What do you do about ants in the house?

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[GOPisEvil]

1. Head over to the DIY Group.

There's a discussion on this very subject.

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OK thanks.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Aardvarks. Nothing better.

[AmyDeLune]

3. Use "Terro" ant killer, sadly...

I really hate to kill the little guys, but I don't like them swarming all over my food preparation areas either.

Peppermint (the plant) and peppermint oil/extract make a relatively good repellant as well.

[libnnc]

4. Terro works like a charm.

[AmyDeLune]

10. It was recommended to me by an exterminator when I said I wouldn't use

poison that would harm anything else. Not to mention there is no way on earth I'm ever using poison in the kitchen!

[UTUSN]

5. Amdro, black label. Green label for leafcutter ants on plants.

(I realize the o.p. is about INSIDE the house.) As much as I grok the equality of ALL living things, it is SHOCKING to see an army of leafcutters lay waste to plants. One morning you walk outside and find plants bare, sometimes with green, freshly cut leaves down around the base if the ants were interrupted at their job.

[Guy Fawkes]

6. Develop nuclear weapons

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I want one of these...

[DawgHouse]

8. Carpenter ants, I use Amdro out in the yard. It helps.

[DawgHouse]

9. duplicate

[Ivan Sputnik]

11. Spill some cinnamon

Ants can't stand it.

[4bucksagallon]

12. Try boric acid, sugar and water on cotton balls it

takes a while but the whole nest is destroyed. I forget the exact amounts to use but I found it through the co-op extension program. If you do a search I am sure you can come up the formula.

[madrchsod]

13. cayenne pepper kills ants

at least the little red ones here in the north