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Ants causing damage - Solution??

  • 08-08-2011 8:31pm
    #1
    oicherider
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭


    My parents house have had ants around the exterior of the front of the house for a good few years and now the paths are all undermined - uneven and coming away from the walls..

    Yesterday an army of them landed in under the the window sills - I sprayed them with fly spray and gave them a good dose of it but the chances are that the ground under the house has a massive colony of them..

    Has anyone come across this problem before or does anyone have a good solution to the prob?

    So far we have tried:

    Diesel (Fairly effective but external use only)
    Fly spray (Limited effect due to limited access but suitable for indoors)
    Ant Powder(Permethrin based insectiside - Only bought it today and not sure if it can be used indoors)

    Any suggestions will be greatly appreciate


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  • #2
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    I know someone who had a similar problem - they called in the professionals - sounds like the only solution for you :o


  • #3
    spudulike
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭spudulike


    slowburner wrote: »
    I know someone who had a similar problem - they called in the professionals - sounds like the only solution for you :o

    Do you know what professionals they used and were they successful? I read elsewhere the all the pro's do is lay the chemicals and that's it. Don't necessarily get to the nest.


  • #4
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    spudulike wrote: »
    Do you know what professionals they used and were they successful? I read elsewhere the all the pro's do is lay the chemicals and that's it. Don't necessarily get to the nest.
    It was a well known firm in the line of pest control.
    Yes, they pretty much just doused the place with insecticide.
    To be honest, it's not an approach that I would like around me - it resulted in the death of every ground dwelling insect I could see.


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