Not the kind you dread having over for dinner...
(Okay, you dread this kind too.)
THEY are what begs the question... If a Bomke screams in her apartment and no one is around to hear, why is she screaming so loud?
A string of little black ants. Longer than it has taken me to get to the point here. Streaming out from under my oven, and into my dishwasher. A line, 10 ants deep. Crawling everywhere!
I flee, with wet hair and no make-up to the nearest drug store. Next to the hornet spray, only once choice: Combat's Killer Ant Homes (that may not have been the exact title). Anyway, the woman at the register tells me that these things have been selling like hot cakes. Apparently, it's ant season. Who knew? Well, I guess I do now. My question to you is... so I put out the little homes, now what? How do I get rid of these little boogers? There are ant carcasses all over my kitchen. My News Director tells me that they come back for their dead. He might just be messing with me though, he likes to do that sometimes, and he's very good at concealing what he's really thinking.
Don't come to me if there's a trail of ants in your office boss... unless your coming with a raise, to help get rid of the ants.
Comments (4)
Hey Natalie -
We suffered a similar ant raid last month in the kitchen - my wife and I successfully used our handheld vacuum to swipe these guys up, both dead and alive.
The homes did the trick for us - it took a few weeks though, it was quite an epic battle! Good luck to you!
Posted by Brett Owens | August 18, 2008 3:43 PM
Posted on August 18, 2008 15:43
In my experience, Natalie, there is nothing like regular professional treatments but a temporary trick is to use cinammon to create a 'fence' where the ants are coming through. The little guys hate the stuff. Good luck!
Posted by Kevin Triplett | August 19, 2008 7:35 AM
Posted on August 19, 2008 07:35
Hi Natalie,
Yeah, I sure can relate about the ants. I live out in the country on a small tree farm, so those little critters are in force. A couple of things that might help. They navigate by a scent trail that is left by scouts. So if you see a loner get'em! Plus what the entemologist said this morning about following them back to the hive for a little ant genocide is another tactic. I try to reason with them, putting up a convincing argument about why they should stay out of my space. As loathe as I am to end their tiny lives I will do so with all the vigor of an irritated human.
On a slightly differnent note I just love these random bits that you do. I find it endearing that you are just like everyone else, not just a talking head.
-your #1 fan
Jon Wilson
Posted by Jon Wilson | August 20, 2008 10:36 AM
Posted on August 20, 2008 10:36
I visited a friend recently and he had a great setup for deal with ants. He fed them! Finding out where they were coming into his house from, he placed a small container filled with sugar water next to it. Inside of that he put a strip of paper towel so the ants had easy access to the water. They come in, they get sugar water and they leave. Every now and then one will travel a bit further (must be related to Lewis or Clark) but there was no "real" ant problem. I guess this "solution" is more likely to be appreciated by the Buddhist in you. :)
Posted by Craig Weil | February 26, 2009 5:04 PM
Posted on February 26, 2009 17:04