No Uncles, but the Ants came back from their winter vacation yesterday
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
March 4, 2018 4:01am CST
Thankfully there were only a few scouts looking for food...last year their return was heralded by hundreds of them attacking a pizza I had left on the counter-top. 
But regardless of the number, there they were...which means it is time to set out the ant-baits again.
Seems I can never get rid of them completely, but using the Terro ant-bait does seem to keep them manageable anyway.
I had actually meant to set them out about a week ago when I saw one trundling across the bathroom floor, but I forgot...probably got distracted by myLot. 
One of the signs of spring approaching that I could really do without.
But regardless of the number, there they were...which means it is time to set out the ant-baits again.
Seems I can never get rid of them completely, but using the Terro ant-bait does seem to keep them manageable anyway.
I had actually meant to set them out about a week ago when I saw one trundling across the bathroom floor, but I forgot...probably got distracted by myLot.
One of the signs of spring approaching that I could really do without. 13 people like this
8 responses
@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Mar 18
We don't get ants in the UK until the humid weather arrives and it's definitely not here at the moment. I don't mind the little black workers and even have trouble killing them but if they are the sort that bite I will annihilate them quite mercilessly.
I actually remember making my sister sit on a red ants nest when we were both small and she did get bitten. I can't believe I was that horrible back then!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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4 Mar 18
I wouldn't mind if I just got a few, but these will literally swarm by the hundreds if not kept in check.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Mar 18
@JolietJake I guess it's your climate. It's too cold and wet over here most of the time.
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@LadyDuck (481919)
• Italy
5 Mar 18
@JolietJake This is the problem, they possible come inside from a very small gap in the kitchen window. I have found one walking on my hand this morning while I was brewing my coffee.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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5 Mar 18
It only takes a hole the size of a nail (or smaller) for them to gain entrance
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@BarBaraPrz (50267)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Mar 18
So far, I haven't seen any ants indoors here, just rodents, which seem to have gone...
Do you ever get the ant swarms outside where a million tiny brown ants just suddenly appear on the sidewalk or patio? I used to get them in Hamilton.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
5 Mar 18
yea,i've been worried about that too.although,it's supposed to snow again wednesday,so that'll take care of that.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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5 Mar 18
Heard a few big frogs firing up yesterday, I'd been hearing little ones for a few weeks now
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@JudyEv (361208)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Mar 18
@JolietJake Most houses here are built on a sand pad. Some people have trouble with ants. Maybe we're just lucky.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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4 Mar 18
Unfortunately when this house was built they used a bunch of sand as the filler in the foundation and it is perfect for the ants to nest in.
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Mar 18
@JolietJake Yup, that's how our first home was built, on a mound of sand.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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4 Mar 18
This is about the same time they mass-attacked last year...the pizza ordeal showed up in my facebook memories 2 days ago
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Oh I hate aunts can't stand those things. We are getting invaded by stink bugs right now and i'm sure once spring/summer comes we'll be invaded by aunts also.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
5 Mar 18
@JolietJake Their coming from our basement and their everywhere. It's because we have elderbug trees around our property. So we get those and stink bugs yuck
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@JolietJake (50190)
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5 Mar 18
Those dang brown stink bugs, I was finding one every couple weeks all winter long
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Mar 18
Jay put a boric acid solution all the way around the foundation, of our first home. After that, we never saw another ant crawling inside the house. The home was built on top of a sand hill, if you can imagine that!
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Mar 18
@JolietJake I wonder why they did that, with many older homes! This one was built by my father, in 1958. Of course, ants were a big problem back then also, I'm guessing.
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