I have a lot of red ants in my office and I can’t see where they are coming from, anyone have any advice about how to persuade them to bugger off ?

I've got loads of little red stains on paperwork etc

Thats the trouble, you can't sack anyone these days. Tried a written warning?

When I was a kid, (30 + yrs ago), when we found some red ants, we'd put them in an old margarine tub, then add a load of regular black ants then watch them fight. Very cruel I know, but at least we were doing stuff outside.

Not much help to the OP, sorry...........

Used this recently
SET OF 2 NEW NIPPON ANT/INSECT KILLER LIQUID 25ml GEL

Put a few blobs in several bottle caps and left them sitting around the ant runs, no more ants welcoming me in the kitchen of a morning!

Took 4-5 days replenishing daily to have effect.

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Originally posted by fesycresy

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Very little you can do against red ants. The traditional Ant Powder/nippon etc doesn't really have an effect on them as they don't eat it. For 8 years I battled red ants in my lawn. At one point I had 17 red ants nest in my smallish garden. I never found a decent solution. If possible boiling water and Jeyes Fluid but you have to watch the surround fixtures/fittings etc.

Not very helpful sorry.

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Originally posted by Irony
Very little you can do against red ants. The traditional Ant Powder/nippon etc doesn't really have an effect on them as they don't eat it. For 8 years I battled red ants in my lawn. At one point I had 17 red ants nest in my smallish garden. I never found a decent solution. If possible boiling water and Jeyes Fluid but you have to watch the surround fixtures/fittings etc.

Not very helpful sorry.

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Can of lynx and a lighter?

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Originally posted by Irony
Very little you can do against red ants. The traditional Ant Powder/nippon etc doesn't really have an effect on them as they don't eat it. For 8 years I battled red ants in my lawn. At one point I had 17 red ants nest in my smallish garden. I never found a decent solution. If possible boiling water and Jeyes Fluid but you have to watch the surround fixtures/fittings etc.

Not very helpful sorry.

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Sounds silly but they are looking for food.

Many years ago my l old RE Teacher rod ants from his class by putting a whole bag of sugary sweets on the flour, one big pile. The ants built a little wall around it and journeyed no further. Try a packet of sweets.