Ants in Dishwasher

RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Jim Toolan (Guest Post) (08/10/2008) I have used boric acid. Found this on the net. "Just go out and buy some 20 Mule Team Borax if you need more. It's in the laundry soap isle in the grocery store. It's almost pure boric acid, sold as a laundry soap booster. At about $3.00 per 2-4 pound box it's a lot cheaper than the commercial ant killer. The best bug-killing bait I've used was a recipe whose source I cannot remember. I'll list it here: 1 part borax 1 part flour 1 part sugar enough crisco to make a paste. I cut apart the individual "cups" from an egg carton and put a good spoonful of the mixture in each. Then I place the "cups" around under appliances, well out of the way of pets and kids. The sugar and fat will draw the bugs to the bait. Every spring I renew the bait. I also sprinkle a little in the bottom of the dishwasher as the dirty dishes accumulate. The bugs are drawn to the dishwasher and walk through the borax." Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By (Guest Post) (08/02/2008) My family went on vacation for two weeks and we ran the dishwasher before we left. We came home and have noticed a few ants on the counter above the dishwasher. We kill them turn around come back 10 minutes later and find more on the counter. BUT ONLY ON THAT COUNTER, no where else in the kitchen. All the cabinets are ant free as well as the floor. We aren't positive if they are coming from the back of the dishwasher or not. We can't figure it out. Its like they are be teleported or something. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By sheila (Guest Post) (07/24/2008) I have had ants in my dishwasher off and on for over a year. Everytime I wash a load of dishes they go away but come back the very next day or two. I have tried salt, vinegar and scolding them with hot water. Nothing has worked thus far. My husband doesn't want to pull it out and take a look around behind it because he says it could leak then, but I guess we'll have to do that If we want to get rid of them. Does anyone have any more suggestions? I am truly disgusted by these tiny creatures. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By mike (Guest Post) (05/24/2008) Same problem with tiny ants around washer. Found a nest inside the top panel rear when removed. Just next to the vent. Ants may like the moisture. Removed and sprayed area. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Anina (Guest Post) (04/14/2008) Please tell me what I should do about ants in the dishwasher. I cant beleive they are in the house too. But the dishwasher is full and I run it all the time. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Amy (Guest Post) (04/08/2008) I'm new to the site. Can someone tell me where to find the suggestions. I am seeing the postings, but can't find where people are putting suggestions to the problem. I too have a problem with ants in the dishwasher. All I have tried is putting ant traps inside the dishwasher. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! Editor's Note Please scroll further down the page and you will find many suggestions. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Julie (Guest Post) (04/08/2008) We have a carpenter ant problem. Last year they came up around our sink and we thought we fixed the problem. We started finding a few here and there on our counter tops over the dishwasher and we thought it was from behind the counters, so we caulked it and that didn't work. We pulled out the dishwasher and cleaned behind it, left some "sevin" and hoped that would work. It didn't, today we opened the washer to find too many to count everywhere. I ran the washer and some came crawling out...but I didn't see anymore while the washer was running. I think they are actually coming in through the washer. We didn't see any holes or leaks in the tubing behind the washer, how did they get in there? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Chris (Guest Post) (12/09/2007) They come in through an air vent I have studied them for weeks and they always come in through the vent that lets steam out when the dishes are drying. Any suggestions on how to stop them? Report Spam or Abuse Bugs on the strawberries Post By Iren (Guest Post) (05/31/2006) I went strawberry picking and I left some out on the counter in the kitchen, next morning some went bad and there were a lot of little bugs. They went to my opend wine bottle, on my hunny. Please help! I have to use something friendly, because I have a 5 month baby. Thanks Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By c . pilger (Guest Post) (05/11/2006) serendipity: left dishwasher door open all day. Surprise, no ants. Hate to think where they come from, probably up the drain pipe and you know where that goes Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Cathy (Guest Post) (09/09/2005) I never had an ant problem until they started bulldosing the property behind me to put in 25 new homes. The only place we find them is in the dishwasher. The dishwasher could be empty and they are still in there. I am going to try a few of the suggestions that have already been printed. On the days when the machine are not working I do not have ants. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By Carrie (Guest Post) (08/22/2005) Are these posting regarding carpenter ants in the dishwasher? This is what I'm finding and nothing is taking care of them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By tanya. (Guest Post) (08/11/2005) hi, i had this problem for a year or so until a friend told me to pour white distilled vinegar full strength (bought a big bottle really cheap) down the drain hole in the diswasher and then let it run with no soap for a cycle. I am happy to say i have only had to do this one other time between last year and now and they have been gone ever since. hope that helps Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By BAL (Guest Post) (08/08/2005) I was having the same problem with tiny ants getting into the dishwasher. Since I heard that dryer sheets actually repel ants, I decided to stuff some under the cabinet lip near the dishwasher. Believe it or not, this worked and I haven't seen an ant since! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post By diane (Guest Post) (08/02/2005) I have them too, the smallest ants I have ever seen, they just keep coming back.... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in Dishwasher Post by Streatch (34) | (07/27/2005) Profile | Contact You could also try putting grandual lime all around your foundation. I tried this several years ago & "knock on wood", we have seen one ant in the house since then! Report Spam or Abuse Archived Request: Ants in dishwasher? Post by ThriftyFun (3754) | (07/26/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact I have ants in my dishwasher. Has anyone else ever had this problem? How can I solve this problem? Brit21 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post By deb (Guest Post) (05/09/2005) Also a problem for us...here's how I solve it.... I take a Q-tip dip in an insectizide...and run the q-tip around the edges of the wood cabinetry surrounding the dishwasher. and on the floor under the washer. Works like a charm! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post By Pat (Guest Post) (04/20/2005) Hi, every year I get that problem. I throw bleach in the bottom of my dishwasher and that kills them for a while. Wish I knew of another way also. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post By linda (Guest Post) (04/19/2005) I have this problem every year...large black ants whenI open the dishwasher. Last year I hired a pest control co. (a good one)....last week they were back again. My daughter said she was tired of seeing ant body parts on the clean dishes! She was right....I am going to try the borax....When I just wash the dishes they come right back! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post By Barbie (Guest Post) (03/14/2005) Put Mule team 20 borax granuals in the bottom of your dishwasher when not in use.....they will "take it home" and it will kill the source.....best of all you can just run your dishwasher as normal as the borax won't hurt you or your dishes/dishwasher......you can exterminate and kill once but if the dirty dishes are the attraction and they (exterminators) don't kill the souce then they will return time and time again.... Dial corp won't say it kills ants as they are not licensed as a pesticide but it works......you can also go the Mule team 20 site and find other uses for this product so if you don't use it all for ants...which you probably won't, then you have other neat things to make and do with it......... I also use a sugar, water, borax mixture to kill ants in other unwanted places....a milk cap filled with the sugar mixture and refilled for two weeks took care of ants we were fighting for almost two years....... Good luck..... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post by klmaclaughlin (1) | (03/14/2005) Contact You probably have a leak under your dishwasher. It could only be one small drip, but still a leak. You definitely should call an exterminator, but fix your leak. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post By mahopacnymommy (Guest Post) (03/13/2005) You have to find where they are nesting. In my case, the cabinet next to the dishwasher had cereal which was infested. Threw it all out - bought plastic cereal keepers. Finally found that there was candy in my daughter's bag in the hall closet - that was the attraction. They will gravitate to the water. You will need to get an exterminator but must find the source of the attraction. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ants in dishwasher? Post By Linda (Guest Post) (03/08/2005) I have had this problem, Just run the dwasher and wash them away. If you put dirty dishes in and they sit for a while, the ants will come in as tho they were on the counter or wherever. Report Spam or Abuse