Question: A friend of mine has little brown ants in a section of the kitchen. They crawl on the countertop, wall and are probably in a cabinet as well. So far, they seem to be in one area. Can anything be done other than calling an exterminator?
Answer: Out of curiosity, are they near the sink?
I had ants in one apartment and they were in the kitchen and one bathroom. The exterminator said that they were water ants, or they were looking for water or something along those lines. This was over 10 years ago so I’ve forgotten. Put out little ant traps. LOL. Seriously. If they are not infested with them, ant traps may do it. I get those teeny ants in the spring; they like to get in the cat’s food dish, but usually I just set out a few traps and that does it. I hope their solution is that simple. I also use the stuff to saturate the nests when I find them outside. Maybe they move elsewhere, but they sure don’t ever appear at their old homesite again. I also saturate the cracks that they crawl inside through. Constant battle, of course. Dissolve a cup of boric acic (Roach Prufe, etc) in two cups of hot water. Let it cool. Then, using a sprayer or sponge, wet down the area of interest. Especially under cabinets, drawer bottoms, every place that a roach or ant might go. Let it dry.
There will be a thin, almost impossible to see, powder residue left behind. Bugs and crawly things don’t like it. It get on their legs and they track it home and then God only knows what happens to them. But they don’t come back.
Boric acid is not a poison, it is also used (in pharmaceutical grade) as an eyewash. Pets aren’t attracted to it . And the amount you use is not enough to hurt a chihuahua with a penchant for bitter tasting yuk….. It really works for roaches — I bet it would work for anything…
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