Dead ants. - Page 4

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-18-2005, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Anyway, the only way to get rid of them was to pour gas or kerosene on the mound and ignite it. Just too many of them for any insecticide method. not that I would endorse that method for indoors issues. I feel I must make the disclaimer for fear of lawsuit when someone tries it.

My dad did this to the red ant hill in our street. I was bitten by those guys a couple times. I was sure the fire would hit some sort of gas main and blow us all to kingdom come. All that happened is that the ants stayed away, permanently.

Disguy · 01-18-2005, 11:09 AM

I went to put on my contacts this morning and what do I find? Dead ants swimming in my contact case!

No other ants to be found.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-18-2005, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Disguy

I went to put on my contacts this morning and what do I find? Dead ants swimming in my contact case!

No other ants to be found.

Did you leave it open? I'm rather meticulous about shutting mine. My eyes get pissed off at my contacts enough as it is, without ant parts in the mix. Blech.

scaeagles · 01-18-2005, 11:50 AM

There is some technical name for these ants - there really is, though I can't think of it. There are a variety of smaller black ants that live in smaller colonies and will typically make their homes under cabinetry. I used to have this problem in my kitchen. I was told that to solve it you need to drill a small hole in the baseboard going through to underneath your cabinet. You then can pump a small amount of a dry powder under the cabinet and plug it. I purchased everything I needed at Home Depot.

Disguy · 01-18-2005, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Did you leave it open? I'm rather meticulous about shutting mine. My eyes get pissed off at my contacts enough as it is, without ant parts in the mix. Blech.

No that's the weird thing. It was snapped shut but I think that's the problem it's not a screw on cap it's snaps on and off I'm sure they found a way to get in. So I'm with no contacts for a few hours. I'd rather wear glasses then have Ant guts in my eye's

Gn2Dlnd · 01-18-2005, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Dead ants put off a phermone that attracts other ants to their body.

I wonder if I'm putting out out dead ant pheremone. That would explain a lot.

Mousey Girl · 01-18-2005, 03:55 PM

The roaming rodent pulled out a couple of rags we have stuffed in a hole in the kitchen (it leads under the sink and behind the dishwasher-if not plugged she gets in there) and a whole new crop of dead ants came out. Little fart was trying to steal the rags to stash them under the couch, but they were dropped right in front of the hole. I guess she got the heebie-jeebies from all of the carcasses.

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Disguy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 19	I went to put on my contacts this morning and what do I find? Dead ants swimming in my contact case! No other ants to be found.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	There is some technical name for these ants - there really is, though I can't think of it. There are a variety of smaller black ants that live in smaller colonies and will typically make their homes under cabinetry. I used to have this problem in my kitchen. I was told that to solve it you need to drill a small hole in the baseboard going through to underneath your cabinet. You then can pump a small amount of a dry powder under the cabinet and plug it. I purchased everything I needed at Home Depot.
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Mousey Girl Just Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In The Flagon With The Dragon Posts: 2,437	The roaming rodent pulled out a couple of rags we have stuffed in a hole in the kitchen (it leads under the sink and behind the dishwasher-if not plugged she gets in there) and a whole new crop of dead ants came out. Little fart was trying to steal the rags to stash them under the couch, but they were dropped right in front of the hole. I guess she got the heebie-jeebies from all of the carcasses.
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