 Aug 18
@Sweetashoney ~Wow. Ants are annoying. While ants can to damage to the house, gire ants are much worse when they bite. I didn't even think about the ants being attracted to fabric softener, but it does smell sweet.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
24 Aug 18
I hadn't ether until then, the reason I figured it had to be that is because of the closet issue. I had a dresser in the closet and had some pants laying on top of it and the ants were covering them. Since I used fabric softener on both my pants a sheets, that's why I think they were attracted to that.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
24 Aug 18
Oh yes not only the kitchen but the bedroom, the dining table, and the sink too.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
24 Aug 18
Oh yes, I even had fire ants in my kitchen cabinets when I lived in one house years ago. I opened the cabinet to get a box of oatmeal out and they were even in it.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Aug 18
No ant problem for years but had an invasions. You have to be careful.
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