ANTS CONTROL

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Need some help asap.

we have ants, and the council are going to charge 45 quid onwards for the pesty to come out.

 

Whats the best to use and how to, keeping in mind animals and kids about.

[8shot 192]

i use to use just normal ant powder

always seemed to work for me

 

but if theres kids about im not to sure if its harmful to them so read the label

 

have you thought about boiling water

[fellpack 7]

if you can find the nest normaly under slabs pour hot water on it if not wave down a pestie he wil give you some gel

[Matt 160]

Is this Black Garden Ants (Lasius Niger) that you are talking about?

 

£45 is about right for a professional to come out and treat properly.

 

If you do decide to do a treatment yourself, don't go mad with the powder. An old boy who taught me when I first started out said to me "if you can see the powder, then you've used too much". Most of the dusting powders are 99% talc, which is what you can see, and insects are reluctant to come into contact with things that are likely to dessicate them.

 

Most professionals use gel baits which destroy the colony over a period of days. These gel baits are not available to the general public, and require careful application.

 

If it is any other type of ants (Pharaohs etc) then be VERY careful, as some species have multiple queens, and 'bud' if the colony is threatened in any way making the problem MUCH worse.

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Ok mate, cheers, its the black garden ant.

 

They seem to be coming from under the step at the front door, ive poured boiling water down so.

[Guest AngelicAcid]

any more info?

[RicW 67]

Get hold of one of the ants, hold it up and whisper in its ear "If you lot don't flux off right now it's squashville for the lot of yez." Put it back on the floor. They'll leg it PDQ and believe me that's a lot of legs. Never fails.

 

Ric

[poacher3161 1,766]

Only had them once duramitex soon got rid

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Does duramitex really work?

They are now ants with wings, i sealed up where they were coming from, and they were about 50 with wings.