The Ants are back how do you get rid of them

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 12:55

Any body got any ideas how to get rid of them or is it just a case of containerise all food until October

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 12:59

Could change your underwear pants!

Vape, scarafaggi e formiche, found in most supermarkets.



Richard

mollycorbin


Joined: 12/03/2010
Posts: 390

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 13:11

Are these red ants that sting?

westender


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 328

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 13:26

A powerful vacuun cleaner and ant powder! We had a serious attack of ants a couple of years ago going all round the ceiling in the kitchen. We hoovered them all up and kept at it over a couple of days, put down the ant powder and fingers crossed have not had a repeat episode.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 13:57

"Ants around your house bring you luck" is an old Turkish Cypriot saying... (True or not true..? )

My never ending war against the ants - I'm lucky enough in TRNC... - is as follows: I walk around the house and try to find the small holes in the concrete, where ants can enter the foundation/house. That's where I concentrate the anti-ant powder. Next: watch if you see them climb the wall (often near your windows, on their way to your kitchen): again powder. The ants will take the powder on their legs to the nest and in the end will destroy the queen, which means the end of the nest. Unfortunately: next, please...

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 14:11

Ant powder in all the channels in the windows and patio doors works for us.



Chris

airy____fairy


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 813

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 14:47

Last year I hatiny sugar ants everywhere first time in 6 years - everyone said 'no problem they are good luck' .



We put a slice of lemon in any problem areas every day ie in food cupboards - keeps them away!!!

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 16:39

Thanks for all the advice tried most of them last year but what worried me was when about 10,000 of them carried off a box of cornflakes

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 16:59

As long as they dont touch your shreedies )

GBJohn


Joined: 11/04/2009
Posts: 105

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 22:04

Hi Scootex go to the Belediyesi tell them and they will come and spray the place for you i did and its sorted

the ants out they have to party some other place now

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
05/04/2010 23:47

At least they didn't carry away the Efes

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
06/04/2010 11:50

Yesterday I found one about an inch long in the doorway. Needless to say it didn't last long!

Then I found half a dozen dead ones in the bathroom but they all had wings. Back in the UK I didn't expect to see them flying til around July. Should we have flying ants now - just one more problem to contend with, ant powder won't stop them.