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[giraffe]

Other than Ant traps or vinegar?

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

[Cheonmunka]

Lemons

[bassexpander]

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

[Kikomom]

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?

[giraffe]

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. .

[giraffe]

ohhhhhh boric acid!!!!! hmm where do they usually carry that ( in canada) ? pharmacy? walmart?

[Kikomom]

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

[The evil penguin]

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?"..........

[Cheonmunka]

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.

[djsmnc]

[georgeperec]

[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.

[Kwangjuchicken]

Maybe you should have your uncles help out with this.

[The evil penguin]

[Jang-Dong Gun]

Every summer when the ants start crawling out I stick some of those plastic ant baits everywhere and they're gone within a week or two. The brand I usually buy is called 'COMBAT', you can get it at most pharmacies.

It looks like this:

http://www.buyking.com/news/2006/04/news200604251542551/combat.jpg

I recommend you try this brand, the other ant traps you used may not have worked but from my experience I've had no problems with ants since using this one.

Just make sure you get the one with the ant pictures on the box, there are also ones for cockroaches which has a similar packaging.

[bassexpander]

Op, there are grease ants and sweet-eating ants. You have to buy the right thing for the type of ant you have, or it won't work.