Ants ants ants

[BuckingFastard]

Ok so 3-4 weeks ago we noticed a big increase of spiders all trying to get in the house. i took advantage of seeing this and went ahead and sprayed inside and outside. while i was spraying i noticed that there was a big line of ants crawling up the cement form up under the hardy board and into the house. i made sure to spray really good in this area and all over as well. a couple days ago we noticed a few ants coming out of the grout where the shower meets the bottom bottom trim for the floor. didnt think much of it and sprayed them and they were gone. this morning when the lady got up for work she noticed there were ants on the stove, crawling out of the backsplash from a light switch. these arent the tiny sugar ants but these are fire ants and a lot of them. i feel like i trapped them inside when i sprayed and now theyre in our walls when i took the path outside from them and now theyre living inside. weve never seen them in the house until now. i know with all the rain weve had that they are looking for dry places, but theyve got to go... CALL PETA!

Question is... how do i get rid of these?
-Bait them? with what?
-Poison them more with liquid? with what?
-Bomb the house? with what?
-Burn the place to the ground?
-Other

need to get these gone ASAP cause i dont need ants eating my bday cake again!

[Tjethro85]

Burn it

[duckman1911]

Bomb the house.... 20lbs of blackpowder should be enough to do the job

[BuckingFastard]

yea yea lolol well thatll be last choice. pretty sure i can get my hands on some pretty good cancer causing chemicals if i know what to get!

[BassYakR]

Good luck... been fighting them for years now.... they will go away for a couple months then back again

[BuckingFastard]

probably gonna bomb them hard friday when we're gone if nobody has a good way

[wed68]

If you can figure out exactly which walls there in you can drill small holes and inject chemical to kill them that way ...... Then keep a chemical barrier on outside of house and broadcast the ENTIRE yard with a poison granule ...... You can't kill all the ants in the yard but you can drive them to your neighbors yard ...... Best chemical hands down is Demon WP you can get it at any feed store ..... Mix it as directed no need to mix it extra strong

[lil bubba]

I had them moving into my garage walls . I used bayer carpenter ant and termite killer from home depot. I saturated the slab around garage wall outside and seeing as how it was the garage I drilled a 1/2 inch hole through the sheetrock inside and stuck a spray pump nozzle between studs and let them have it. I have seen ants do just as much damage as termites.

[BuckingFastard]

yea i was hoping to keep from drilling holes for sure. at least in one area i can just take the light switch off and go from there

[Lil Silver]

For outside....spray the whole yard with Bifen IT. Just sprayed mine.

[Hightower]

Recently dealt with carpenter ants in and around the master bathroom of my house. Used the bait gel and bait granules made by Maxforce. Also applied some Delta Dust to areas where they were entering the siding. I think I killed every one of them, and there were a lot!!

Not sure if this same application will work for fire ants but might be worth looking in to. Good Luck!

[BuckingFastard]

Perfect! I just bought some demon wp and I'll buy some bait now so they can take it with them.


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[BuckingFastard]

I need to get that stuff too lil silver


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[Ed32]

if what you bought doesnt work the pros use suspend sc as a liquid for inside and outside the house. you can use talstar granules in they yard. i put the granules every 3-4 months and it keeps them out. i use the suspend quarterly around the perimeter of the house and inside only when we see something.

[Gasper Master]

i set an alarm on my phone for the 1st of every month and i spray bifen around my whole house. I spray inside the weep holes in my bricks, at the base of my slab, and 2 - 3ft around the whole house. Don't have any problems with any insects in the house.

I believe that the insects do have to go outside to drink at some time.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by BuckingFastard

probably gonna bomb them hard friday when we're gone if nobody has a good way

Prolly get robbed too, you know RD been waiting for you to leave

[swamp snorkler]

Spread Tal-Star granules all over your yard and into the neighbors yard. It will keep the ant out of your yard.

[BuckingFastard]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Prolly get robbed too, you know RD been waiting for you to leave

luckily i have an alarm and cameras!!! haha

[BuckingFastard]

i bought so much stuff im pretty sure im gonna die with the ants! ill let yall know the progress and what happens. thanks for the info everyone!

[alphaman]

I'm having trouble with ants too. After a b i g rain. They are crawling up my carport post. To where I don't know. I have a big live oak tree over the front of my house.