I have a three year old, three dogs and a disabled relative living in the house…and I have ants coming in. I need something to bait around inside the house that will not harm my daughter or pets…and is not an irrative for the skin and lungs..
ants cant digest sweet cornmeal so it swells their bellies up…also i heard if u put bounce fabric sheets around they dont like them
Lure them in with us!
13.October, 2009 um 8:00 am
For ants you should sprinkle paprika around the border inside and out. It does not harm anyone but the ants don’t like it.
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13.October, 2009 um 8:36 am
grits- I used to sprinkle grits on the ant piles in my yard- the ants would take it back to the nest and within a couple of days the nest would be inactive - I would mix some dry grits with a little sugar (extra incentive for them to take it) around the area where the ants are actually coming in from- don’t scatter it too far and wide- only where you have actually seen the ants- when they are gone make sure you always clean up any spills, especially sugar, juice, ect spills
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13.October, 2009 um 9:02 am
ok first you have to follow the trail of ants and find out what hole they are coming out of, and then mix up this solution.
1/4 cup of tabasco or other hott sauce
1/4 cup of hair spray xtra hold
1/4 cup of water
1 tablespoon cup of paprika
1/4 cup of oil
mix together, and put in spray bottle.spray at the source. the hott sauce causes them great pain, while the hair spray freezes them.the paprika makes them want to run and the oil suffocates them. haha its actually fun.
then the water and oil suffocate them.
another favorite is cream of wheat. the ants taste it,and take it back to thier little colony. they all happily feast, especially the queen, who makes all the babies. the catch?
as thier eating it, it expands in thier stomach and they explode!!! muahahahha. THIS worked the best for me.
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13.October, 2009 um 9:41 am
ants cant digest sweet cornmeal so it swells their bellies up…also i heard if u put bounce fabric sheets around they dont like them
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13.October, 2009 um 9:49 am
Ants will not walk through flour. I’ve actually watched them on my kitchen counter and they will not go through the flour. Sooo… I made a little dam of flour where they were coming in and voila, they quit coming. Good luck!
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