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Anyone know how to get rid of ants?
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giraffe



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:39 am    Post subject: Anyone know how to get rid of ants? Reply with quote
Other than Ant traps or vinegar?

Ive tried both ant traps and vinegar and they havent worked.
Vinegar made things worst actually lol..
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Cheonmunka



Joined: 04 Jun 2004
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lemons
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Your local pharmacy will likely have some little plastic vials filled with grains of brown or red ant killer that they eat. My wife bought some of those, and it cured her ant problem.

There are many brands, but they look like this:

http://gen.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=110075703&pos_shop_cd=SH&pos_class_cd=111111111&pos_class_kind=T&keyword_order=ant&search_keyword=ant
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Kikomom



Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Boric acid 붕소 산

Looks rather pricey though...
http://www.gmarket.co.kr/challenge_eng/neo_search/search_total.asp?selecturl=total&SearchClassFormWord=goodsSearch&keyword=boric+acid
A pharmacy may sell it in smaller quantitites?

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giraffe



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmm how do i use the lemons? Just squirt out the juice where the ants are? Wouldnt that just feed them and make them prosper ( this is what happened with vinegar. The ants seem to be eating it like it was cheap cocaine and the colony doubled in size 0_O )? haha

Bassexpander, Im in canada. I tried similar canadian ant killers , they havent worked ie Raid Ant killer and some other brand. Looking at the korean website im kicking myself in the head over the prices lol I spent 10$ for 2 ant killing methodes.

I think ill just go buy some really strong spray pesticide and drown them in it. .
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giraffe



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ohhhhhh boric acid!!!!! hmm where do they usually carry that ( in canada) ? pharmacy? walmart?
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Kikomom



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Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think I bought mine in a pharmacy near the first aid supplies. It can be used as an antiseptic too. Hardware stores should carry it as an insecticidal dust.

How to use it:
http://alsnetbiz.com/homeimprovement/boricdirections.html
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The evil penguin



Joined: 24 May 2003
Location: Doing something naughty near you.....
PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get an echidna. "Sik 'em Rex!"




Meanwhile, 1000's of non-aussies on daves are scratching their respective heads and saying "WTF does THAT mean?"..........
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Cheonmunka



Joined: 04 Jun 2004
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No. Ants really, really hate lemons. Squirt little bits around.

I had ants in places in the kitchen and squeezed a little bit here and there and they all took off. I didn't even see any from then on.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
giraffe wrote:


I think ill just go buy some really strong spray pesticide and drown them in it. .


I would go with the ant holocaust myself! They say it's bad for you, but my grandpa spent a life of breathing in asbestos while doing construction, and was probably smothered in DDT to kill lice in the military. He's still alive!
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georgeperec



Joined: 04 Aug 2009
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
[img]http://www.buyking.com/news/2006/04/news200604251542551/combat.jpg[/img]

It says the ants are not supposed to die in there but bring what's inside to the formicary and have an ultimate feast with everyone.

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