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Originally Posted by Andrea3051
Hi,
I just moved into a Villa in Mallory a few weeks ago, I am not new to sugar ants in the kitchen which I treat and they leave and die. However, here, I noticed a few last week, Dean's came, gave me some bait traps and said "this is their swarm season, the queens come in thru the vents and can take over the house for two weeks then they are gone and everyone just lives with it" Really???.
Outside treatment done as well but yesterday after some new flooring was installed, last night they came out from the baseboards, ceiling and were up the walls. Needless to say, I abandoned ship and went to a hotel. I had Dean's come back to look at the carnage and its "normal here"...can anyone tell me if this is the norm here in the Villages or just in my section?
How anyone can use a kitchen filled with ants everywhere is beyond me but if this is the norm for TV then sadly, this is Not the place for me ;(
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Have used this recipe many times to kill ants. It will kill sugar ants, fire ants and even carpenter ants. Furthermore, it will get the queen and take down the colony.
Mix 3 parts POWDERED sugar with 1 part Borax. Add enough water to make it a liquid - past the point where it is a paste. Mix well - you should not see any solids.
Find several suitable small containers such as the lids of bottles. Whatever you choose, it should be something that the ants can easily climb in and out of. You don't want to trap them. They should be free to come and go.
Finally get some cotton balls. Soak (saturate) a cotton ball in the mixture and place it in a lid. Put the lid where you have seen ants. If you actively see ants, put one down right next to them (they are stupid). They are attracted to the sugar; the boric acid will kill them (slowly as to give them time to bring it back to the nest).
Keep in mind that this is
TOXIC TO PETS. Do not put this where a pet can reach it. Wash your hands after this process.
If you see ants swarming on it, leave them alone. Don't kill them. They will feed and take the poison back to the queen. She will die and then the colony will die.
If leaving out for more than a couple of days, add a few drops of water as needed to keep the cotton balls moist.
My experience: fully effective in 24-48 hours. But, I usually leave them out for a week. No expensive exterminators.