Getting Rid of Small Black Ants

RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By JOHN (Guest Post) (08/27/2008) Terro works for many years (3-5yrs) and then the little bastards figure it out and stop touching it. Now they are back in my dining area and they go around the terro sugar liquid, I've even tried to put the bait right where my kids dropped the food, but they don't like it and they move on. Maybe I got a bad mix from Terro, or maybe they are adapting. All I know is, if we leave a piece of chicken on the floor, next morning I have an ant party in my house! Anybody else experiencing the rejection of the Terro liquid? I need bait that tastes/smells like chicken nuggets :-) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Jenna (Guest Post) (08/12/2008) 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. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Shelly. (Guest Post) (07/07/2008) 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! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By (Guest Post) (06/13/2008) Use Simple Green spray. Works in Minnesota - it cripples them dead. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Bee (Guest Post) (06/08/2008) Fascinating little nocturnal black ants, all of a sudden, and these creatures run about and huddle-up to communicate like none I've seen before. I used the Bayer indoor, outdoor pest spray, under the sink, from the home & garden store. The ants came right back. I put out some Hot Shot ant bait containers, but they don't get many takers. Oh, I also sprayed the Bayer product outside too. And, they're back. Little black ants, having a field day. Thanks for all the good suggestions. At least I know I'm not alone. Well, I have these ants. B. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Allison (Guest Post) (04/25/2008) 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--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. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By rhonda (Guest Post) (09/22/2007) I keep finding them in my over the range microwave. How are they getting in it and what is safe to use there since I cook in it so much? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post by ALBUG (1) | (08/11/2007) Contact well i talked to a pest control person and he said that all spray are oil based so i used w-d 40. it worked, but i found that baby oil in a spray bottle and sprayed around the doors windows and on their trail. they can't walk on it and they get stuck. works good on all places. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By IMAQT1962 (Guest Post) (04/10/2006) I TOO TRIED THE CINNAMON AND I DIDN'T WORK FOR ME EITHER Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By LZepplin (Guest Post) (04/09/2006) We have tried cinnamon in our house and it doesnt seem to work. We have tried chlorox bleach. Mix hot tap water with the bleach and wipe everything down. The ants dont like it and it will help repel them Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Grandma Margie (Guest Post) (04/08/2006) I've been fighting those little black boogers in this house for 30 years. I don't even want to think about how much money I have spent on bait/poison! I tried everything any store ever sold, even some with dangerous chemicals (against my better judgement). Still no luck. About 2 years ago someone posted a recipe on the internet using boric acid powder, sugar and water. I finally found the boric acid powder in my local grocery store, in the health and beauty aids section. I mixed up a batch and could not believe my eyes! At first there was a HUGE "ant reunion" and everyone came! After several days of replenishing their "treat" the attendance dwindled down to nothing! I am so thrilled!!!! A few still come to visit on occasion. I'm a gracious hostess........I stir up their favorite treat.......and they're gone!! I make up a small batch at a time. It's so easy. I mix 3 TBSP of sugar, 1/2 tsp of boric acid powder, and 1 cup of water in a small glass dish. I zap it in my microwave a few times, it boils and gets thick and sticky like syrup. I put small dabs (1/4 tsp) on little squares of rigid plastic or index cards and set them where the ants can have a feast! They are so greedy! I may never win this war but I'm winning the battles. They show up and a day or two later they are gone. I don't have the constant parade on my countertops! I know that there are many variables in ant control. This has absolutely worked the best for me and is also the cheapest solution ever! Also...........I don't recommend allowing your children or pets to mess with this concotion. At the same time I'm not terribly afraid of handling it. It is the same stuff my doctor had me use 30 years ago as a eye wash for my newborn children. I still have his written orders, mix 1/4 tsp in 1 pint of boiled, sterile water, dip cotton ball in solution and wipe baby's eyes! :>) So just common sense caution using this is all that's needed. I hope this will help someone else handle their ant problem. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post by katieandjeffy (76) | (03/10/2006) Contact I swear by Terro...they sell it at Walmart and many other stores...in the garden center department. It is a sticky clear liquid that you stick onto a piece of cardboard (where ever the ants are) and they like the taste of it and take it to the nest...within days your ants are gone! I have tried everything and this works the best. It isn't really expensive and a bottle lasts me a long time...but be careful it is toxic to pets. I have 5 indoor cats and 1 indoor dog, and I just stick it places they don't go. You can always put it behind something so your pets don't eat it. Hope this helps a bit!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By GRANDMA (Guest Post) (02/24/2006) I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I JUST SPRINKLED CINNAMON & VOILA THEY DISAPPEARED. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By margaret (Guest Post) (02/23/2006) My Daughter had the same problem and my sister told me about chalk dont matter what color she says it will work as she found out by chance while sitting on her back door step she found a small bit of chalk so she saw one ant so she draw a line and it went down the line to the end of it so she did it again the same thing happend so she did a circle and the ant went around and around so i crushed up some chalk and put a wide line of chalk powder and that was it no more ants hope this helps and chalk is cheap Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post by k-la (6) | (02/23/2006) Contact 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: 1. Boric acid 2. Sugar 3. Cotton balls 4. Water 5 Old plastic containers 1. Make a 1% boric acid and 20% sugar solution by dissolving 1 tsp, of boric acid and 6 Tablespoon of sugar in 2 cups water. Do this in a clear jar so you can see when all the boric acid crystals are dissolved. 2. Soak some cotton balls in this bait solution. 3, 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 wont dry out. I have also used berry containers with success. 4. Place the containers where you see ants, 5. Clean the containers and freshen up the bait solution 1X a week, 6. Be patient, Let those worker ants continually carry boric acid back to feed ants in the nest, 7. For long term control, reduce the boric acid to &frac;%. * Do not sprinkle undiluted boric acid directly on grass as I did once-it will kill the grass. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Kathy (Guest Post) (02/23/2006) 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! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Small Black Ants Post By Betty-Ellen (Guest Post) (02/23/2006) you need to get a bottle of Terro. It is available at Loew's and some grocery stores. It does work! Report Spam or Abuse Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Post by ThriftyFun (3743) | (04/07/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Request: Suddenly we have tiny black ants in our house! I can't locate their entry origin but I need to get rid of them FAST. We have pets and kids, how can we eliminate the unwanted critters safely? Thank you in advance! Melissa in Charlotte, NC Answers: RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Smogzilla (Guest Post) 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. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Judy (Guest Post) 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. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants jerry (Guest Post) Chalk works, a lot of chalk, guess same as baby powder, they won't walk over it. What is tarro? RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Post by Lady Claire 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. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Kathleen K. (Guest Post) You can use boric acid bait. It will take about a week, but it will kill the nest and get rid of your problem for good. The recipe, from Mike McGrath of NPR's You Bet Your Garden is at: http://www.whyy.org/91FM/ybyg/boricacid.html It is somewhat toxic (only if ingested), but when you put the bait down, you can barricade around it to keep little kids and pets out. We use a baby gate to keep our dog out of the room with ants. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Becki in Indiana (Guest Post) 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. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Post by cozy220 That Taro works wonderful - had a camper full of them and in 2 days didn't see a one.... RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Post by tedsmom I just read a tip that said that, if you draw a line around the area affected with white schoolroom chalk, the ants will not cross it. I haven't tried it, but it would be worth a try. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Ann4 (Guest Post) The cinnamon and powder both work well, I don't like to use toxic things. I also spray vinegar. When sprayed on the ants, it kills them. Also spray their trail (from where they come in to the spot where you found them). They leave a scent for other ants to follow and the vinegar will get rid of the scented trail. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Susan (Guest Post) Powdered Borax works fairly well too, but takes longer than the baby powder. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Post by Diamondee 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. works great in the garden too! RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Michele (Guest Post) The best thing I have found is Tarro. I comes in liquid form. Just take a small piece of cardboard (comes with the package) and put a small amount of the liquid on it and sit it where no animals or kids can get to it. The ants will hover over it and take it back to the nest. Leave it until you no longer see ants. Works great!!! RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Linda (Guest Post) Believe it or not, sprinkle baby powder on them and where they come from. Much less toxic then SEVIN. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants Marianne (Guest Post) It's usually hard to find the source of ants but they will not cross a line of powder. Once the rain stops, I go to the dollar store and buy a lot of baby powder and sprinkle it around the perimeter of the house. They're all gone by the next day or two. It will not harm pets and it's inexpensive. RE: Getting Rid of Tiny Black Ants JEFF (Guest Post) Tammy, Go over to Wal-mart buy some sevin dust it looks and feels like flour, just toss on the ants. It bio-deradable the ants die on contact sweep them up and mop or vacum the floor and your done. Report Spam or Abuse