Small brown ants

[Burl]

They're coming out of the ground, going up (and down) the 3-4 concrete block to under my vinyl siding, looks like a working bunch. In 3 or 4 locations, usually the locations change whenever I notice them. Sprayed some Terro killer, kills the ones it touches, the parade commences in a couple hours. What will stop these things for good?

 

[bb29510]

talcum powder, they will not cross the powder

 

[flyingblind]

Baking soda. They will haul it into there nest and get it wet and it becomes acid.

 

[aafadca]

The Terro bait stations. It's borax and they take it back to the nest. It takes a few days to kill the nest so be a little patient. It will work.

 

[Burl]

I have tried to Terro bait stuff, they laughed at it. But it works in my house. Not outside.

 

[rlitman]

The best outdoor bait I've found is Amdro granules that you sprinkle around.

 

[P0234]

Never had permanent success with Terro. Optigard bait on the other hand decimates the colony for at least the season. The key to being bug free is not having bug food within a couple of feet of your house.

 

[jimkinney]

Boric acid mixed with some corn starch

 

[jonesg]

They're coming out of the ground, going up (and down) the 3-4 concrete block to under my vinyl siding, looks like a working bunch. In 3 or 4 locations, usually the locations change whenever I notice them. Sprayed some Terro killer, kills the ones it touches, the parade commences in a couple hours. What will stop these things for good?

ant poison bait stations.
they carry the baited "food" to the nest and feed the babies, then the babies feed the adults.
When the babies die the adults starve to death. Adult ants cannot feed themselves.
It wipes them out at the nest....you dont need to know where nests are.
$5 solved.

 

[aafadca]

I used Advion Ant bait and it worked very well but for some reason they wont touch it this year. They sniff and go around it. That's why I went back to Terro liquid. They eat it like honey!

 

[MarcSeattle]

Another vote for Terro. They were in the kitchen in a relentless search for food. On the counters, in the dishwasher, etc. I put out one little clear trap and the ants spent the next 24 hours swarming over it. Then they stopped coming. I week later a small contingent reappeared. I put out another trap and that was it. No more ants. They must have taken that food to the queen. That was two months ago.

 

[1982fxr]

ant poison bait stations.
they carry the baited "food" to the nest and feed the babies, then the babies feed the adults.
When the babies die the adults starve to death. Adult ants cannot feed themselves.
It wipes them out at the nest....you dont need to know where nests are.
$5 solved.

The adults have to be fed by the babies? I'd never heard that.

I just use boiling water.

 

[yellowbox]

Your gonna have to move

 

[jonesg]

The adults have to be fed by the babies? I'd never heard that.

I just use boiling water.

its called trophallaxis.

 

[mrbill55]

They're coming out of the ground, going up (and down) the 3-4 concrete block to under my vinyl siding, looks like a working bunch. In 3 or 4 locations, usually the locations change whenever I notice them. Sprayed some Terro killer, kills the ones it touches, the parade commences in a couple hours. What will stop these things for good?

I highly recommend a two fold attack, so to speak. The first would be a liquid spray of Spectracide Triazicide (hooked up to your garden hose), spray the lower siding/foundation and out at least ten feet out, all the way around the house. Follow this up with a shaker bottle of Amdro Ant block and killer.

The first creates a barrier around the houses foundation that once an ant walks across, will kill it off. The other is an ant killer/feed that the ants will take back to their colony (in or out of the house) where the colony will then feed off of this, killing the colony and the queen. It is imperative that the queen be killed, otherwise ants will continue to hatch, and work their way into your home. With that said, you may already have a new queen under your siding, which is why you are seeing a sudden line of ants up and down the concrete and under the siding....The Amdro bait will take care of what you cannot see and works exceptionally well.

Hope you find this helpful.

Bill S.

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[welder4956]

I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. Since then, I applied this to my lawn and all around the foundation in the spring and no more ants: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Spectracide-Triazicide-For-Lawns-Granules-10-lb-Insect-Killer/50236519

 

[The Bean]

As soon as the Ants figure out AI, it's all over for humans.

 

[MBfreak]

I have used old style brake fluid, the hygroscopic kind.
Poured it down in their nests which the dug close to our concrete slab for the house. Within a couple of days all ants had died.

Ola

 

[The Bean]

 

[flat350]

I tried everything mentioned and more on the little bastards a few years back, nothing worked. You couldn't walk anywhere without seeing their little trails. Finally hired a pro that sprays and baits for them 3 times a year and haven't seen one since.