Help!

[kwylino 329]

How do i keep them bastards out?

[Kostas 1,468]

I had some big ant problems a couple of years ago, ant bait/traps did the trick in no time.

Here's what I found with Google.

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<h4>Dealing with Ants

One of the most effective ways of dealing with an ant invasion is to stop them getting what they came for in the first place – something to eat! Ants are notoriously determined on the trail of food and have an almost Houdini-like ability to defy apparently impenetrable jars, being small enough to enter containers by even the tiniest gap. Ant-proof storage requires truly sealable vessels and the constant diligence to make sure they are fully sealed up again after every use. Although they chiefly seek out sweet and syrupy things, they will also take protein-rich foods – so meats, pet-food and the like also need protection. Kitchen scraps and waste need similar treatment too – and regular cleaning of surfaces and the floor will stop any spillages making an easy meal for them. It is also helpful to identify where the ants are entering the house – and seal them off, either by filling in the gaps, or by some kind of barrier. Ants will not cross sticky barriers and a variety of these are available commercially, or can be home-made using petroleum jelly, for example.

Physical attacks on individual ants are of little use, but boiling water poured – with care – directly on the nest itself can be more useful, if its location can be found. Although this is only a temporary measure – and unlikely to succeed without other steps being taken as well – it can give a period of temporary respite while other measures are put in place.

Chemical control methods can prove very effective in this respect, though as always it is important to use all pesticides in strict accordance with the instructions. A large variety of insecticides suitable for ant control are routinely available, which come as sprays or in powder form.

Another type of product, “ant baits”, turn the insects’ own natural behaviour against themselves and can destroy the entire colony. These products work by exploiting the ants’ natural food sharing – the bait contains a slow-acting toxicant which is passed from ant to ant throughout the nest, eventually killing the entire colony, including the queen herself.

Since ant baits must first be picked up by foraging workers and carried back to the nest, this is a relatively slow method and obviously it will not work as well if other sources of food have not been denied them – as outlined previously.

Sharing your larder with these uninvited guests has little to recommend it, but in most cases a few simple and effective strategies will soon have them sent packing and your kitchen all your own, once again.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Alternatively put a few of your United shirts down by the doors

[zolayes 14,489]

How do i keep them bastards out?

just be thankful they arent african safari ants ,,they really are vicious carnivores ,,,they dont like smoke by the way ..you could try

burning your house down

[Ossie 3]

Take Fergie's empties back and buy a new house

[kwylino 329]

Alternatively put a few of your United shirts down by the doors

Would you do that to your chelsea shirts

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Do you want to borrow my one that says 'Double Winners' ?

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Should try and get an ant eater, have you got Gary Nevielle's phone number?

[kwylino 329]

Sorted it out now

I just boiled a kettle of water went out to the front found the nest and burned them alive

But cheers for the jokes they ants were getting on my nerves

[cfc-meleady 192]

Alternatively put a few of your United shirts down by the doors

Would shit not attract them?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Hope you've sorted it mate, I remember when my nan had some big fuckers in her kitchen once!