kingofnobbys
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Is a very "anty" summer here this year
.... often get ants coming into in house in summer (usually the bathroom and on the kitchen benchtops) but this summer they seem particularly pesty .... little brown and black house-ants a what we are getting.
I'm having a problem with ants invading the bathroom and lounge - dining areas, but not the kitchen yet.
They even invaded a couple of my small storage tubs to get at the carrot and crickets. (Was fun going through the crickets and removing the ant infested tubs (tubs with a couple of dead crickets in them , wound up with ants all over me and the lounge.)
Been using Combat Ant Rid baits since mid January , don't seem to be killing the ants off. Put baits down a month ago still have ants.
Will try Mortein Ant Baits next.
Also found a few red back spiders under things ( we have lots of boxes and storage tubs with stuff in it in the bedrooms & lounge & dining room) and found a few behind the lounge too (when rescuing stuff that fell behind there) .... all duely squashed on site using a boom handle.
Never had redbacks in the house before mom went into the nursing home and sold her house , we got some of her furniture ( I think the redbacks come with the buffet, the display unit and maybe a few beds & bases ??? ).
If we didn't have pet lizards and feeder insects in the house , I'd be using crawling insect barrier and surface sprays to eradicate and keep the ants, spiders and roaches at bay. But I don't want to poison my pets so , it's remove them or kill on sight by either squashing them or sucking them up with the Bug Blaster or the new super doper vacuum (boy does that have great suctions - literally lifts the rug off the carpet even on the lowest suction power setting !!).
What do you guys use to deal with ants who invade the house - that's SAFE around reptiles ?
.... often get ants coming into in house in summer (usually the bathroom and on the kitchen benchtops) but this summer they seem particularly pesty .... little brown and black house-ants a what we are getting.
I'm having a problem with ants invading the bathroom and lounge - dining areas, but not the kitchen yet.
They even invaded a couple of my small storage tubs to get at the carrot and crickets. (Was fun going through the crickets and removing the ant infested tubs (tubs with a couple of dead crickets in them , wound up with ants all over me and the lounge.)
Been using Combat Ant Rid baits since mid January , don't seem to be killing the ants off. Put baits down a month ago still have ants.
Will try Mortein Ant Baits next.
Also found a few red back spiders under things ( we have lots of boxes and storage tubs with stuff in it in the bedrooms & lounge & dining room) and found a few behind the lounge too (when rescuing stuff that fell behind there) .... all duely squashed on site using a boom handle.
Never had redbacks in the house before mom went into the nursing home and sold her house , we got some of her furniture ( I think the redbacks come with the buffet, the display unit and maybe a few beds & bases ??? ).
If we didn't have pet lizards and feeder insects in the house , I'd be using crawling insect barrier and surface sprays to eradicate and keep the ants, spiders and roaches at bay. But I don't want to poison my pets so , it's remove them or kill on sight by either squashing them or sucking them up with the Bug Blaster or the new super doper vacuum (boy does that have great suctions - literally lifts the rug off the carpet even on the lowest suction power setting !!).
What do you guys use to deal with ants who invade the house - that's SAFE around reptiles ?