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Liquid Ant Traps - They Really Do Work!
This is how you get rid of ants | 4/21/18

Posted on 04/21/2018 9:00:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76

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To: SamAdams76

Diatomaceous earth works for me.


21 posted on 04/21/2018 9:37:05 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: patro

LOL that is a common little joke in my family!


22 posted on 04/21/2018 9:42:12 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: SamAdams76

Ant problem bump of death.


23 posted on 04/21/2018 9:45:14 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: RightGeek
Yup. I made a “dish” out of aluminum foil, saturated a few cotton balls with the borax/honey mix, paced them in my cupboards etc and no ants in about 24 hours. It also helps to use a vinegar and water mist to break the trail scent of the scout ants.

As a preventative, I've left a dusting of borax by my base boards.

And the Borax is god for cleaning and washing clothes.

Recall - Ronald Reagan used to hose a TV show in the late 50’s sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax (same stuff)

24 posted on 04/21/2018 9:52:14 PM PDT by llevrok (DACA = Democrats Against Citizen Americans)
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To: fini

Take a sharp flat shovel. Shave off the top inch or so of the mound (depending on the size, maybe more. Quickly spray a generous amount of automotive starting fluid (ether) down the tunnels, and quickly drop the shaved dirt back on top, tapping it down with the shovel to seal the fumes in. Seems to work for me.


25 posted on 04/21/2018 10:30:41 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: SamAdams76

I use Advion.


26 posted on 04/21/2018 10:39:18 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: fini

Fire ants are the scourge of the
earth. I and a friend were on the
back patio tipping a few (small
town in south Texas) and I was
looking for a place to snuff out
a cigarette butt. I punched it
into a nearby fire ant mound. In
typical fire ant fashion, they
attacked the butt with vigor.
The next morning while cleaning
up the back patio, I retrieved
the cigarette butt stuffed in
the mound....the ants were GONE!
I did this on every mound I
discovered in my yard. I’m
guessing they can’t stand
nicotine. (I’ve since quit
smoking, and moved where
there are no fire ants)


27 posted on 04/21/2018 10:42:38 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: SamAdams76

Yes, Terro brand ant baits work well.


28 posted on 04/21/2018 10:51:09 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Just put 2 baits out this last week, at the first sign of the little buggers.

2 days later...no ants to be seen.


29 posted on 04/21/2018 11:01:46 PM PDT by digger48
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BFL


30 posted on 04/21/2018 11:05:27 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: TomServo

#2. As Gary Bussey showed in the movie “DC Cab”, a flamethrower will do the job.

That begs the next question. Are “flaming ants” really gay or just on fire? Guess it depends on whether they are in San Francisco or not.


31 posted on 04/21/2018 11:19:08 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: patro

What about the uncles?

Kills the ants and Uncles!


32 posted on 04/21/2018 11:34:09 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: SamAdams76

Yes we already had to put some Terro out as well in the bathroom and kitchen. Knocked the invaders out and in 2 days. Even though I’ve used Terro for years I also bought some Amdro brand traps and placed them next to the Terro just as an experiment and the ants wouldn’t touch it. I know some ants are supposedly sweet ants and some are grease ants so maybe that’s why but stick with Terro!


33 posted on 04/21/2018 11:34:40 PM PDT by Reagan is King (The left is a plague on mankind.)
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To: SamAdams76

Glad you had success with those.

Everyone else? Try grits. Not the quick-cook kind, but real grits.

Pet safe. Just sprinkle about 1/4 to 1/3 cup around red ant nests and they’re gone in about 36 hours.

Sprinkle some on sugar or carpenter ant trails.

Don’t know about those little, tiny ones though. This sure works great on ants of the Southwest though.

Kit


34 posted on 04/22/2018 12:13:28 AM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: Redwood71

[[have a company come in and do a drill and treat. This is where they will drill a small hole into the walls every 13 inches and shoot a wet able powder into the wall.]]

No! Your house won’t hold water then


35 posted on 04/22/2018 12:28:59 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Lean-Right

The ants weren’t gone- they were just all out buying cigarettes now that you got them hooked on nicotine


36 posted on 04/22/2018 12:31:44 AM PDT by Bob434
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37 posted on 04/22/2018 1:20:02 AM PDT by null and void ("We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" ~ Joseph Stalin)
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To: RightGeek

I have used that recipe before and it works. I poured it around a fire ant hill and it did some damage but you still need special stuff for them unless someone has a good fire ant home recipe.


38 posted on 04/22/2018 1:52:17 AM PDT by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: llevrok

Reagan Borateem ad, the baby was Erin Murphy of Bewitched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LchXPhL56fM


39 posted on 04/22/2018 2:21:24 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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Bump


40 posted on 04/22/2018 2:32:45 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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