Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:21 am Post subject:
Oh my God...
I just discovered that under one of our wardrobes, there were MILLIONS and again MILLIONS of ANTS in a SINGLE pile...the entire floor was black of them. All I've got is a few ant poison traps and that's it. What's the best way to get rid of them? _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Yea, I had a similar problem at a house I use to live at. one of the wall socket started smoking and when i took the socket cover off I found the whole wall was infested with ants. The remedy for is was tearing all the jib board out and nuking them with ungodly amounts of ant poison. When it looks like their all dead lat down some bug salts, not sure of the correct name but it's this salt like stuff that keeps ants and other bugs away for years. Just don't put it near any wiring as it can be a fire hazard. QUICK_EDIT
The problem in using toxic traps is, that we also have cat (she's very interested at eating all kinds of insects for some reason), and the wardrobe happens to be in "her room". I could always move her stuff to the bathroom, though.
Luckily she's too big to fit under the wardrobe, and she doesn't seem to care about the ants anyway. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Well if your willing to spend a bit more you can buy chemical sprayers that kill bugs quick and don't linger long enough for pets to be effected or get ill by eating any dead bugs. The problem is you have to spray quite frequently for a number of weeks to stop them coming back, and I don't know how much those kinds of thing cost where you are but over here you will be spending anywhere from about $50 to $200 on the apparatus. QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:
Why would you kill the ants if they didn't harm you? Black ants aren't harmless unless you hurt them. Also they are cute. If you want to get rid of them, use an insecticide or that chalk like thing. _________________
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Why would you kill the ants if they didn't harm you? Black ants aren't harmless unless you hurt them. Also they are cute. If you want to get rid of them, use an insecticide or that chalk like thing.
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:
Ixonoclast wrote:
Lexa wrote:
Why would you kill the ants if they didn't harm you? Black ants aren't harmless unless you hurt them. Also they are cute. If you want to get rid of them, use an insecticide or that chalk like thing.
What if it were... centipedes?
That's another story. Of course I'd eradicate them for the sake of my life. _________________
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Why would you kill the ants if they didn't harm you? Black ants aren't harmless unless you hurt them. Also they are cute. If you want to get rid of them, use an insecticide or that chalk like thing.
What if it were... centipedes?
That's another story. Of course I'd eradicate them for the sake of my life.
how big do they get over there? here black little millipedes are the word, there harmless tho. and it's been a long time since i have seen one.
now house spiders on the other hand, altho harmless aswell, they can get pretty big, let me show you...
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject:
NO. Take that away from me. I'd rather eat a cockroach than having that in my room. _________________
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I always throw those things outside (without harming them). I would do the same for ants, if they only didn't come in ztyping huge numbers. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
What do you expect Crimmy? ofcourse, kill it with fire!
or simply.....uhhhh, I really hate using bug sprays, so I wouldn't go for that, go for something else like....bleach _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
I know I should've taken one, but unfortunatelly I got rid of most of them already. Lets just say that a hoover is a handy tool _________________ QUICK_EDIT
He got confused between me and you, I told him I had to go hoover earlier, so he must have got mixed up _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
hey if your as wise as me i whould try to find the nest and cover it with non flameable sticky oil.. shit its funny to watch the ants _________________ Link to a document to see what mods i have and/or working on or working with
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:
Dump chocolate on them and Eat them. Chocolate covered ants are nummy. _________________ "Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there." -Adam Young QUICK_EDIT
When I have problems with ants I use these special poisons that don't kill the ants instantly but they take it back to where they live and the whole nest dies. _________________ Comcast: Yo dawg we herd yo were downloading, so we put fail in yo modem so yo cant download while yo failin! QUICK_EDIT
I never understood why people are scared of spiders being as they're so small, a camel spider I could understand.
Also, I've seen some pretty ugly bugs in my time, but none compare to this.
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:51 am Post subject:
Aro wrote:
I never understood why people are scared of spiders being as they're so small, a camel spider I could understand.
You've never seen a bird-eating Tarantula IRL, have you? Much less one of the few bird-eaters that secrete medically-significant toxins...
Anyway, these are usually what we have where I live, the Hobo spider:
Black widows like to hide out in sheds, too, but you never see them unless you really WANT to (though who would?). I recently caught a Steatoda grossa crawling around in my brother's room, and wondered how it got this far in from the coastline... oh well. After looking up its behavior, I promptly left it alone since I hate Hobo spiders. I don't hate what they do, I just hate them. _________________
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I never understood why people are scared of spiders being as they're so small, a camel spider I could understand.
Also, I've seen some pretty ugly bugs in my time, but none compare to this.
JESUS ztyping CHRIST LOOK AT THAT HAIRY ARM! OH MY GOD! QUICK_EDIT
Dump chocolate on them and Eat them. Chocolate covered ants are nummy.
Something you learned in Iraq? :p
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JESUS ztyping CHRIST LOOK AT THAT HAIRY ARM! OH MY GOD!
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When I have problems with ants I use these special poisons that don't kill the ants instantly but they take it back to where they live and the whole nest dies.
Exactly the stuff I use. It's a nerve poison they should carry to their nest, but it doesn't seem to kill the nest no matter how many traps I set _________________ QUICK_EDIT
LOL, I love this thread, its just so fun reading people's opinions on bug killing xD _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
When there is Christmas/New year,try buying those little bombs and keep them for the summer.It helps you get rid of birds,ants,and other annoying stuff QUICK_EDIT
Last night I had problems with flies.On short,I couldn't simply sleep due to their bzzt.
On short,a massacre happened.
i go psycho when there are mosquitoes in the room, i really can't stand the buzing around my ears, and i am willing to lose most of my sleep to kill them. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
With that said Volgin, I run awai from cockroaches as soon as I see one :/ _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
the bug i see the most, after the common house spider, do let these live, they do no harm to anyone, unless your a bug, there like little guards keeping everything else out of the house, or out of your eye's way, and you mostly only see them if daddy is looking for mommy.
anyway, i have no idea how you call these in english so enlighten me...
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