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05-19-2024 11:04 PM
We were out of town for 3 days and came home to little ants in my kitchen. So awful to have them around food. Can't stand it. I want to try to get rid of them myself before calling pest people. One way or another they GOT TO GO. Advice please please.
05-19-2024 11:12 PM
I don't know about the product you listed but my last apt got them all the time. I would spray with undiluted simple green or Mrs meyers all purpose cleaning spray. Both killed instantly and they didn't come back (except every spring). Then I would re-clean with spray after wiping them up.
Good luck! They are so gross in the house, especially the kitchen!
05-19-2024 11:24 PM
Yes, the liquid works, but it draws more ants!
I switched to the spray and it works well. Sometimes I need to spray more than once as my ants are relentless.
05-19-2024 11:33 PM - edited 05-20-2024 12:09 AM
Follow the trail. If it leads to a kitchen cabinet, there's something in there that they want. You need to get rid of "the source" of their FOOD.
Could be the ants are heading to a leaking can, sugar, flour, dried fruit, candy, etc.
05-19-2024 11:33 PM
@HerRoyaLioness wrote:Yes, the liquid works, but it draws more ants!
I switched to the spray and it works well. Sometimes I need to spray more than once as my ants are relentless.
I agree! Yes, it works. I think it draws more ants for awhile once word gets out to the other ants and they all come get some and take it back home. Then they're usually gone. I prefer the Terro syrup because I can control where it is vs having the spray all over.
05-20-2024 12:05 AM
My sister in PA. Just went through an ant crisis. She said Terro was the only thing that worked.
05-20-2024 04:39 AM
Good to know, thank you!
05-20-2024 04:59 AM
For whatever reason, last year I had them big time coming out of the closet in my bathroom. A friend suggested Terro. It seemed like every ant in the house crammed itself in that container of liquid and I was gonna toss it, but forgot. The next day the container was there but the ants were gone they didn't come back.
05-20-2024 05:33 AM
Works for me as well. Only thing I use.
05-20-2024 06:48 AM
@MoJoV Absolutely yes! Every year I get those little ants in my kitchen and my kitchen is clean....cause I know they will show up, it's like clockwork every year.
I put out a couple of drops of TERRO on a piece of cardboard in several locations on the kitchen countertops and within 24 hours or so, ants are gone. For me it's almost a miracle product.
The ants congretate on the terro drops and then travel back to the nest.....and then they are gone. I might have to repeat a week or so later, but not always.
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