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My Mix is 1/3 Boric acid to 2/3rds powdered sugar. I put it around the foundation of the house and or in a small bottle cap in the house near where they enter. A few days to a week and they are gone. I live in the country and the ants over the last decade were taking over. Once I started this mix I rarely see them any longer. If I do they die quickly.

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Originally posted by tact870:
search 'diatomaceous earth', non-toxic, but wear a dust mask when applying. A fine powder that cuts the exoskeleton of crawling insects, and they die soon after contact. Can be applied around baseboards around entire house.

Amazing stuff, but loses effect outside after rain.

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Originally posted by 71 TRUCK:
Thanks everyone. I have used 3 different types of Terro. Traps or liquid mixed in some sort of food bait.
They are ignoring the traps all together.

Try the liquid by itself, not on any food.
Be patient, they will find it.

When they do, they will make a beeline for it from wherever they are getting into your house.

When I found their entry point in my house, I moved the bait close to it.

I used the liquid bait that comes in a small bottle. Once they found it, everyday there was more of them. Sometimes there was dozens of them.

I left them alone and just kept adding a few drops as the bait was consumed.

Eventually, this killed the entire nest and they haven't come back in years.

All I did was mix some 20 Mule Team Borax and water, pour it into a spray bottle and spray around, the ants were gone. The only reason I got rid of them was that they liked my jelly beans, would not eat the shell, just the stuff inside.

Advion ant gel.
Lineman

I used the Terro traps and the Ortho outside the condo.
When inside I use the white vinegar and water mix on the granite tops. Seems to help. Kills their trail.

Used a Terro on the inside edge of a cabinet once and wow must have been hundreds of ants taking the bait for 3 days. Gross. They even took their dead comrades.

This stuff works every time:

https://www.amazon.com/Control...ticide/dp/B001C4CLJ6

Yeah, that's right: it's named Cyonara!