Getting Rid of Small Black Ants

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Archives: Request: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Archived on 04/29/2009 Please help me get rid of very small black ants. I have sprayed everything I can think of and have had professional folks try. The ants are still there. Warm weather is coming and I need help. Jerryno1 from Yorktown, VA Feedback: RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants I swear by the cinnamon! I've tried the vinegar, doesn't phase my ants at all. I put some cinnamon in the window sill, and the ants don't come in the kitchen or my room any more. By Smogzilla RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants I have found that something as simple as chili powder gets rid of them safely and quickly. Just pour a straight line around where you think they are entering home, behind kitchen sink, etc., they will not cross over it and will go find another place to "bug". It truly works. By Judy RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Chalk works, a lot of chalk, guess same as baby powder, they won't walk over it. What is tarro? By Jerry RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants I have used bay leaf. Just lay the leaves on the counter where you think they are coming in. Must be they don't like the smell. I've watched them approach the bay leaf, and they retreat as soon as they get near it. I have found some dead on the counter, too. This works the best for me. By Lady Claire RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants I've had great luck with just plain vinegar. Pour it into a sprayer bottle and spritz countertops, door jambs, anyplace you have seen ants. Or just wet a rag with vinegar and wipe down the surfaces. Just let the vinegar dry -- the smell goes away in just a few minutes. By Becki in IN RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Powdered Borax works fairly well too, but takes longer than the baby powder. By Susan RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants I place whole cloves around the area where I see them, just a few. I also have used the cheaper ground cinnamon for the large carpenter ants trying to make a home in the wooden columns in front of the house. This works great in the garden too! By Diamondee RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Tammy, go over to Wal-mart buy some Sevin dust it looks and feels like flour, just toss on the ants. It's bio-degradable; the ants die on contact sweep them up and mop or vacuum the floor and your done. (04/07/2005) By Jeff RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Go to the dollar store and pick up a couple of cans of Lemon furniture polish. Simply spray it around baseboards, door jambs, counters, wherever the little buggers are (be careful to keep it near the walls as it will make the floor slippery!) Do this every couple days and they will be gone. Don't know why, but with the little black ants it has worked every time! (02/23/2006) By Kathy RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants I have used this Organic Ant Bait for several years with 100% success. I have used it indoors and also for outside use, including fire ants. The first day there is a slight increase in ants. Then they dwindle and are gone. I got the "recipe" from Organic Gardening magazine. It uses boric acid, but only a very small amount so that the ants will live long enough to bring the dose to the feed the colony. Materials and Ingredients: Boric acid Sugar Cotton balls Water Old plastic containers Directions: Make a 1% boric acid and 20% sugar solution by dissolving 1 tsp. of boric acid and 6 Tablespoons of sugar in 2 cups water. Do this in a clear jar so you can see when all the boric acid crystals are dissolved. Soak some cotton balls in this bait solution. Make bait dispensers by punching holes in an old margarine lids (careful with this part). Put the cotton balls inside and cover them with the lids so the bait won't dry out. I have also used berry containers with success. Place the containers where you see ants. Clean the containers and freshen up the bait solution 1X a week. Be patient, let those worker ants continually carry boric acid back to feed ants in the nest. Do not sprinkle undiluted boric acid directly on grass, as I did once it will kill the grass. (02/23/2006) By k-la RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants We have tried cinnamon in our house and it doesn't seem to work. We have tried Clorox bleach. Mix hot tap water with the bleach and wipe everything down. The ants don't like it and it will help repel them. (04/09/2006) By LZepplin RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Well I talked to a pest control person and he said that all sprays are oil based, so I used WD 40. It worked, but I found that baby oil comes in a spray bottle. I sprayed it around the doors, windows, and on their trail. They can't walk on it and they get stuck. It works good on all places. (08/11/2007) By ALBUG RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants I use commercial spray like Raid by saturating a rag with it (spray the rag outside or in the garage). Just wipe along the areas where ants seem to be coming in the kitchen, the rim around the sink, under the edge of the counter tops, etc. Doing it this way, toxins don't come in contact with anything on the counter or any food accidentally left out. I do this at night so all is perfectly dry the next day when I work in the kitchen. (04/25/2008) By Allison RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Use Simple Green spray. Works in Minnesota, it cripples them dead. (06/13/2008) RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants To get rid of any insect in the house, try any orange or lemon oil based cleaner. I get the cheap stuff from the dollar store and it works miracles. Just spray the stuff on them and the will die in seconds. Use it to clean areas where they are likely to show up and they will not come to visit. I have even used it to kill wasps and larger spiders in the garden. You can't beat the price or the results! (07/07/2008) By Shelly RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Terro works and it's the same thing as the formula with boric acid, water, and sugar. I've had success with both. These small nasty black ants have more than one queen. The soldier ants bring it back to the nest and kills the queens and new borns - as well as themselves with time. (08/12/2008) By Jenna RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants As I understand it Sevin is scheduled to be banned as being too toxic. Recommend one of the less toxic solutions (11/10/2008) By Sue RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants I can gain limited control of these little pests using a barrier of Vicks Vapor Rub. I smear a thin layer around their entrance site (which changes frequently) and they quickly retreat from the strong aroma. Contents include eucalyptus/turpentine/camphor/cedar oil/nutmeg and thymol. (01/05/2009) By Dick H. Report Spam or Abuse Request: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Archived on 08/21/2009 I can't afford an exterminator, but need to get rid of black ants that keep coming inside my house. I think they are under my house, I live in a double wide. Any remedies for my problem will be appreciated. By Vguy from Earle, AR Feedback: RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants I've always had very good results using Terro ant bait. You can either buy it in a bottle and put a few drops on paper, or it also comes in plastic trays that you simply open and set out. Wherever you see ant trails is where you want to put the bait. (04/29/2009) By lah34a RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Terro is great stuff, but you can make it using 3/4 clear Karo syrup and 1/4 boric acid. Another thing they hate is diazinon, which is rose dust. Sprinkle it around the undercarriage of your house and some down under it, and they should stay away. If they are sugar ants, keep the sweets sealed. If they are grease ants, that too needs to be done weekly. (05/05/2009) By Poor But Proud RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants After learning a very expensive lesson and having to replace my fridge. I have since learned that cornmeal placed in various "hot sites" where the ants are prevalent, is a non-toxic remedy for home invasion by ants. They cannot digest cornmeal and go back to the nest to die. Try this before resorting to chemical baits, traps, etc. This is especially important if you have small children or pets to consider. (05/05/2009) By Sunbaby Hydrogen Peroxide Keep Ants Out Of Kitchen My tip about instant grits didn't seem to work this year. I think it might have worked last time because it was August (I think) before I tried it and by then they were probably finding enough food outside? They were in my kitchen by April this year and grits didn't do a thing. I did read a new hint about spraying the counter with hydrogen peroxide. That worked this year, but I have to spray all my counters at least every two or three days. (05/06/2009) By Kathryen Report Spam or Abuse