ant invasion - hundreds of them - how do i get rid of them please?

Hi ellie, In our case, we always trap them by pouring vinegar in their way and it always work! they are really annoying plus they go with a group! what a team mate! lOL

Cream of wheat will work. They will eat it and it will cause their stomach to burst. Kind of like a bird eating rice at a wedding. If you sprinkle it around the nest it will take care of them. Good Luck

Try to use vinegar. You can mix vinegar with water or just plain vinegar. Ants are coming for food, so try to keep everything in fridge.

Try using cayenne pepper! Put in in their path. http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/natural-ant-control.html and check that website for more ideas!

lol.. My mom use a kind of spray for ants which is available here and also she uses a kind of chalk with which she draws line around the area.

Hi ellie333, Not too long ago I was reading a magazine and i saw where is said if you're having problems with ants, you can use some "Grits". Once the grits are down the ants carry the grits back to there nesting place to feed. Once they eat the morsel of grit the have water and the grit will expand killing the ants. So I say if you have any grits go outside and look for the ant holes. Put some grits down and around that ant hole. Do the same for in your house. This should work, Without the chemicals since you have children and a cat. Good luck

have you tried the ant traps? there is also insecticide. I know when you get them they are very hard to get rid off.

I have heard that if you sprinkle pepper in your doorways they will not cross the line of pepper! I did try it once..and it did work. Hopefully you'll stop the pesky little things! LOL

hhhmmm...well, there r ant killer things that u can buy, i think some of them are made by raid, but basically, its poisoned food in a container that ants can access...so they eat the food, and the take food back to their colony. thats wat i used for an ant infection, and now they're all gone XD

Hi Ellie-they are horrible little thingsbut at least they wwork in an army and dont go eveyrwhaere like fleas! it is interesting that they seem to of gone for your sons sweet maybe a saucer of sugar left out for them may stopthem coming into your house? don.t know of a natural way of getting rid of them so will be interesting to see what other mylotters have to say-hugs littleowl

Well, what I would do, if I were you, is that I would get myself an ant spray. That will certainly kill all the ants. At first ants will certainly come in contact with the spray. And the ants will be killed on contact. The best spray to get, as you look at the readings on it, will neutralize ants.

Depends Ellie..do you want to do it organic or regular way? if organic you can use any orange spray that you can get in any hardware store..sometimes i use soapy water and that sems to do the job.Now if regular way..then make sure you do the yard also with the ant killer and then spray all around the house inside and out with the windows closed and then leave for awhile..come back open the windows and air the rooms out..it helps to keep the house closed for a bit to make it sronger.. Huggs and Go away Ants!

I have spent a fortune on special powders and sprays, They dont work so do not waste your money! I use talc any one you have lying around the house will do, if you would like to use a cheaper brand do, Asda,Somerfields any thing cheap.It works make sure you put loads into the nest and all around it, put some around your doorstep so they canot go through this should work happy hunting lol.

I totally understand where you are coming from, and they come out of no where and if you see one you see a hundred. I use a product called "TERRO Ant killer". And it is hard to find also. I think last year after I went all over town looking for it and finally found it at Wal-Mart. So call around and ask otherwise you'll be searching for it all over town. It is wonderful. A few drops of this stuff and in an hour or so you will see it filled with the ants eating it up. It is poison so you want to make sure that it is in a place where no one will touch it and not around food. I place a few drops on a piece of cardboard and stick it in the corner nearby where I see ants. And like I said they smell it (it most have something sweet in it to attract them) and they hord on it. They take it back to their nest and it eventually kills them off. You may have to do this every few weeks until they are gone. I just keep a little bit out and when I notice they are not eating it up I throw it away until they appear again. And one bottle will last you awhile. So far, I am half way through the bottle I bought last year, but I live in the country.

They are a flippin nuisance arn't they? I know in my old house I was taking the kids to school one morning and I opened the front door to take them and there were thousands, and I mean thousands of flying ants and ants all around the front door, it was just swarming with them. Of course with opening the door I disturbed them and I was just swallowed in a cloud of flying ants taking off all around me. They were in the house, in my hair it was like something off a horror film, but I had the starring role. Anyway we invested in some ant powder and that did the trick within days, there was not a sign of an ant anywhere, I later found out that they had packed up and moved into my next door neighbours instead ha ha!!

Go and visit the hardware store and ask for there advice. There is a poweder called Nippon which you can put down, it is very good as we have used it when we have had ants. If you know where the nest is you can pour boiling hot water down it and that will kill the ants. Hope this helps you.