What to do about black ants?
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Tammie Stalnaker on Mar 31, 2015sprinkle whole cloves around sink..they will leave and not returnHelpful Reply
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AEBJ on Mar 31, 2015Baby powder. Sprinkle it over your windowsill and around the sink. One night will probably do it. I don't know why, but I know it works.Helpful Reply
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Deezie on Mar 31, 2015I have two tips, the first is cornstarch, and the second is DE. I have used both and they both work. good luckHelpful Reply
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Cheri on Mar 31, 2015I make a slurry of boric acid, water & something sweet like maple sugar, honey etc. Heat water, add rest. Put into something small like a bottle cap & place around where you see the ants. Don't kill the ants. Let them drink & carry back to the nest. This usually works for me.Helpful Reply
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Joyce on Mar 31, 2015For tiny sugar ants ~ I make a syrup of: 200 ml sugar; 100 ml water; 50 ml Borax. (To make smaller quantities, halve each ingredient.) Leave tiny drops where the ants are seen. They feed on it and also take some back to the nest.Helpful Reply
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Marcia Martie Hoffman McMurtry on Mar 31, 2015Last year we had Crazy Raspberry ants. I sprinkled baby powder all around the perimeter of my house. With in minutes I had piles of dead ants. The reason is, baby powder scratches them...and they die FAST.Helpful Reply
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Connie Mar on Mar 31, 2015cinnamon deters ants, can be sprinkled where you think they may be coming from.Helpful Reply
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Louise on Mar 31, 2015Thanks for the tips. Will any of this harm cats? Mine like to get on the counter top and sniff or lick where the ants have been.Helpful Reply
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E. Platt on Mar 31, 2015Cheri's boric recipe is good, except it can kill you pets too. I would pour undiluted bleach all around the foundation of your house. You have to try to get this done just before they are due to enter your home.Helpful Reply
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Andrea Noll on Mar 31, 2015Sprinkle cornmeal. They injest and die.Helpful Reply
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Louise on Mar 31, 2015Is there anything that will just repel them and not destroy them? I'd guess the cloves would do that?Helpful Reply
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Kittylove on Jan 10, 2016hi louise i have the same problem in australia. i read talcum powder or baby powder works as a deterant and isnt toxic as they dont like to trek across the soft powder as a rule of thumb i believe. Just watch you dont slip on floor and dont spill water or like myself you will end up covered in sticky white mess and black ants mixed in like glue which stinks like acetic acid. :(Helpful Reply
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Sandy on Jul 19, 2016Black ants pollinate my garden!! Here in Eastern On., Corn growers have stopped companion planting and are spraying with pesticides to grow corn every year. Our bee population is being destroyed! I now transplant black and into my garden. It works!Helpful Reply
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