Ants!!!!!

[TheHappyHopper]

I brew in my garage

But seriously - I just spray around our house in the spring and fall with whatever insect barrier stuff the local hardware stores have on sale, I don't have problems with finding any insects in the house. If any do make it in, the cats and dogs end up snacking on them before I see them.

 

[Toga]

Eradicate the ant colonies! We use a readily available ant bait called Terro. It is basically Boric acid and simple syrup. It is the most pet safe and by far most effect thing I have found yet. This is what many exterminators use when their chemical treatments fail. You can wipe out a whole colony in a week with it. Buy the liquid and squeeze it on some bread crust on one of the card board squares they give you. Being able to take it back in large doses helps speed up the process. If you do not have pet issues or can put it where your pets cannot get to it sweeten it up with some combat ant gel. They literally run to the ant gel. I add it on top of the bread soaked in terro and they stream to it in droves. Keep the bread wet and replace as needed. Those ants will be gone in no time.

 

[estricklin]

Spectracide and other companies make an ant bait that actually targets the entire colony. It costs only a few dollars a bag and has helped out a LOAD with our fire ants here. I also spray the entire yard with a general pesticide to help knock down the fleas and ticks, it works only a tiny bit against the fire ants.

My buddy that was an exterminator for 7 years told me ants are by far the hardest pest to deal with.

 

[unionrdr]

Darn Ash borers weren't easy either. They got my white ash last summer.

 

[yukonhijack]

Found Terro ant bait at the local walmart. I have it set up and will see if I get some takers. We only have little sugar ants, but I sure hate them.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I've never had any issue keeping ants out of my homebrew. But maybe it was just cause I was too busy fighting off all the uncles.

 

[JonM]

It's fascinating to watch once they find the Terro. Ants will completely surround the little drops and drink their fill.

 

[yukonhijack]

I put out the Terro this morning. Little bastards are taking the bait! You guys were right, they line up like they are drinking mother's milk. Can't wait to hear the muffled cries of death coming from their colony

 

[JonM]

Muahahahaha!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

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[yukonhijack]

No ants this morning. I did the evil laugh out loud when I saw none of them. My kids joined in the laugh with me!