For all of you out there with ant problems, let me share with you my experience and success/failures. This all began in Mid-May when my wife and I noticed a large number of ants invading our home.
We immediately cleaned and and bleached every room that contained the six-legged critters...they came back.
05/24/2010 - purchased Terro white powder and Ortho yard guard from Ace Hardware. Liberally applied white powder to house and covered 10' perimeter around house with Ortho via broadcaster.
06/18/2010 - more ants...
06/19/2010 - Counted over 100 small red ants in the kitchen. This is not good.
ReplyDeletePurchased Terro ant spray (10-15' range) from Ace Hardware and Terro Ant killer liquid from Wal-mart.
Sprayed perimeter of house with Terro and spray (I noticed that there was still some Terro white powder from May left on the sides of the house) then proceeded to spray all ant hills in the yard. Then I went inside the house. Cleaned and lysol'd the entire kitchen before setting Terro liquid bait on cardboard pieces in areas inaccessible to my children.
The ants are flocking to the Terro like the salmon of Copastrono or whatever.