Ants in kitchen

[magicjuan]

I have been finding ants on my counters recently. Is it the weather or could they be coming from somewhere else? It has been going on for a few days. I don't think I have left anything sugary out for them! Any suggestions on how to manage this?( I have had to move plenty of things into the counters over the past several months due to my toddler rummaging through the cupboards. )

[rememberthetime]

I have had ants in the bathroom over the last 3 days too. Maybe it is now warm enough for them

[user1485797190]

There are masses of ants around already, they've even made a nest in one of my Bay trees, not sure what to do about that. In the house I've used similar to this type of thing and it worked

[Ancienchateau]

I had a war against ants one year. I tried everything but the only thing that worked was putting cinamon around the edges of the shelves of the cupboards. Read about it somewhere. No idea how it works!

[StrartinngfromHere]

Yes the bait stations mentioned above are the thing. My (old) house gets ants every year at some point so I always keep some handy so I can just put one out when I see them. Always seems to do the trick within about 24 hours.

I also use them outside as we seem to get ants nests in the lawn too. One of the traps under a brick to protect it from rain gets rid of them very quickly

[glamourousgranny42]

I second the suggestion of ant stations under cupboards and cinnamon inside food cupboards. I have had awful problems with ants and these seem to work.