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Tue Aug-24-10 06:06 PM
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To the black ants that continue to invade my home... |
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I know you read DU, who doesn't? I have a message for you: this will not stand. You seem immune to Windex and carpet cleaner - but the STP Belt Dressing - that seems to send a message, and I got a buzz in the process. But still I see one here, one there...so I play smoke monster to you now and swoop down and nab you one by one - still, a straggler or two roaming the periphery. You're vast armies are gone, you little mindless drones - dead, all dead, as you will be too...soon. I shall defend my house, whatever the cost may be. I shall fight you on the porch. I shall fight you on the patio. I will fight you on the floors and on the walls. I shall never surrender!
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:10 PM
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1. I laugh at your black ants |
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Try red ones in your keyboard, crawling all over your fingers as you type.
I had to quit eating cookies at the computer to finally get rid of the little bastards.
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:36 PM
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9. put down the pipe, frogmarch, and get some sleep |
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:13 PM
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2. You'll never get us all, human |
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Edited on Tue Aug-24-10 06:19 PM by Ptah
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:16 PM
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3. That post is in the vein of something being limited. |
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Some think posting ideas might remove something by letting people know about it, that is an assumption that it is limited.
Only the other side is limited, just like they limit my financing for beer.
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:17 PM
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Edited on Tue Aug-24-10 06:18 PM by AsahinaKimi
Sprayed them with Windex® and used a paper towel. They didn't come back. Some one also told me that Orange peel stuff works great too.
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:32 PM
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8. They can't stand white vinegar spray either. n/t |
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:23 PM
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Terro Ant Baits work well - it actually causes more ants for a couple of days as they come in and eat the bait, but then suddenly they all disappear. Also, keep all food and water out of reach of any ants. For me this includes the cat dishes - I have to put the food down for the cat and then store it in a sealed container right after he's done. Same for the water. No dishes can be left out with any trace of food on them. If there is no food or water available to the ants in the house, they won't come in. Leave the outside to them.
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:28 PM
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6. Terminix outside spraying. No ants for years now. nt |
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Tue Aug-24-10 06:30 PM
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7. Since I used this..havent had problem in years..Diatomaceous Earth..safe around pets,kids etc |
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Tue Aug-24-10 07:54 PM
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10. I also suggest Terro bait. I keep it in the house all the time, just |
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in case. Works wonders. You have to get over the gross out of more ants before they disappear, but they disappear. And it's cheap.
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Tue Aug-24-10 07:55 PM
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11. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! (at least for today). Thanks all for the suggestions, |
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You know, usually I'd help a bug out of my house, even those damn palmetto bugs that always find a way in in the steamy SC summers, but ants? Satanic minions they be. They come in armies, always in armies. I'll try some of the remedies mentioned above, but once inside, I shall have no mercy. Let it be known throughout the ant kingdoms, any attack on my dwelling (or car) will be met with certain doom.
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Tue Aug-24-10 07:58 PM
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12. Febreeze worked for me! |
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Someone recommended it here on DU a few months ago.
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Tue Aug-24-10 08:11 PM
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13. Put the belt dressing down and JUST BACK AWAY. |
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You don't get out much, do you?
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Tue Aug-24-10 08:52 PM
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14. well...no, but....what does that have to do with these ANTS!!!??? |
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Edited on Tue Aug-24-10 08:54 PM by Skip Intro
I'm under attack, for the love of Pete. They attacked me. But it didn't work out for them, ha..haha...HAHAHA!
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Tue Aug-24-10 09:00 PM
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15. Try a li'l PsyOps - Stare 'em down! |
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