I have lots of ants! I hate ants! What's my best strategy for getting rid of them?
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posted by tacoma1
on Jul 15, 2012 -
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I'm staying in a dorm and there are ants. How do I avoid carrying them home with me?
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posted by hoyland
on Jun 26, 2012 -
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Should I be concerned about large numbers of ants in my backyard and small numbers of ants in my house?
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posted by lollusc
on Jan 15, 2012 -
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We're having a bad (and sudden) ant problem in one of the two bathrooms on the second floor of our home. I don't know what kind of the ants they are or where they are coming from; they are really tiny. They are on the counters, in the shower...the ant traps don't seem to be working. Any suggestions please?
posted by htm
on Dec 25, 2011 -
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What are these ants on my patio doing? Every day, all day, a few ants will bring little specks of what looks like dirt (could be something else, like decayed ants) and leave it on my patio. They do not make a pile, but spread it out. Every day the sprinklers come on at midnight and wash all that stuff back down towards the ants, and as soon as it is dry they start again. Why are they doing this? I feel like the ants are littering on my patio.
If it helps I live in north Dallas.
Thank you! (I do not think it is them trying to get infected ants out of the nest, but maybe. It was my first thought.)
posted by Reighlok
on Oct 15, 2011 -
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Looking for quality documentaries (and/or books) about ants and other colony insects.
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posted by distorte
on May 12, 2011 -
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I'm moving. How do I make sure I don't take the fleas, mice, cockroaches, stinkbugs, and ants with me?
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posted by MrVisible
on Sep 13, 2010 -
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Ant curiosity: How far can an ant get from its home and still find its way back?
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posted by Ys
on Jun 5, 2010 -
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I need to put a railroad tie post exactly where a red ant colony is. I don't mind that they are there, except that when I stand there, in seconds my shoes are covered with red ants, and a couple minutes, they'd be all over me and the bites hurt. I need them gone for a couple days. I don't want to use insecticide because I don't like such things in general and because it is very near an irrigation ditch. Ant suggestions?
posted by allelopath
on May 31, 2010 -
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We all know about
Them! What are other examples of sci-fi stories (serious or otherwise, well-known or otherwise) featuring insects (ants or otherwise, giant or otherwise) terrorizing, enslaving, or endangering humanity?
posted by Behemoth
on Dec 14, 2009 -
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The book I just received from Amazon is covered in ants, which have now infested my mailbox (and my nightmares). What to do, whom to contact?
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posted by thebazilist
on Jun 24, 2009 -
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Where are these dead ants coming from? And how can I keep them from showing up in my house?
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posted by LolaGeek
on Jun 15, 2009 -
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Entomology Filter: Ant-hill structures in my bedroom. Do I have ants or some other kind of bug? Strange that I haven't seen ONE bug in the three months I've lived here. (pics inside)
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posted by plasticbugs
on Jan 25, 2009 -
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How long did it take for Terro to exterminate the ant population in your apartment/house? I started using Terro's liquid-filled ant baits on Wednesday, September 17. Now, four days later I am still seeing ants trickle in - not as many as before, but enough to make me grit my teeth, and wonder if they're just waiting for the next set of eggs to hatch before they come in droves again. How fast did Terro work for you? Did it take you a few days, a week, etc?
posted by Esther Festers
on Sep 21, 2008 -
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My house has the odd bug problem throughout the year I'm looking for quick and concise solutions that can be made out of house hold products and the best bait to use for these solutions (traps poisons etc).
I get the odd problem inside and outside of my house so ill try to mention them separately. These semi random infestations happen on and off for example one year it was ladybugs and another it was ants but they only repeat the odd time. I know this question may seem broad but im looking for some solutions that can be relatively universal yet i can make them for pennies...
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posted by Chamunks
on Jul 29, 2008 -
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Ants make colonies in my new gas grill. How can I keep them from moving in when the burners are off?
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posted by underthehat
on Jul 3, 2008 -
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My apartment is being overrun by carpenter ants that won't go away. How can I get rid of them?
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posted by mithiirym
on Jun 2, 2008 -
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Why are there ants setting up nests in my pot plants?! Every time I water my lavendar, Geraldton Wax (Aust native) and my mint bush, ants start pouring out of the ground in their hundreds. I suspect they are also making the dirt in my pots 'hard' - the water seems to just run off it instead of soaking in. I have tried stabbing the dirt with a chopstick around the plants to airate the soil and get some water down to the roots, but the ants persist. Any help/ suggestions?
posted by gerls
on Aug 16, 2007 -
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OMFGFilter: I was cleaning my living room / bedroom / office and underneath my side-laying cable modem I found HORDES of ants swarming around pale little crumbs. Did I just find a nest?
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posted by emptyinside
on Aug 8, 2007 -
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As usual, we skipped spring here in Texas and went straight to what my Yankee self considers summer. And with summer in Texas comes bugs -- fire ants, chinch bugs, and all kids of other assortments of creepie crawlies. Normally I'd simply diazinon the entire yard and just fuhgetabout it, but this year -- I have a puppy. A puppy that likes eating digging in dirt and rubbing her nose in it.
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posted by SpecialK
on Mar 17, 2007 -
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Ant Problem, is there anything else I can do? a few days ago I found a few ants in my kitchen so I set up a few an traps hoping I could catch the few that where there, the next morning I woke up and found many many ants swarming an area of my kitchen and storage room.
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posted by bluehermit
on Jul 25, 2005 -
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AntFilter: I've noticed a few ants in the apartment. What do I do to make sure I don't get a few more?
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posted by ubernostrum
on Jul 17, 2005 -
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Where can I purchase an upscale ant farm? I'm not talking about one of those Uncle Milton's or similar cheap, plastic varieties. I want something a little sturdier and more aesthetically pleasing. On the other hand, I don't think I want to spend more than $100.
posted by crapulent
on Apr 18, 2005 -
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Ahh the pitter patter of little feet. Well, I can't hear the feet but I can see them. Every year around this time I get an ant problem. I would like to solve this problem and I would like advice on solving it.
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posted by substrate
on May 11, 2004 -
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Carpenter ants. My wife and I are finally winning the war against sugar ants (thanks to a wonderful product called
Terro which works better than our $300 exterminator did), but now we have a carpenter ant infestation. The nest (main nest? will there be multiple nests?) is located in some rotten 2x6 boards framing our raised beds in the garden. However, their current ant highway leads to a vent under the house. Any of you Mefites have carpenter ant experience? What worked? What didn't? Do we need a professional? If they're foraging under the house, does that mean they've probably already set up a colony there?
I hate ants. I hate them, I hate them, I hate them, I hate them, I hate them.
posted by jdroth
on Apr 11, 2004 -
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Damn. All these huge anthills just sprung up in my backyard. I swear, this morning I had one hill, tonight I have about a dozen. Anyone keen on how to deal with that? Also, how would I know if they are or are not fire ants or some other monster flesh-eating or weirdo sort of ant? What is a safe ant? And god, what
isn't? Can you tell by color or size? These are very industrious ants. 11pm and they're still at it.
posted by Peter H
on Mar 9, 2004 -
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Are there hygiene problems with eating ants? I ask because I accidentally ate a bunch of ants that were in a box of cereal. I've now thrown out the box and I am not really grossed out by it but it did get me wondering, given that ants live in dirt and carry around pieces of dead insects as part of their chores, whether there are health consequences.
posted by vacapinta
on Jan 3, 2004 -
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