how do you get rid of carpenter ants in the house?
We have carpenter ants and pest control is not working. they put down ant bait over a week ago and the ants are still coming in as they were before the ant bait. we have a very clean home and food is stored properly. We wipe our counters down with clorox clean-up and they just show up somewhere else in the house like a clothes sloset or the laundry room. someone said that we should try equal sugar substitute and the aspartame kills them. does this work? and are there any other suggestions? The ants are relentless and i'm getting very frustrated
Believe it or not.
The cooperative extention of the Univ. where the Master Gardeners answer questions recommend:
Sweet n Low - (aspartane) Because it was originally formulated as an ant poison. They carry it to their nest and then eat it and die.
P.S. I stopped using it for human consumption!
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spray carpet with termite spray it will kill them dead good luck
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Believe it or not.
The cooperative extention of the Univ. where the Master Gardeners answer questions recommend:
Sweet n Low – (aspartane) Because it was originally formulated as an ant poison. They carry it to their nest and then eat it and die.
P.S. I stopped using it for human consumption!
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i had carpenter ants and found the nest under the siding, took the siding off, about 3 pieces it was rotted, killed them with a good hornet spray , then talked to a pest control guy and got bait , they eat the bait, and contaminate there food stores, then they all die eating it, but you will have to keep the bait coming , year after year, just to control all the new nests, forever! buy it at Lowes its called Gants , it looks like a bottle cap on a spike , they give you 8 per box, speed a weekend following the ants like tracking a deer, just watch where they go and there path , then plant the bait on ther trail , read the box, do your homework !
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i still have ants but not the armies i had , and i had a lot ! but you have to be the controler, every summer, i live in Ohio,
Carpenter ants are only present where there is wet wood. Somewhere in your house there is a leak. Check thoroughly under all your sinks, toilets and dishwasher. Unless you find the source of their food, it will be difficult to get rid of them. Carpenter ants are typically unaffected by bait traps. You may need to call in an exterminator for $75-$100. Sorry…
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We had carpenter ants in our bedroom wall. I could hear them eating the wood. We had a pest control guy come in and confirm this. He wanted a few hundred $$$ to come in and spray. We went to the hardware store and bought the ant drops. You put them on waxed paper and the ants come and get them and take them back to the nest. We had found the spot where they were coming into our house and put the drops there. It took about a couple of weeks but it worked. We could see that the ants were dying off because fewer and fewer were coming out. Good luck!!
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call the carpenters union. lol
powdered boric acid near their trails and any nests will eliminate them within two weeks. you can add some sugar to it as a bait. it must stay dry and powdered to work, so if you live in a humid climate, it might not work well. You can find it either in the pest control aisle, (check labels, you want one hundred percent powdered boric acid) or from most any drugstore.
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Stop using bait. You are attracting more ants. You need to spray with ant killer now. It sounds like you have a nest somewhere. This could be a serious problem. They can do structual damage to your home. That could end up costing thousands. I saw a family of ants eat a 2 x 10 in one summer. It’s cheaper to call in an exterminator now then pay thousands later.
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i’ll agree with Dan. (the poster above) ants are always synonomous with water or moisture. if your ants are manifesting themselves in a closet which happens to back up against a wall that contains plumbing, A Bathroom shower is typical) i would bet there is a leak somewhere although usually not in the plumbing itself. check for leaking shower pans, doors , curtains valves, waste overflow and drain gaskets.
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you can track them to the nest but if there coming through a hole caulk it up and do this for a while if they make new holes then try the sugar stuff i dont suggest that you use hornet spray inside the home UNLESS YOU FIND THE NEST if you use it on the ants although it will work for now the queen is pumping out more for the ones your killing so its self defeating
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the reason not to use the spray until you find the nest also is cause the chemical smell stays for months after you use it
The key to getting rid of carpenter ants, really any ants, is getting poison directly into the nest. The bait is supposed to do this. Ants share their food. You are only seeing abut 10% of the total ant population. If you haven’t seen a reduction in a week, they aren’t taking the bait.
The nest could be anywhere in or outside your home. Carpenter Ants will travel 50 to 100 yards in search of food and water. Does your home have any water problems? Like roof leaks or plumbing leaks? Capenter ants like to nest in water damaged, rotten wood. If you have these problems, you’ll have carpenter ant problems.
Check your pest control contract for a guarantee. Call them and complain. They need to do a more thorough inspection to locate the nest, and use different bait or a different treatment technique.
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Exterminator
The only thing that worked for me was to bomb the house; you can buy 3 canisters for about $10, and I doubled what they recommend per square footage. Kills everything in the house for about a month. Nothing else keeps the carpenter ants out for me.
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I really don’t know the answer to your question, but I have the carpenter ants in my home too. I’ve had an exterminator out here twice; they aren’t swarming us anymore but they are still there. We have no water leaks now but we use too. They have never left even after all the old wood has been replaced. I’m going to try the sugar substitute thing, anyhing is worth a try. I wish you guys all the luck in the world getting rid of the stupid ants; I just hate them.
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Fellow ant sufferer
Deal with the moisture issue. No wet wood no Carpenter Ants. The pest control people are treating the symptom not the problem. Find where the moisture is coming from get rid of any wet or rotted wood, you will have no more carpenter ants.
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