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08-16-2016, 06:48 PM
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Ants
The ants around my house are driving me crazy !
I have them under my driveway ,ante hills in my back yard and in the pyramid poplar trees.
I have tried all the products at rona and even went to that rodent and bug store on 118 ave and bought some high test ant killer . I have sprayed them in the morning and evening etc. they just keep coming back,or just moving over and making a new nest .
What is a guy to do ? 
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08-16-2016, 06:58 PM
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08-16-2016, 07:24 PM
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thanks ,i will try this brand ,have tried other brands and they would not go inside of it .
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08-16-2016, 08:20 PM
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I'm currently in trench warfare with ants as well. I'll try those products you reccomended. 8 years in my place, I've had small numbers outside on my driveway, but a couple of ant traps and in a couple of days they'd be gone.
This year they're in my house and the traps aren't working. Driving me and the misses insane.
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08-16-2016, 08:52 PM
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I have had good results with Malathion. Soak the hill good and the ants are gone.
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08-16-2016, 08:55 PM
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I had good results with Borax mixed 50/50 with sugar and Borax mixed 50/50 with maple syrup. Some ants eat solids, some eat liquids. You need to set both products out.
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08-16-2016, 09:06 PM
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Borax 6-8 % in a liquid/jell .. small bottle .... in CT and wally's ... works great
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08-16-2016, 09:26 PM
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Try Malathion spray your lawn with garden hose attachment. Cheapest place I found was at Home Hardware. Comes in a 500 ML bottle.
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08-16-2016, 09:44 PM
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Corn meal
Go buy yourself a big bag of corn meal and spread it around where the ants are. After a few days it will get rid of them. Works for us. I'm told that they eat it and then expands so much inside them that they basically explode. Not certain if that's true or not but it really does work.
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08-16-2016, 09:49 PM
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Malathion!!
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08-16-2016, 09:59 PM
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Get some chickens! They love ants and it's fun as hell watching them eat them!
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08-16-2016, 10:08 PM
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So many solutions, some have worked.
Identify the ants and address accordingly.
I personally like fire.
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08-16-2016, 10:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purgatory.sv
So many solutions, some have worked.
Identify the ants and address accordingly.
I personally like fire.
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with a fuse .... 
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08-16-2016, 10:16 PM
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Gone Hunting
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MountainTi
Malathion!!
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at one time or another I have tried pretty much everything listed here over the last 4 years, last spring I finally went with the malathion...case closed, no more ants, one strong dose on each ant hill (lots of hills) and done, 2-3 tablespoons in a quart of hot water and soak the hill
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