CanuckAmok
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Wed Jul-28-04 01:47 AM
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Why did I just pay someone $400 to rid this place of carpenter ants, and now there's carpenter ants again!
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| ashling
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Wed Jul-28-04 01:49 AM
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| 1. At least theyre not Fire Ants |
| medeak
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Wed Jul-28-04 01:51 AM
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we had them at Lake Tahoe house...they ate the wood like termites....good luck!
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| Gore1FL
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Wed Jul-28-04 01:52 AM
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| 3. Try busting the Carpenter Ant Union |
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Edited on Wed Jul-28-04 01:52 AM by Gore1FL
Worse case scenario, they go on strike, picket your house, and then no other bugs will cross the picket lines.
I think this solution will work for you and is a lot cheaper than $400.
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| SHRED
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Wed Jul-28-04 06:23 AM
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| 4. How to get rid of ants |
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I bought some "Grant's Ant Stakes" and here is what works for me:
Forget the instructions on the box and do this instead:
Take a stake, run it under some hot tap water to soften the gel inside(just a minute or so), coat a toothpick end with honey or jelly and smear it inside the poison container through the hole and some on the outside of the body.
Place the toothpick(it has residual poison on it) and the stake on an ant trail.
The ants will swarm it, taking the bait back to the nest. This will kill the colony. I think the honey or jelly is the key factor here to get them to eat.
My technique works 99% of the time and costs pennies compared to exterminators.
Try it!
;-)
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| jdonaldball
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Wed Jul-28-04 06:40 AM
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| 5. What bait works on Freepers? |
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Wed Jul-28-04 07:42 AM
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They eat it up like candy and defend it to the death.
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| SarahB
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Wed Jul-28-04 06:44 AM
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This way you won't deal with poisonous fumes. Mix one part Borax and one part sugar. They eat it and bring it back to the colony and die. It can be dangerous for pets, but sprinkling a little red pepper over it will keep pets away. We had major problems last year and eradicated the entire colony with this method.
Another method is instant grits. They eat it and it expands in their stomachs and they blow up.
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| ChoralScholar
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Thu Jul-29-04 01:25 AM
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Disemboweled ants all over my floor would make my day complete. :)
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Thu Jul-29-04 01:47 AM
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Thu Jul-29-04 01:44 AM
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| 9. I got bit by an ant in my apartment and it left a lump on my foot |
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I just used good old RAID though.
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