On 8/10/2008 3:49 PM, Paul O. wrote:
These are the little devils that are coming into the house. Have been trying
the Terro liquid ant baits for a couple weeks now. They love it, but doesn't
seem to have much affect on them. Any suggestions, PLEASE. Hopefully some of
you have a favorite cure, or a "Killer" idea. We live in a mobile home so I
figure if I spray around the outside, they will just go underneath, which is
probably where they are coming from to begin with. I don't want to call an
exterminator have a bunch of poision sprayed all around.Thanks.


Most ant baits are not toxic to the adult ants that you see foraging.
Those adults carry the bait back to their nest and feed it to the ant
larvae, for which the bait is indeed toxic. The whole nest dies when an
entire generation of larvae fail to become adults and replace the
existing adults. That takes about a month or two.

I have a different approach, but it works only if I can find the actual
nest. I make a drench of a pint of water and a half-teaspoon of
Malathion and pour it onto the nest. (Larger nests might require a
quart of water and a teaspoon of Malathion.) Bye-bye nest.

--
David E. Ross
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