cluless Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 This has been driving me totally batshit-or shall we say ANTSHIT all summer. I have 2 renegade sugar ants that I kill every week that come back.. 2 ants Not 2000 I don't end up with the ant trail, Just the same ants every week. Digitally enhanced photos will prove the that the same ants are the offenders. DNA testing pending Not a flaming herd... Not a Flock Not a Pride. Not a bevy, a covey, a quorum or a majority. Just a small fleet of eintsy antsy things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hook 'em up with a couple of Uncles and maybe they'll stay away? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 This has the makings of a great screen play. It could go x-files or Woody Allen, either way has great potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltie dave Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Boric acid, Cluless. Sprinkle it along their suspected entry trail. Just make sure your puddycat doesn't mess with the stuff, and those ants will stop sticking their probiscuces where you don't want them. For the bigger antzes, hopeless cads do the trick. Bounders, smelly flatuent overweight scientists with no socially redeeming features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Terro Ant Powder sold at Real hardware stores, Not availible t Home Cheapo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRBILL Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 They come to my house on Thursday. Only two. Makes you wonder. DRBILL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 buy a cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 My So.Cal. condo had to have been built on ancient ant tribal lands. You could turn your back for 10 seconds on a sandwich sitting on the counter and it would be walking away when you returned. Not 2 but BILLIONS. To make matters worse I stupidly installed Baltic Brown granite kitchen counters. You couldn't see the ants on the stuff. The buggers afflicted all who lived in the complex. One gal kept her garbage in her freezer. Oh, the trash bin area was seriously overrun. Stand still too long and you'd get attacked like those African ant movies. I found the way to end their reign. They would enter a dirty dishwasher by the millions and feast on the foodly remains. Of course running the dishwasher did rid them one load at a time but that did not dent this population. I started seeding my dirty dishwasher with antbait traps. I forget which brand. I'd leave the dishwasher sit and replenish the ant traps (yeah they loved em and ate em and would finish off about 2 per day) until the ants went slow. They would all start becoming really, really sluggish and stop moving in their dizzying frantic pace. Then I knew they were done for. Not just the ones in the dishwasher but the whole colony. I would then wash the load (sans traps). Eventually I was ant free and I went through several different breeds (y'no black ones, inky ones, red ones) of ants so one colony would take over after the previous one was eradicated. I was quite smug.[Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 They come to my house on Thursday. Only two. Makes you wonder. DRBILL Mormon ants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 They come to my house on Thursday. Only two. Makes you wonder. DRBILL Mormon ants? LOL could very well be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 Dr Bill may be the only that understands. I am talking 2 ants! Two and olnly 2!. I have tons of ants outside, but never more than 2 inside. I am a horrible housekeeper, and so I should have an entire antopolis. I've got two cats, and these little ants are really far beneath their notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Who knew? ...Two little ants could prompt the realization that you and Dr. Bill are kindred spirits. He is a good listener. Seriously, it is nice to be understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Cats don't like ants...now a pet anteater might come in handy... In Cluless's case, maybe not (poor thing would starve on only two ants a week, unless you keep your anteater outdoors). Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Spray the outside of your place first, around the outside perimeter, first must stop them from coming in, then deal with those two pesky devils, own a shotgun?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 LOL, Do anteaters and moles get along? I think I went through the reverse eco-system here-I think my front lawn garter snake got ran off by the the mole. Also, I have my doubts on the local statutes dealing with pet anteaters. I know that blackie and stripe are totally "ig-nor_ant", spiders might get their attention, but these ants are eintsyweintsy, and I don't think the kitties would notice unless they were doing the kitty-nostril-boogie. Anyhow, I smooshed the latest incarnation of the ants prior to my original post...Pictures will be forthcoming after the next go round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 pictures of smashed ants! Sounds like a great name for a rock group... smashed ants. Can't wait to see the pics... OK, I know it's sick, but I can't look away. ant road kill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 my great-grandmother once killed two groundhogs with one shotgun blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 try napalm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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