I hate ants!! :-(

[medic66rc]

Just returned from the first trip of the year and picked up ants. They were on the counter and going up the wall and into a cabinet. Found a ton of them inside of a brand new unopened bag of marshmallows...go figure. Removed all food and killed all that we found and then sprayed the cracks with RAID and such.

Found a few "straglers" when we got home crawling around and a few (meaning 3 or 4) this morning so I put out some TERO drops all around and some ANDRO paste that is in a big syringe in some places.

Anyone have success with that stuff? How long do those straglers stick around?

Thanks,
RC

[RoyB]

The worse ones we run across are those little sand ants from places like Lakewood in Myrtle beach.

There is no telling how many small ant farms we have transferred from SC to TN as usually we beach camp first in SC and then finish up at ELKMONT in the TN mtns..

Roy Ken

[time2roll]

Besides spray is very toxic, terro is just sugar and borax.

[noe-place]

We parked on an ant hill while at a cg years ago. DW noticed them crawling across the floor. Needless to say they didn't last long. It took a couple of days and some spray but she got all of them.:B

[medic66rc]

Oh crap...well i did put down some new Terro at the electrical box area that i referenced before....hopefully i didnt screw myself out of a cure 😞

[time2roll]

Do not spray the ants, let them eat the Terro. Yes it might be a tough 3 days to watch them crawl around.

But now that you have sprayed.... put more Terro by the nest and let them eat.

For every one you see and spray there are ten in the walls hiding for later.

[Fizz]

Every Spring I mix a cup of Borax and icing sugar then sprinkle it all over the yard specialy near the mounds. If it rains I do it again. Always get an ant free Summer.

[camperpaul]

Eycom wrote:
Stop spraying. The number of ants attracted to the Terro can be alarming. Have patience. The Terro will do the job. The more ants totin' the Terro back to the nest, the sooner you will be ant free. Usually, it takes a few days. However, it could take up to a week or so. Just keep the Terro relatively fresh, either with the drops or the traps.

I agree. STOP SPRAYING

The name of the game is KILL THE QUEEN and her workers will do it for you.

[Eycom]

Stop spraying. The number of ants attracted to the Terro can be alarming. Have patience. The Terro will do the job. The more ants totin' the Terro back to the nest, the sooner you will be ant free. Usually, it takes a few days. However, it could take up to a week or so. Just keep the Terro relatively fresh, either with the drops or the traps.

[medic66rc]

Came home from work this evening and there were TONS of them swarming the terro piles and running a complete path along the walls and back to the rear corner where the power cable (the big outside one) comes in and connects to all the trailer wiring and coax splitters etc are so sprayed the "heck" out of them killed all that I could.

They must have been running that path all afternoon while I was at work.

Then I setoff a fogger tonight to kill the rest of them.

I also got some comet because I saw on a website this evening that will keep them at bay on the ground too...we shall see.

Fingers are crossed here in Mason, West Virginia.

RC

[camperpaul]

medic66rc wrote:
I see....does it take even longer since there are very few inside to transport the TERRO?

RC

All it takes is for one or two of the ants to feed some to the queen and she'll be dead within a few days.

[medic66rc]

I see....does it take even longer since there are very few inside to transport the TERRO?

RC

[camperpaul]

medic66rc wrote:


How long does the TERRO seem to take to go into effect?

Thanks!!!

powderman426 wrote:
If they are the small ants, the terro works well. If large ones I have had good results with Boraxo. Just sprinkle it around and they will carry it home. Problem solved.

Terro is a syrup made with sugar and Borax.

They both take about three to four days to do the job of killing the queen.

No queen, no ants.

[medic66rc]

Yes sir...they are small. I have seen some really big ones traveling down south before and these are not the big ones.

How long does the TERRO seem to take to go into effect?

Thanks!!!

powderman426 wrote:
If they are the small ants, the terro works well. If large ones I have had good results with Boraxo. Just sprinkle it around and they will carry it home. Problem solved.

[powderman426]

If they are the small ants, the terro works well. If large ones I have had good results with Boraxo. Just sprinkle it around and they will carry it home. Problem solved.