These flying b***** ants!
Discussion
Every single time without fail, in mid July, my village is swamped (as I am sure many others are) by these b
d flying ants. They get into cracks in my external wall and end up coming in the house. Apart from ant powder, are there any other good deterrents (home made or otherwise) that actually work?
I hate them.
d flying ants. They get into cracks in my external wall and end up coming in the house. Apart from ant powder, are there any other good deterrents (home made or otherwise) that actually work?I hate them.
Borrow an anteater.
Other than a stupid response, we are swarmed also. Doesn't quite work here in the UK but when I was in Tobago we used to have the Air-con on, place a fan by the door and channel the air under the gap in the door, blowing the cool air outside, those ants didn't survive the temperature drop whilst trying to cross.
UK - ant powder or spray is my only advice, stick it in the cracks they enter from and top up as neccesary.
Other than a stupid response, we are swarmed also. Doesn't quite work here in the UK but when I was in Tobago we used to have the Air-con on, place a fan by the door and channel the air under the gap in the door, blowing the cool air outside, those ants didn't survive the temperature drop whilst trying to cross.
UK - ant powder or spray is my only advice, stick it in the cracks they enter from and top up as neccesary.
We’ve got random ants in the house, they come in on the cats, and the outside block patio is teeming with them.
We’ve also had three wasps nests so far, two within 1m of the patio door... one under stop tap cover and the other is a gap in pointing under tiles...
I think this year is very heavy on the insects!
We’ve also had three wasps nests so far, two within 1m of the patio door... one under stop tap cover and the other is a gap in pointing under tiles...
I think this year is very heavy on the insects!
Jimmy No Hands said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Oh ffs, I feel for the OP. life must be difficult.
Coming from a man who recently titled a thread - "Web pages are off centre to the right, argh!"
Jeb end.
As for killing ants ffs, people seem to kill everything without realising we're the cogs that don't fit in the eco system argh. Slab things over, burn it poison it, dig it up, copper nails, shoot it. Sadly these are real people with a huge disconnect.
Jimmy No Hands said:
Boosted LS1 said:
Oh ffs, I feel for the OP. life must be difficult.
Coming from a man who recently titled a thread - "Web pages are off centre to the right, argh!"
Jeb end.
In other news, they are super angry this year - probably wreaking havoc due to some b
d murdering their relatives at the base of an umbrella.This comes from the "handbook for FCO employees in foreign lands", "Ants may be a constant annoyance. ". "Cure to stopping them getting in is talcum powder spread around any observed points of entry". I've found this advice worth knowing, as even in the garden it works. But for flying ants, there's a cur my FIL employed when visiting us in Africa- the "dead ant dance". Each time he smashed an ant.
Edited by Who me ? on Saturday 17th July 00:38
Tried it all, ant power, ant stop granules, chalking gaps near home even tried custom ant bait plastic nest with the same stuff those Chinese use to kill coach roaches and ants and its all pointless and does not work.
Apparently ants can figure out where there are hot spots or bad areas to travel too, they also have a system so they can learn and adapt to say poisoned food or even their own poisoned ants (which they bury in a separate area to avoid poison spreading)
basically they will adapt so you can't do anything about ants apart from boiling hot boiling water on ants or the nest do it 2-3 times and they should then alert their homies and avoid the area and hide.
Oh and avoid using Sand under patios or under drive ways since ants love it even more, use limestone dust or limestone type foundations you will naturally then see less ants about.
Apparently ants can figure out where there are hot spots or bad areas to travel too, they also have a system so they can learn and adapt to say poisoned food or even their own poisoned ants (which they bury in a separate area to avoid poison spreading)
basically they will adapt so you can't do anything about ants apart from boiling hot boiling water on ants or the nest do it 2-3 times and they should then alert their homies and avoid the area and hide.
Oh and avoid using Sand under patios or under drive ways since ants love it even more, use limestone dust or limestone type foundations you will naturally then see less ants about.
Mr Whippy said:
We've got ants everywhere this year, and the kids have had sand all over the patio area.
We may as well be throwing sugar down. Do they use it for their nests or something?
Yes pretty much, but its the sand underneath patios and drive ways etc not so much the sand brushing in-between pavers/blocks.We may as well be throwing sugar down. Do they use it for their nests or something?
Ants love tunnelling and burying so sands perfect, but lime stone they hate it, my neighbours block drive way has sand and he has 2-3 nest break out yearly and mine its clean as a whistle due to limestone foundation. Made the mistake with my back garden patio though that has sand underneath but cant win them all.
blueg33 said:
Outside I dont care, thats where they are supposed to be and they are part of the ecosystem and beneficial (as are wasps)
Inside, I put bait traps down before the flying ant season, and if I still get flying ants inside (we call them Flants), I hoover them up
As I posted previously- find the entry points in your house and saturate the area with talcum powder. The cheaper the better as the cheaper ones contain more Boracic acid ,which ants do not like. Inside, I put bait traps down before the flying ant season, and if I still get flying ants inside (we call them Flants), I hoover them up
We had a load of flying ants in our living room the other day - just started appearing as they crossed the floor (few were actually flying).
Found they were coming up in a corner behind a pice of furniture and there was quite a pile of sandy/gritty stuff they'd dragged out. With concrete floors I'm a bit concerned that the house might fall into a giant hole!
The ordinary ants really don't like ant powder, but the flying ones just seem to shrug it off.
Can't believe the thread has been moved here!
Found they were coming up in a corner behind a pice of furniture and there was quite a pile of sandy/gritty stuff they'd dragged out. With concrete floors I'm a bit concerned that the house might fall into a giant hole!
The ordinary ants really don't like ant powder, but the flying ones just seem to shrug it off.
Can't believe the thread has been moved here!
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