http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: sugar ants - Recent Posts en Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:13:23 +0000 http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1985 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:52:07 +0000 getagrip 1985@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Yes the ant bait stations are still there but are they empty? I suggest changing them with new ones. They haven't taken enough bait back to the colony to eradicate it yet. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1982 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:36:33 +0000 Dana 1982@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>{laughing here} PICTURES???? They're too freaking TINY to take pictures of (with my POS digital Sony). They are, well, Little Black Ants. {grin} Kinda cute, even, if you're into that sort of thing. Apparently, Getagrip is more into "front-end alignments." I hope he'll get his head back on THIS type of "pest control," though, and maybe help J explain why a few more ants came out last night. </p> <p>The Raid killer-food is still there. So... is this like a "human" experience in which these particular ants think they can do it better than their recently deceased relatives? They're insane and doing the same thing over and over expecting different results? Or is this some Pavlov type of classical conditioning? Do I manually kill these little f-ers, or do I let 'em do their thing like I did with the hundreds that came before (again, Getagrip, THIS type of pest control).</p> <p>F-ing ants. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1979 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:46:11 +0000 getagrip 1979@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Dana? Oh Dana? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1976 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:52:56 +0000 samoya22 1976@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Oh, yeah, no...we should have. Dana? Pictures? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1974 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:18:22 +0000 getagrip 1974@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Did we ever find out what kind of ant? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1970 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:19:12 +0000 samoya22 1970@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>YEA TEAM! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1965 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:39:03 +0000 getagrip 1965@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>It's a Roman calander thing. See they only had 10 months the year ended in Octavius which we call October, so it was actually October. Yep the ant baits take time, and consider this..put them outside..why invite the ants in.? Just a thought from this complete barbarian that believes all religions are the same just different uniforms, like football...we're No.1 !!! Yea team!! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1958 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:54:36 +0000 Dana 1958@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Yesterday, after I laid out the little Raid "food houses" around the kitchen and bathroom in the morning, by afternoon and evening there were ants... and more ants... all over the place! (It was all I could do to leave 'em alone and let 'em do their thing.) Today, all day, I might see one or two at any given time, straggling and probably feeling like they drank while taking Antabuse, but mostly, they're GONE! Thank you SO MUCH for helping me, Jonathan (and Getagrip, too, for more laughing than I've done in awhile). </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1957 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:09:40 +0000 Dana 1957@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Yup, it appears to be working! Actually, I ended up getting Raid thingies because Terro didn't appear to exist. </p> <p>I have read before why Dec. 25h was chosen, but it didn't matter enough to me to store it in my brain file, Things I Must Remember. I think atheists are funny: they have a habit of screaming at God when things go wrong. Anyway, my belief in a Creator of the Universe is more in line with eastern beliefs. You could always pick up a copy of "Journey of Souls" by Michael Newton, Ph.D., if you're interested in what I believe. If you do, betcha you'll buy the next one, "Destiny of Souls," in a heartbeat. </p> <p>Jonathan, it's good of you to tell people Merry Christmas (I do that, too) and give them gifts. The BEST Gift you can give them is YOURSELF, though. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1955 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:29:51 +0000 samoya22 1955@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Funny he brings it up. I was both a janitor and an english professor at the same university. So I use big words, but I also know when to tame the language down for them there students who didn't learn none too well.</p> <p>Wolf spiders they are. I did a little digging and that's the only species of spider I could find in Montana that resembled a tarantula. You saying that they're hunting on the ground further confirms my suspicion. Now, back to the point.</p> <p>Little black ants are best dealt with using Terro. I'm a big fan. It's hardly toxic to people, it's a natural salt mixed with syrup, and it works every time. Every time--if it's used properly.</p> <p>I have to go do some Christmas shopping now. I might be an atheist, but I'm not too stuffy to show people that I love them by buying them more crap and telling them to enjoy what is supposedly a holy day. :P</p> <p>Do yourself a favor and look up why December 25th was chosen as Christmas Day. You might be surprised. Or you might not. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1951 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:24:23 +0000 getagrip 1951@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Ummmm..spagetti. Good point, I never thought about it. If Bay Leaves are used in cooking, are they toxic? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1947 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:09:02 +0000 Dana 1947@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Jonathan, don't let your friend burst your intelligence bubble. I understood every single word you said (so did he, I'm sure!), and I'm a deaf person. LOL! My ex-husband of 18 years is the most awesome man I've ever known (I just wasn't physically attracted to him), and he's funny, super-genius-intelligent, and lives to help people. He answers every freaking question on any TV game show before the contestants do, too; and is currently addicted to "Cash Cab." I have other friends (and children, even) like that, too: I think they're just here on Earth this time around so they can kinda relax, help people, and enjoy the little things. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1946 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:01:21 +0000 Dana 1946@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Hey. I WAS "praying that the ants will go away." Then I realized God created really cool people who created really cool poison to kill really annoying ants. I'm just glad I don't have mice. (Oh! HEY! I know someone who has mice! TONS of 'em! I gotta read your stuff on mice.)</p> <p>I use bay leaves in spaghetti (and people show up in droves for my spaghetti). I don't know what they're for; I just follow the recipe and wonder, every single time, why I'm putting a bay leaf in there that I have to remember to take OUT so nobody accidentally eats it (and, though I still don't know why THAT would be a problem, the fact that some people try to use bay leaves to deter ANTS kinda sparks my desire to ensure nobody eats the thing).</p> <p>Jonathan, I think I'm talking about wolf spiders, as well. That's what we call 'em here, anyway, only they mostly stay on floors or at the base of houses outside in order to catch all the bugs trying to get inside (from the ground level). </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1945 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:00:38 +0000 getagrip 1945@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>J..you're using big words again. Remember, I know you were a janitor ( custodial engineer) in a school library, not the English Prof. So can you repost that so us ignert ones understand..?? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1944 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:35:01 +0000 samoya22 1944@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I wish more people were willing to give science a chance. The absurdity of relying on anecdotal evidence is akin to praying that the ants will go away.</p> <p>I suppose if you kept praying and you ran out of food, the ants would go away...until they found your body decomposing on the floor. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1943 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:36:26 +0000 getagrip 1943@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I've read accounts of bay leaves working but there's a HUGE difference between something working in a lab (with a controlled environment) and something working in the REAL WORLD with all the unknown factors. Every time I hear a product was "clinically tested" I scratch it off my list. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1942 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:33:31 +0000 samoya22 1942@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I think she's dealing with Wolf Spiders. Those look like the Big T as well, and they're about 2 inches when they get large. They creep me out. I run into them once in a while when I'm photographing dragonflies. Most of the time I find them in holes in trees. They pretty much take over the tree once they've set up shop.</p> <p>But, yeah, Bay Leaves are worthless.</p> <p>It was worth a shot. There's so much crap published on the net these days, it's hard to determine what you can and cannot believe. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1935 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:58:22 +0000 getagrip 1935@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>OK..look up Jumping spiders or "salticids" Arachnida/Araneae/Salticids.......These look like little Taratulas and will sit back and watch you. Thier eyesight is excellent in daylight and lousy at night. I think they're neat, I have them on the deck all summer and raised some a few years ago, they actually cock thier head to one side if you talk to them like they're listening. ( Hey..beats a dating service!!)<br /> Oh I am listing all the things bay leaves are good for..<br /> 1.<br /> 2.<br /> 3. CHILI<br /> 4.<br /> 5. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1934 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:23:49 +0000 Dana 1934@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Ah... I think I see the "communication" problem here (maybe). I don't know where you guys live, but here in Missoula, Montana, anybody that was a Missoulian before all of the Californians infested the place calls what may not actually BE wolf spiders "wolf spiders." I've looked 'em up online, and the REAL wolf spiders don't look too much like what I'm talking about, but they're the closest in resemblance. I'm talking about things that look like baby tarantulas. We Native Missoulians all "get" this. And these little suckers, who arrive anywhere from half-inch to two inches in diameter (standing, so not flattened, which would increase the diameter by a long shot) are EVIL. You can almost SEE the cartoon balloon cloud over them regarding their thoughts. They really DO sit on their haunches and LOOK at you! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1932 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:50:22 +0000 Dana 1932@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I've been told that it's so cold here the ants aren't getting in from outside anymore... that they're in the walls or something. I really don't give a crap WHERE they eat the poison, as long as they all crawl home, take it to their fundamentalist Mormon polygamist colony, and DIE (not that I'm suggesting anybody annihilate the FLDS polygamists; just comparing the rate of reproduction). The wolf spiders are HARMLESS??? Have you SEEN those guys!??? What's weird is every time I nauseously step on one, his slightly smaller brother (wife?) comes out looking for him. Every freaking time. What's up with that? And, Getagrip, your last comment STILL has me in gales of laughter... waaaaaaay too flippin' funny...... </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1929 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:36:09 +0000 getagrip 1929@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Yep..keep all your ant control on the exterior unless they happen to be pharoah or carpenter ants. The wolf spiders are harmless except for the habit of carrying up to 300 spiderlings on her back and if you kill her indoors..well guess what, they get off. As for the neighbors ..well..I flick my finger at mine all the time and sometimes they flick back..it's a love thing. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1925 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:25:48 +0000 samoya22 1925@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Terro is good. Make sure to apply it outdoors if you can find where they're coming into your house. That way, they'll stop coming into your house, they'll eat the poison, and then they'll crawl home and die. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bay-leaveslittle-black-ants#post-1923 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:56:10 +0000 Dana 1923@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Jonathan said to let him know how bay leaves work, and, well, they DON'T. Bleach worked for about 10 minutes. Are these things reproducing by the nanosecond? I almost regret killing all the enormous wolf spiders that would come out while I was doing dishes, sit on their haunches and size me up, doing mathematical computations about how long it would take to wrap me up and eat me. When the spiders were here, the ants were NOT. On the bright side, the ants let me know I got all the spiders. {shudder!} The neighbors must think I'm crazy, constantly flipping my fingers out the door (I doubt they can see these little uninvited guests I'm flinging out the door without a telescope). Sometimes one of my kids will drop a microscopic-sized crumb, and next thing you know, there's a pile of what looks like dancing dirt (it's quite the optical illusion). Guess I'll try that Terro stuff. Thanks, Jonathan! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/cant-gid-rid-of-sugar-ants-in-the-pantry#post-1757 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:47:49 +0000 gotagrip 1757@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>if you use ant stakes follow the diections to add water to some brands. Otherwise they don't work. Have you tried asking them to leave? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/sugar-ant-invasion#post-1705 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:53:51 +0000 getagrip 1705@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Good idea..seems we humans have been trying to out smart the ants and roaches for generations..I'm wondering who's actually winning. Anybody old remember a chalk with boric acid that the chinese sold and you would draw a circle around a table or chair to keep pests away? Did it work? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/sugar-ant-invasion#post-1702 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:16:39 +0000 samoya22 1702@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Interesting... </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/cant-gid-rid-of-sugar-ants-in-the-pantry#post-1694 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:33:29 +0000 marcuskillion 1694@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>see my post about peanut butter and roach proof. it works very well. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/sugar-ant-invasion#post-1693 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:31:12 +0000 marcuskillion 1693@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>hi;<br /> I know the pain . Now I do know also how to get rid of them. guarantee it. First off go to store and get some peanut butter and a can of Roach Proof . Yep. Roach proof not only kills roaches but ants and anything else that would eat it. It dries them out and they die. The ants carry it back into the nest and the others eat it ( that is what ants are doing , carrying food back to the nest ).<br /> first get a spoon full of peanut butter. Now mix in a little roach proof. A LITTLE . If you put in too much you will know as the ants will not eat it. Adjust until they eat it. Place it in the area where they are coming in. you will see them swarm on it and just let them go at it , do not kill any of them.<br /> It takes a few days or so before you see the results but rest assured if you mix it right and they are eating it they will die and take the rest of them right along with them.<br /> I get them here all the time. every couple years I get a mass swarm of them. I use the method and do not see any for a year or so. </p> <p>do not worry about roach proof as it is harmless to you. ( unless of coarse you eat a bunch of it ) </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/sugar-ant-invasion#post-1675 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:13:23 +0000 island mimi 1675@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I recently moved into a house that seems to have sugar ants living in the walls! I haven't tried any of the suggested remedies, although I have been keeping the kitchen clean, not leaving food out, etc. I was wondering about the Bay Leaf suggestion. I actually have a bay leaf tree in my backyard. For the remedy, do the bay leaves need to be dried or can they be fresh? Anyone out there tried this remedy yet? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/cant-gid-rid-of-sugar-ants-in-the-pantry#post-1603 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:57:21 +0000 getagrip 1603@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I'll get the research dept. on it right away. Didn't you do a similar project a while back at the beach with sea gulls? With 4th of July coming up maybe can compete with the fireworks guys. Ant-o-bang!! </p>