"Cubit" wrote in message
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I've been trying to poison some ants. They are actually in my kitchen,
but
they come from the garden, so I hope I'm on topic here.

In the past I used Grant's stakes. After a few days of feeding on the
poison the ants would be gone for about a year. This year the ants
refused
to eat the Grant's bait. I even tried removing some from the pod and
mixing
some water with it. The ants just were not interested. These ants want
MEAT. I live in the Silicon Valley, and we have very very tiny ants.
People say they are Argentinean ants.


Out here in the silicon valley we have Argentina ants, most consumer ant
bait doesn't work well with Argentina ants. Unfortunately it is very
difficult to kill Argentina ant colonies, because the a single colony can be
support multiple queens, and the ants will eat just about anything, besides
the bait. Hotshot brand bait works occasionally.

Commercial pest control companies use delta dust in the crawl space to kill
foragers, you blow it into the crawl space vents using a bellow, delta dust
lasts approximately 6 months. Attempt to locate where the ants are entering
the house, check window sill cracks, and around door jams. Tap on
baseboards, to locate ant passage ways.

Place dabs MaxForce ant killer bait gel , which uses the pesticide Fipronil
in a sugar gel in all the above mentioned locations.

Clean out your sink drain, push a handful of ice cubes into the drain, turn
on the grinder, flush with water, repeat.

Additionally you need to locate as many of the colonies as possible.
Argentina ants will relocate the colony if their nest is disturbed, so mix
up a batch of contact pesticide in a sprayer and follow ant trails back to
the nests. In particular check along fencelines, the base of trees, and
areas where loose mulch or soil is a few inches thick. Plus check near the
garbage cans.

-S