Ants
 

Hmmmm, I woke up a few days ago and there was a funny little mound of stuff next to the door, on closer inspection it seems that ants are somehow coming up between the cracks in the tiles and pushing all the stuff out making these little mountains, and its not just in one place in the house either,

anyone had this before? what do I do? :blink:

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This is quite a common activity of ants. They are mining or digging out the compacted sand under the tiles to make galleries for their eggs and young, as well as room for themselves as the colony grows. They come up the hole or crack and dump the sand particles one at a time, eventually forming little piles.

Simple solution is to spray insecticide down the holes when they appear. Give a prolonged spray so that the insecticide soaks into the sand underneath and spreads by capillary action.

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Get ant powder, put it around the cracks etc, they carry it into their nests and it kills them.....at least that is the idea!

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Yup, it is fairly common in Dubai. If you can see where they are coming out of a kettle full of boiling water down the whole will work wonders, otherwise Spinneys sell a wide range of heavy duty pharmaceuticals designed to send ants off to their final resting place. When I lived in a villa they didn't really bother me as long as they stayed out of the house so I just bought some ant killer/deterrent from Spinneys and sprayed in on the front and rear steps. That kept them out for a couple of months and when it stopped working I just reapplied it. They do appear to be more of a problem in the summer for some reason.

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yeh its pretty common.
Get your self to a supermarket and the insecticide section. plenty to choose from but the best are either the ones that come as small pellets that the insects take into the nest or the "barrier" sprays which can be effective for a few months. Failing that any spray will kill em but be careful as the stuff is toxic to humans as well so good ventilation etc.

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we have massive ants...and I mean massive....

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Quite a menagerie you have out there...... Giant ants, little kittens....

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all Gods creatures, great and small are welcome...well apart from you know who

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:confused_smile: Do I????

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hell yeah...

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Feel the need for a pm here..:confused::confused::confused:

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Spugsy, please don't do anything cruel. There must be something you could use to encourage them to leave, rather than kill them.

Sam x

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Spugsy, the pied piper of Mirdif!!!!:rofl::rofl:

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does he do kids as well....

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excellent stuff, ta. My cat Santiago doesn;t seem to want to chase or kill them either.....useless thing.