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Old 13 June 2010, 06:02 PM
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Just got back from Cyprus this morning and have found ants in the kitchen,anyone know the best way to sort it??????
Old 13 June 2010, 06:04 PM
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Many people laugh at me for this but I swear it works. after you have closed the hole they are using to get in get some Dominos pizza dips, leave them unopened on the floor and in the morning they will be filled with ants.
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Originally Posted by Timwinner
Many people laugh at me for this but I swear it works. after you have closed the hole they are using to get in get some Dominos pizza dips, leave them unopened on the floor and in the morning they will be filled with ants.
Not sure where they're coming in.
Old 13 June 2010, 06:11 PM
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they'll have a nest outside, if you cannot block the entry points into the house, locate and destroy the nest including the ants, or they'll be a constant problem, and will likely be there year after year.
Old 13 June 2010, 06:16 PM
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boiling water seems to work well too
Old 13 June 2010, 06:23 PM
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Just follow them

You will see how there getting in
Old 13 June 2010, 06:25 PM
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Had this in the office at work a few weeks back, randomly the rentokill bloke turned up that day for the regular check they do (every quarter IIRC)

Anyway i mentioned it and he sprayed some stuff about, never seen them since!
Old 13 June 2010, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
Had this in the office at work a few weeks back, randomly the rentokill bloke turned up that day for the regular check they do (every quarter IIRC)

Anyway i mentioned it and he sprayed some stuff about, never seen them since!
don't pay them, he'll soon turn up again.
Old 13 June 2010, 06:51 PM
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he'll soon turn up again ?

There are many home remedies that ants don't like, but they don't kill off the colony. Ants don't like Borax, chili powder, cinnamon, vinegar, and many other household substances, but often they'll just find a way around these things.
Get naked and set fire to yourself they might bugger off.
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or get an ant-eater, tell the neighbours it's a greyhound.

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Several years ago, a neighbour told me to paint all round the house at ground level, with cresote. Not had ants in since
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i have a few wandering round my living room for the last few days , gonna have to find the *******s way of entering .

got some spray which seems to work
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Originally Posted by gallois
don't pay them, he'll soon turn up again.
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i have a few wandering round my living room for the last few days , gonna have to find the *******s way of entering .

got some spray which seems to work
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Does it work twice
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Originally Posted by Jamie
Does it work twice
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fooking double bastid posts
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Email bear Grylls job done

http://www.beargrylls.com
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Originally Posted by Jamie
Email bear Grylls job done

http://www.beargrylls.com
He'll just tell me to eat them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,full of protein or some other bullsh*t
Old 13 June 2010, 08:50 PM
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You could just paint all round the house at ground level and look a ****
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There's an ant in me kitchen whaaaat am I going to do
Old 13 June 2010, 08:54 PM
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There's a rat in my kitchen ....

When you out on the street,
You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when I catch you up
I'm gonna pull you up
I'm gonna check-out inside your brain
ant in my kitchen
Old 13 June 2010, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamie
You could just paint all round the house at ground level and look a ****
Old 13 June 2010, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by gallois
or get an ant-eater, tell the neighbours it's a greyhound.

Saw him in the pub the other day,,,,,,,,,i said,,,,,,,,,'Why the long face??????
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Badgers will sort ants out and that **** deck
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the bane of many a gardener, ants & decking.
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We got invaded by those god awful flying ants - horrible looking things - 1000's of the bastids. Tried putting dust down - they just kept coming back. Was only sorted by pouring 10 kettles of boiling water down 3 holes in the garden where they were crawling out - must have killed the queen cos never been bothered by them since.
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Invaded They are just ants
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Originally Posted by jods
We got invaded by those god awful flying ants - horrible looking things - 1000's of the bastids. Tried putting dust down - they just kept coming back. Was only sorted by pouring 10 kettles of boiling water down 3 holes in the garden where they were crawling out - must have killed the queen cos never been bothered by them since.
Think I'll give that a try.

We have some on the grass, they had a few 'sites' last year, but I can only see one this year (so far). Thankfully they don't seem to have invaded the house yet, but the little buggers are messing up the lawn, well more than we already have.


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