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Ants in House

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TheSunisShiningToday · 31/08/2024 20:02

Hello, I am posting with a new username and hope someone can help me. Posting in chat for traffic because I need help and ideas. We have a lot of ants in the house. I don’t know where they’ve come from and worse than that, I don’t know how to get rid of them. Our house is clean, there are no obvious food sources, we’ve tried ant powder and borax but we still have ants. Help me, please with ideas to get rid of them. Thanks.

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Rumforme · 31/08/2024 20:03

Indorex Flea Spray sprayed around where they were coming in worked for us when we had an ant invasion.

GrazingSheep · 31/08/2024 20:04

We have them every year in the spring.
They just leave again a few weeks later.
I don’t kill them but they don’t bother me at all.

DitzyDerbyBabe86 · 31/08/2024 20:06

The only thing that worked for us were these. The ants disappeared after a couple of days. And we’d tried for weeks before to no avail.
www.amazon.co.uk/Station-Destroys-Repellent-Control-Destroy/dp/B0C7L9RXCK/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?crid=1OKG5X1LCIBUG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UvF_AZENBPmUM8u1y5e0TiNKXKTeHaZ2njeqRfEPc7ub8edLSvFseUyImaGvOz2JKn107U8gJdyPWmtQPaksbSyIQuoXRoC1u4Y0z4x5Au0OQYFDQRA4HnruKk5B2Bge1ZBuJJSGpUcc4qpG3mrMf_0zj8TRZioLGjgI98nfOfxFGh_DxXhUDspaawpulq8fUKjL6zxo94kJQXQldMJtHg.YvLq-w9nTU3zCAcaUiKh_sgwAnfAkSk_5fco2vQPO_k&dib_tag=se&keywords=any+traps&qid=1725131153&sprefix=any+tr%2Caps%2C394&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1

BasiliskStare · 31/08/2024 20:40

@TheSunisShiningToday I agree with @DitzyDerbyBabe86 - those ant bait things work. I got some and those put outside the doors and a couple inside did the job IME . I think ours came from looking after some trees in pots and you could see the ants walking in. Do try the Ant Bait things - if you can't find them anywhere else I think you can get from Amazon.

Hutnut · 31/08/2024 20:53

These worked for us, left them near where the ants were inside. Gome within a few days. Also got a spray for outdoors

www.amazon.co.uk/Deadfast-Killer-Plus-Bait-Station/dp/B084D9FWML/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?crid=2W4RXYVGLL6HQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hEit4_3ELiN0BZ3eOB9eswBRgvK_-8Se-4noVRySEK1036d3R8-oUXBDhrAg151NvXlh9BcoSugY0lW5OvdYlaec0TqNk9rmR7U6dj8TfJnAz_IPfxG0pjvmRSOQKFFRU5buDAff7Fp5t7-pQc7lWDTTlKwqJSGlVcRCZgiTkQSy3bzdb61hvwwrAP51xiBhylQoj9eputaqZ4fmvO7QRg.dG1-RwkQByDYv_Cr0GwBcjI6UY_4sNsS8eKSlZhJAOs&dib_tag=se&keywords=ant+killer+indoor&qid=1725133904&sprefix=ant+killer%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-11

Gestaffel · 31/08/2024 20:54

+1 for the little ant bait stations.

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