little tiny ants.....
 

....seem to be everywhere what's the best thing to do to get rid of them ???

they're driving me mad :curse:

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You can nuke them with ant powder, but they'll be back!!!

They are that desperate to get into our house that they are systematically eating through the mortar! Thank god its rental :)

Love em or hate them, they are here to stay.

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best to have the little black buggers as they keep their white counterparts at bay ;)

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Sugar ants

Seriously, the best thing to do is track them back to where they are coming from (window sill in my case) and put a tiny barrier of BABY POWDER around there. The ants are scared to cross the line of powder (seriously).

Only works with baby powder apparently.

Another thing is half cinamon, half sugar...the ants cant digest it and when they feed it to the queen she dies (havent tried this one yet as the baby powder trick is perfect).

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Never mind the little ants - it's these ones you have to look out for. My little girl was bitten by one that managed to get in the house and she was screaming with the pain.

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Come on, the poor little things only want to get out of the rain. You will find that they move to higher and dryer areas just before inclement weather.

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Keep finding the little sods on my spotlessly clean dining table. No trail, no nothing, just half a dozen of the buggers running around on black granite :mad: God knows how many I've killed in the past month or so.

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If its not ants its the bloody flies!!!

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Not here it's not:p

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We had a Redback nest in our loft not so long ago and when I asked the guy who sprayed it how to get rid of the ants his reply was "leave Australia" ... :ohmy:

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Only sometimes :eek:

WW

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You can have bait traps left for them which works for a while. These tiny brown ants are a tropical lot and they get everywhere. We had one lot extensively nest inside plastic zip bags still in the box. Ditched the box and they moved back into the replacement box.:eek:

They also like to nest in the cordless phone base.

WW

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Wev'e got black ants at the patio area and small brown ants around the back of the house where the washing lines are,, whats that all about? Dont they mix together? :)

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Oh, I was about to ask why you got those ants in Australia, then I saw you were in Queensland!!

My advice - move south!!:D:D

I had those bastards in India and Korea, and they got into ALL food. Once or twice even into closed plastic food storage containers. I didn't realise you could get them in Australia.

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Not gonna move south if it means we get flys instead.....I'll take the ants any day!!

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We get them a lot up here, especially when rain is imminent. They get into everything, we've had them in the sugar container & right through the pantry. We just tolerate them now, the only time it's a problem is if someone with obsessive compulsive tendencies comes for a coffee, they freak out & make a big scene. T
They're just part of living where we do.

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"Antrid" is pretty good as they take it back to the nest. But if you get them once you'll get them again.

I particularly enjoy it when the get behind electrical sockets, make a connection between the Active and Neutral en masse and go pop! :p Bloody things.

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That's being geckoed.

They cost me a garage door motor control board.:curse:

Heard of them playing tag inside a $10,000 amplifier which was not a pretty sight. :curse::curse:

WW

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[QUOTE=oliver1982;6719118]Sugar ants

Seriously, the best thing to do is track them back to where they are coming from (window sill in my case) and put a tiny barrier of BABY POWDER around there. The ants are scared to cross the line of powder (seriously).

I can confirm that the baby powder works- also vinegar works really well :)

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God knows why but ours always leave the sugar alone but end up committing suicide in the kettle.
donna

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I'd rather have the ants in the plastic storage containers than the large rats in Fortitude Valley(Brisbane) offices that gnaw through the plastic (Tupperware) to get at the food.:eek:

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So if they(visitors) freakout at them, what do they say about the wildlife that feeds on your verandah rails?:D

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They're considered cute:curse: I personally prefer to see them in either in nice secure cages like Timbers pet one or hanging by their legs from high voltage power lines;)

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Comeon you big softie, you really love them.:D

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Ants use smell to navigate about so wiping something strong like peppermint along across their track will confuse them and they'll wander off elsewhere.

Also, soapy water kills them.

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Do they look like this........
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/asc...cts/argant.htm
if so good luck in getting rid of them ,we have a nest in our roof.........;)mm

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They're a lot smaller than that.

WW

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We call those Meat ants , in this part of the world.
But are easy to get rid of just use ANTRID.....mm;)

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Been there, done that. They show no interest in the stuff.

ww

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Oh looks like we'll have to get used to this when we move to Qld. In Auckland, NZ, ants were everywhere. I remember an Asian friend bought this amazing meringue castle for a friends birthday, with a moat and little roads and houses etc. The next day the little meringue village was populated by thousands of ants. They get into sealed containers and plastic wrapped dog roll. We used a little can with poison in it which they take home and it worked eventually. When we lived in a housebus they were in the walls and each time we travelled the dead would be shaken loose so we'd have to sweep up all these bodies when we parked. Don't know if you have Gran's Remedy in Oz (for stinky feet), but it smells just like dead ants, which I guess is better than stinky feet!

The best thing is to make sure you wipe up every crumb and put everything away in the fridge, bring in the pet bowls. Baby powder is a new one on me but sounds worth trying.

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In Dubai as well, and manage to get inside the sealed plastic bags as well, the big black ones bite like you wouldn't believe, they are agony!!! Was hoping to get away from them by coming to Oz no such luck!

PP