If you think you know ants then I ask you to come visit us in Indonesia. It has become a hobby of my husband to kill ants. We have teeny tiny black ants, medium size black ants, and extra large black ants. We have big and little biting red ants. We have the ants that when you kill them your hand smells sweet. Papa D just came back from taking Big C to school on the motorbike. As he walks in the door, I heard him say "Let's kill some ants" to himself. Ants are not welcomed in the house. Big C has been stomping on ants since she learned to walk at 11 months.
Here are some the ants that lay dead on our floor at the moment.
Above would be a sample of a small black ant. They are numerous and annoying.
This is a sample of the large black ant. I really don't like these because when you kill them you can hear them crunch. I usually ask Big C to get rid of these for me.
We have been given some great ant killing poisons from friends and family in the States. If you would like to recommend your favorite method of disposing of ants feel free to comment.
5 comments:
if you aren't attacking the anthills outside your house you aren't going to have any hope of getting rid of them. when i mow, if i find any anthills, i'll go back and kick them over and soak them with bug spray. after doing this for two summers, i didn't find any anthills this past summer. i don't use the bug spray inside though, because i'm afraid it will be bad for emma (even though it claims it is "safe for kids and pets", i don't believe it)
did you know that at least in this country ants live not in ant hills but in trees, in your cement walls, in your furniture, etc. ants far out number the human population!
We had a terrible ant problem here last spring when the ground thawed out and the ants woke up. It was still too cold for them outside so they found their way in our house. We used some ant traps, where they go in and eat poison then die. They worked pretty well, but then more ants came later until it was warm enough for them to live outside.
Anthills in Finland can be 3-4 ft high in the forests!
LA, you are not allowed to join the ant conversation anymore. I can not deal with knowing that you have 3-4 feet tall ant hills! I am going to have bad dreams now!
I went on a week-long trip. We placed plastic bowls of Jello-water just outside of the doorway/windows. It kept the ants from coming in, but I don't know that it's a long term solution.
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