Just moved cities for my lovely DH's job (another story) last month. The house is amazing, twice the size of our old one for only a little extra (old landlord was trying to increase the rent from 800 -> 1500 ok never mind, again, another story).
Anyway! About 3 weeks ago, I noticed one one end of our couch there were ants! Not alot mind you. Maybe 1 - 2 a day. But I could never see where they were coming from. Little buggers.
About 3 days later, I see a teeny tiny crevice beside the frame of the kitchen door with a good few. I swet em up and dumped them out the front door. Google-fu'd as much as possible and decided that the bait traps were best. Went out. Bought the ones suggested. They ignored them day 1. Went in day 2 and ate (? we think) and since then ignored it. It was down for 14 days (4 days longer than recommended) and refilled every day.
I tried everything else. Cayenne pepper. Cinnamon. Windex. Lemon Juice. Vinegar. Lemon and water. Vinegar and water. There has been 2 instances a naughty child has left some food on the counter and there was a stead line from another hole (which was in the sitting room and baited too!) to the kitchen counter.
I've lost the plot yesterday. We got Doff Ant Powder (I think the traps were Nippon?) and I shoved it in every crevice. I have seen about 2 ants since then, they were both writhing near the hole in the kitchen.
I am hoping this is it. But I don't hold my breath. Can anyone give me a sure fire way to get rid of these buggers? I know in my head, they're not dirty. They don't carry disease. They are just insects. They certainly don't scare me. I just don't want to share my home with them!