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Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 669
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 8:15 pm: | 
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...patio. We had a brick paver patio put in last summer. Now there are two red ant colonies digging up the sand grout and making a home.
How to KILL? I've got Raid wasp and hornet, will it work?
J.B. |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3000
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:25 pm: |
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I like to Combat them with Combat Source Kill, or MaxAttrax ant baits, I also like to use Raid Outdoor Ant Spikes. Okay, I use all three of them in combination, I have a bag of all three hanging on my back door and I plan on putting them out tomorrow, the spikes I put around the perimeter of the house and in the middle of the back yard. If you push the spikes down all the way the lawnmower won't even eat them.
I make sure to put baits in the garage, right outside the doors to the house, and in the kitchen, just in case. |
Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 677
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:36 pm: |
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But these are building an ant farm between brick pavers! I can't put a spike there. What is Combat Source Kill? I like the fact that it has "Kill" in it's name. I also like the fact that it has "Combat" in it's name.
"Source" well...
J.B.
Also, I don't want J.B. jr or J.B. dog to die or get sick because I shallacked the patio with Combat Source Kill. |
Projects Dude
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Username: Quakes
Post Number: 124
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:41 pm: |
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How about those gigantic black ants... they seem to come out after every winter... don't see much of them now. But for a week they invaded my home. They don't seem to bit though... any idea how to get rid of them and whether they are a real source of concern? |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3002
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:46 pm: |
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It's those multi sided ant baits that you plop down on the ground, the ants go in, grab some poison food and take it into the nest, it's also formulated to target the queen ant. |
Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 679
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:49 pm: |
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Dude,
I've DONE the ants inside. I lived on the couch of some buddies in San Fran who let their plates and pizza boxes and empty sushi cartons sit and sit.
The place was an ant shmorgasborg. During my month on their couch I commited to beating the ants. First I cleaned up all of the "organic waste." Then I bought this chalk stuff in San Fran Chinatown. You just draw a line with it and ants won't cross it.
It was awesome. It totally worked. My buddies got so spoiled with me starying there and cleaning the place, when I left, they hired a maid.
No more ants.
J.B.
I'm not saying your place needs cleaning, but see if NYC Chinatown has the magic chalk. |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3006
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 10:26 pm: |
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But after putting the baits everywhere in the spring, I don't get the ants.
that powder was probably Boric Acid, though Ajax or Comet supposedly works fine, and red chili powder works too, but it may get costly.
By the way, the next time I have a big party you're hired to clean up the mess
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Bklyngirl
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Username: Bklyngirl
Post Number: 29
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - 9:21 am: |
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Projects Dude:
The big black ants you mentioned may be carpentar ants. If so, you need to get rid of them fast, because they dig holes in your wood, which will untimately affect that particular structure.
As I understand it, carpentar ants affect wooden structures and foundations in the same way that termites do, except that termites actually eat wood, where carpentar ants simply dig holes and live in them.
bklyngirl |
James
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Username: Mcgregorj
Post Number: 111
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - 11:50 am: |
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There was an article in the Times a few weeks back about that "magic chalk". It's works well, but it's pretty dangerous stuff.
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/illegalproducts/chalk.htm |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 584
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - 12:22 pm: |
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I think we may have carpenter ants. We started to see them shortly after we put a new floor on our deck last summer. We first saw them outside near the deck(second floor), then inside the room where the doors to the deck are. Now we see a few in the kitchen -a few rooms away from the deck. Any suggestions? Do we start the treatment from the outside? Would this be something that could have come with the wood? It was pressure treated. Could they live in that? The lazy cats don't do anything about them...just stare.
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Bklyngirl
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Username: Bklyngirl
Post Number: 33
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - 12:54 pm: |
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Blackcat:
I recently treated for carpentar ants and after speaking with a few pest guys, this was their basic advice:
A usual source for carpentar ants is rotting wood. Chances are that where ever you see them the most, that's where the rotting wood is, or somewhere nearby. They normally surface in warm and/or humid weather.
With that said, most homes have carpentar ants somewhere on the property. The problem becomes when the ants make their way inside your home, because that means they've found a food source in your home and your home is now infested.
Normal treatment consists of spraying outside the house and on the rest of your property. Aristocrat Pest Management (973-242-0100) sprayed my home and property for $150 with a guarantee.
bklyngirl |
blackcat
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Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 586
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - 1:36 pm: |
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Come to think of it, we had our house painted in the early part of the summer and they replaced a piece of outside window trim that was questionable. I have to ask out downstairs tenant if he has seen anything.
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george H
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Username: Georgieboy
Post Number: 182
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - 5:34 pm: |
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What I've learned.Carpenter ants move soft/mushy/wet wood away to burrow in.With all the trees in Mplwd.,there are plenty of sources for nests and ants also set up satellite colonys wherever conditions permit.Optimum locations are usually in out of the way places like sill plates,behind improperly flashed ledgers on decks and anywhere water splashes up during a rainstorm,creating a wet/dry situation that weakens the wood and makes it subceptible to rot.During periods of drought,its not uncommon to see ants during the day,looking for moisture,but primarily they travel at dusk,keeping in single column formations.Evidence of ant activity,besides seeing them,would be the presence of frass,a fine sawdust like substance,which is a byproduct of the moving aside of soft wood.After some pretty drastic repairs at my own home,I am now on a schedule of treatment from Apr.-Nov.,monthly,which includes spraying historically problem areas and laying down a barrier of Diazonon crystals around the perimeter.This averages 30$ per month and is a small price to pay,versus some of the damage these ants can do. |
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