welcome our new ant masters

[juldea]

Note to self: When you're having an ant problem, don't absentmindedly set a not-really-empty (in the sense of crusted around the bottom) jar of jelly (all-fruit, to be precise) anywhere in the kitchen unlidded.

That was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen.

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

I almost wish these were fire ants, only because I've never seen fire ants this huge (1/2" long). However, the other unpleasant effects of fire ants make the size trade-off not quite worth it.

Who is Andro, and where can I get one?

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

Oh, I assumed they were tiny. I've never known anyone to have an ant problem with large ants.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, they're huge and scary. I was quite on edge last night over repeated acts of:

lift dish
see moving HUGE THING underneath
scream
drop dish

Lots of loud noise, but luckily never enough falling distance to break anything.

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

Andro is a brand of fire ant killer.

I'd check the pest control selection at a hardware or home improvement store for ant killer. I regularly bought fire ant granules at Lowe's when we lived in NC.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm hindered by the fact that the ant problem is in the kitchen (therefore toxic sprays are bad to wave around) and I have cats (who might nose into granules or something, or get them on their paws and lick it off, and die horribly). I'll probably be buying ant traps on my next grocery trip.

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

Amdro (note the spelling, I screwed it up before) is a powdered granule that's spread outside.

Ant traps are always a safe bet. We stopped using them when we switched to sprinkling granules near ant mounds, but we used roach traps the entire time we lived in NC. Those were a real lifesaver for my sanity.