Flying Ants

Relentless81 · 25 Jul 2017 at 18:13

Hi,

We have a situation with flying ants getting into our kitchen, its absolutely disgusting, one will appear then suddenly there are loads of them, they are getting in through gaps in the floor outside somewhere which I need to sort.

As a short term measure has anyone successfully dealt with this problem? I cant keep spraying the kitchen with ant killer as it only seems to work for a few days and then they come back, we have a young family and I dont like the idea of breathing that stuff in never mind the time it takes to clean up afterwards.

Would really appreciate any advice for successful home DIY treatments?

Thanks

Hotwired · 25 Jul 2017 at 18:19

As a short term measure you just wait it out.

They only swarmed for a day or two here, they get far away enough, bite off their wings and start a new colony.

something daft already!! · 25 Jul 2017 at 18:20

Ant powder works best as it kills the ants and destroys the chemical path they leave. I suspect you have a nest under your floor and unless you take drastic action, the invasions wont stop. You can get stuff that they eat and take back to the nest which then kills the whole population.

Fun fact, there are approximately 10,000 trillion ants in the world.

Haze · 25 Jul 2017 at 20:37

Get the Bait stations, they are better than the powder

Relentless81 · 25 Jul 2017 at 21:00

Cheers, are bait stations and the stuff they eat and take back the same thing?

uchuff · 26 Jul 2017 at 07:19

They can be, a bait station is just the container for whatever it is you are attracting them to, rather than getting a bottle of powder.

I've had good luck with Ant Stop bait stations, B&Q do them (although ours didn't have any in for a while, I made he mistake of buying Rentokil instead which was useless so ended up getting some Ant Stop on amazon)

RoyMi6 · 26 Jul 2017 at 08:23

I can confirm as well that the Ant Stop Bait stations worked a treat for us (and yes, the Ant Stop Bait stations at least have wee pellets in them that seem to both attack them and then they bring back to the nest)

Putty · 26 Jul 2017 at 08:28

I've just used some of this stuff and it appears to have done the job - there were thousands of the buggers:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06ZZRVQ8Q/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

These are their bait stations which should hopefully be on the same level:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stop-Stati...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WTDR047S8D7K7FENY7P9

Yaayuh! · 26 Jul 2017 at 08:28

I think i would almost prefer them in my house. Ants have ****** up my lawn something rotten. Little ***** :mad:

Putty said:
I've just used some of this stuff and it appears to have done the job - there were thousands of the buggers:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06ZZRVQ8Q/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

That's what i use, seems to kill them off for a while, but keep coming back for me. You can water it in as well though which is handy.

Relentless81 · 26 Jul 2017 at 08:29

Excellent thanks, Ant Stop it is

Relentless81 · 26 Jul 2017 at 16:35

Ant Stop Bait Station bought from B&Q and deployed, cheers for the info

Putty · 27 Jul 2017 at 08:10

Excellent, hopefully you'll see the difference in a few days!

Doggie2k · 27 Jul 2017 at 18:42

Personally you should have welcomed your new Ant Overlords