Got home last night to find my bedroom invaded by ants hundreds of the little beggars, squashed lots insecticided the logical entry point and washed the floors. Just praying they get the mesage and stay out.
I did something similar in Malaysia - I at a mars bar before I went out for a dive and left the empty wrapper on my bed. Got back that evening and the sheets were moving - it was horrendous.Might be worth bleaching around the area where the wrapper was, I think they leave scent trails along the lines of "this way for food."
I heard somewhere that ants can't stand peppermint essential oil, so if you don't mind smelling strongly of mints, find out where they are coming in, and draw a line of peppermint essential oil across the hole. The ants won't cross it.
I too heard about the scent trails so I tried"Trail of DEATH"Maybe they can smell that. They marched into the kitchen for 2 years until I tried this. I stepped and squished and left all the bits on the floor. It's unslightly, I know. But darn if it didn't work. No ants for 3 years.
(shiver) agh on the bed, thats what I really didn't want to have happen! did you go sleep somewhere else?I think distroying any scent trails is definitely a good idea, they where on the desk which is currently on its side against the wall, but a bleaching of the surface may well be in order when I right it.
Yeah I was hoping they might get the message from me squashing a few hundred of thems, I may have left one or two little ant corpses around the place that might serve as a deterent. but mostly i just wanted them out and all evidence they were ever there gone. We sprayed the most likely points of entry both sides of the wall with insectiside so there maybe a few extra dead ants to mark the don't enter here area with any luck.Useful to know the dead ant deterent works, need to bottle dead ant smell I guess.
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ick, they're a nightmare once they spot a food source. Did you leave some choccie lying around or something?
yep had left a yoggart pot and a chocolate wrapper on the desk last night. shalln't be doing that again in a hurry.
I did something similar in Malaysia - I at a mars bar before I went out for a dive and left the empty wrapper on my bed. Got back that evening and the sheets were moving - it was horrendous.Might be worth bleaching around the area where the wrapper was, I think they leave scent trails along the lines of "this way for food."
I heard somewhere that ants can't stand peppermint essential oil, so if you don't mind smelling strongly of mints, find out where they are coming in, and draw a line of peppermint essential oil across the hole. The ants won't cross it.
I too heard about the scent trails so I tried"Trail of DEATH"Maybe they can smell that. They marched into the kitchen for 2 years until I tried this. I stepped and squished and left all the bits on the floor. It's unslightly, I know. But darn if it didn't work. No ants for 3 years.
Cheers useful tip, i wonder if albus oil would work as well, since I am already dousing myself in it to try and shift a persistant cold
(shiver) agh on the bed, thats what I really didn't want to have happen! did you go sleep somewhere else?I think distroying any scent trails is definitely a good idea, they where on the desk which is currently on its side against the wall, but a bleaching of the surface may well be in order when I right it.
Yeah I was hoping they might get the message from me squashing a few hundred of thems, I may have left one or two little ant corpses around the place that might serve as a deterent. but mostly i just wanted them out and all evidence they were ever there gone. We sprayed the most likely points of entry both sides of the wall with insectiside so there maybe a few extra dead ants to mark the don't enter here area with any luck.Useful to know the dead ant deterent works, need to bottle dead ant smell I guess.
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