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Ants! Update…

amdrolabelUnlike MacGyver, Lieningin, and Charlton Heston…  (See post from April 27th) I have found an ally in my battle with the ants, his name is AMDRO.  I’ve tried alot of different ant baits, poisons, sprays, etc…  This is best product I’ve found.  Unlike Terro, it isn’t runny.  It is more paste like, and will stick wherever you put it.  I used the syringe version of Amdro.  It was easy to apply right to the ants paths, so they were guaranteed to find it.  amdrodiagramI did this less than a week ago, and I’ve seen no ants inside, and the big lines of ants are gone.  I catch a few on the house every so often, but it seems to have worked really well.  I also took the added step of caulking wherever I caught the ants getting into the house (i.e. cracks in the brick, etc…).  This probably helped alot as well, but the Amdro has apparently done the job of killing the colonies fairly well, since I’ve seen much, MUCH less activity around the yard.  I’m really pleased, and thought I would share this, since I have heard from many folks that they are having trouble too.  And if you didn’t the read the comments on the previous Ants posting, I cleaned with lemon 409, and the kitchen has been ant free ever since.  Just for kicks I thought I really test the power of lemon, and cleaned our picnic table with it (lots of ants).  It may be just from the cleaning, and not the lemon, but I’ve seen a huge difference there as well. 

So, Caulk, Amdro, Lemon 409.  That seems to do the trick.

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ANTS! Update!

thenakedjungleIs it just me, or has anyone else been overwhelmed by ant problems this spring.  We’ve always had issues outside, but this year they have moved inside!  I’ve been hitting them with all I’ve got.  I’ve tried talking to ants, reasoning with the ants (“You have to leave…  I’m not saying you have to go home, but you can’t stay here”). I’ve tried sprays at all different concentrations.  I’ve tried baits.  I am trying one right now that is suppossed to be best thing around.  I forget the name, but if it works I’ll certainly gladly post it.

My last attempt will be to dig a trench around our house and fill it with motor oil.  I think I saw that in a movie once.  It seemed to work…  Oh no, I’m wrong.  That didn’t work.  That had to set it on fire.  I wonder if I need a permit for that?

UPDATE: I have decided that I am living the life of Leiningen from the Short Story, Leiningen Versus the Ants (1938).  It was later turned into a movie in 1954, called The Naked Jungle.  Starring who else, but Charlton Heston.   I remember watching this along time ago, but it seemed kind of like a dream, so I wasn’t sure if I made it up.  I just knew the short story was called something versus the ants and that I read it in school.  Also, I also found a MacGyver episode with the exact same plot line, except that Richard Dean Anderson is there to save the day, not Charlton Heston…  So HA!  I’m not crazy.  The ants really are out to get me!