Ants

[ChimpMaster]

What kind of poison do you use?

I use a blue sweet syrup which you put in a container, Loxiran. <snip>

Just some cheap powder, but it does kills them off. We just put a trail of the powder arount the perimeter of any access points and soon enough they die off. And then come back

The blue syrup sounds like a good idea... bait them in and wipe 'em out. What's it called?

 

[NickFitz]

Come on they must do a smaller version, cos he said he lives in a flat.

They do indeed:

 

[BlasterBates]

Just some cheap powder, but it does kills them off. We just put a trail of the powder arount the perimeter of any access points and soon enough they die off. And then come back

The blue syrup sounds like a good idea... bait them in and wipe 'em out. What's it called?

Loxiran

You need to check that the ants don't actually have a colony in the Kitchen, particularly when they appear out of nowhere like in the pie. When there's a column like in your Kipling pie they will lap up the poison, go back to the colony and then get wiped out. You can then at least avoid horrible nasty surprises like your pie being full of ants, but then a new colony will appear after a few days, usually small numbers which then grow rapidly, but the Loxiran will wipe them out again. Unfortunately ants seem to be very good at starting new colonies. The ones I have don't swarm or fly around, I think they would be easier to get rid of.

 

[Moscow Mule]

1) Store all opened food in an airtight box.
2) Locate the their lines.
3) Squeeze washing up liquid along the line.
4) Watch ants die.
5) Get some foam sealant and block up your holes.

 

[norrahe]

5) Get some foam sealant and block up your holes.

I guess I'll have to concrete my garden

They've taken over my lawn and patio, most of the shrubberies and the front drive, the little barstewards are probably destroying my foundations as we speak