Ants in the house

Februarycat

The only thing that works for our house in the kitchen is the Ant Bait traps, I have them down all year and replace every couple of months. Tried all sorts of other things over the years and these are the best in my opinion.

Beckyy

I bought a pack of the ant bait stations yesterday, I've put one down in the hallway and one in the kitchen. They were going nutty for the hall one yesterday and I couldn't spot any this morning, sure they'll be back at it later on though.

Felt a bit bad putting it down, but there were loads of them coming in. Seems to be the easiest option around pets.

Thanks for all the replies

MX5huggy

Look at any house plants, I once could not find where the ants were coming from for ages. Then I left a glass of apple juice out one night in the morning there was trail of ants back to the nest in a large plant pot.

Ants in action:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Mt2E1M6dU

pinkteapot

keithu wrote: »

Get these:

https://www.lovethegarden.com/product-details/home-defence-ant-stop-bait-station

(sorry, can't post clickable links)

Pets cant get into them and ants will take the poison back to the nest, killing them at source.

Agreed, we get these from Homebase:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Defence-Stop-Bait-Station/dp/B00187TTK6

They have stuff in that ants carry back to their nest, and it kills them there so destroys the nest.

We noticed some in our utility room recently. Put a bait station down in the room and another outside the back door. No sign of ants within a few days.

No harm would come to pets unless they broke the station open - all the chemicals are contained inside it. I wouldn't want to use ant powder inside the house personally.

Beckyy

They worked - no more ants! Can't believe how quick it was to get rid of them.

cyclonebri1

MX5huggy wrote: »

Look at any house plants, I once could not find where the ants were coming from for ages. Then I left a glass of apple juice out one night in the morning there was trail of ants back to the nest in a large plant pot.

Ants in action:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Mt2E1M6dU

How do you know the trail wasn't from the nest to the glass:rotfl::rotfl:

Seriously though, it is a good tip, most insects can't turn their noses up to a sugary drink;);)

MoneyMate

When we have problems with ants we use Nippon, can be bought in powder or liquid, use with traps so it's not washed away.:beer:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nippon-Ant-Killer-Liquid/dp/B0039NSWB4