Ants
Nov 23rd 2009, 2:00 am
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Ants
My patio is made of red brick and we have quite a lot of ants. We've been putting down ant sand (I think that's what it is called) but is there anything else we could use instead. Little mounds of grey sand look terrible. Thanks
Nov 23rd 2009, 2:02 am
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Re: Ants
Does the ant sand not come in a 'terracotta'?
Nov 23rd 2009, 2:22 am
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Re: Ants
not that i've seen!
Nov 23rd 2009, 2:59 am
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Re: Ants
Moretein kills them.....but don't do it if you like the geckoes 
Nov 23rd 2009, 4:00 am
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Re: Ants
Like the flies, it's part of living in Perth metro. The way we see it if they're outside they can live. If they come in the house they're fair game.
Nov 23rd 2009, 5:10 am
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Re: Ants
I'm not guaranteeing it, but I've heard that washing the surface with dettol keeps ants away.
Nov 23rd 2009, 6:14 am
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Re: Ants
If you can see where they are coming out from, pour some boiling water down the hole.
It wont harm any other wildlife
It wont harm any other wildlife
Nov 23rd 2009, 1:02 pm
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Re: Ants
we had a real problem with ants the last couple of years and were told to contact the department of agriculture & food to find out the species. It's important to find out what species they are as you need to treat with the correct poison. Send around 20 ants stuck to a piece of sellotape stating time, date and area to their address. Within 2 weeks we received a reply with the type of ant and what poison to use. We treated the area with what they recommended and haven't seen an ant since.
www.agric.wa.gov.au
www.agric.wa.gov.au
Nov 23rd 2009, 11:03 pm
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Re: Ants
we had a real problem with ants the last couple of years and were told to contact the department of agriculture & food to find out the species. It's important to find out what species they are as you need to treat with the correct poison. Send around 20 ants stuck to a piece of sellotape stating time, date and area to their address. Within 2 weeks we received a reply with the type of ant and what poison to use. We treated the area with what they recommended and haven't seen an ant since.
www.agric.wa.gov.au
www.agric.wa.gov.au
Nov 23rd 2009, 11:28 pm
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Re: Ants
I have found that vinegar works brilliantly- esp if they have got into the house cos I dont like to use poisons as we have kids and pets
