liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 09:06 AM |
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Red Ants
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 
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benchmark51
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 10:26 AM |
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Thats the trouble, you can't sack anyone these days. Tried a written warning?
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fesycresy
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 10:46 AM |
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Slater
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 10:49 AM |
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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...........
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keithjardine
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 10:56 AM |
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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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nick205
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 11:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by fesycresy
Now that would be a cool addition to any office
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Irony
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 02:04 PM |
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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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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 03:15 PM |
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quote:
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.
Did you try the giant anteater (Vermilingua) option?
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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Norfolkluegojnr
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 03:25 PM |
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Can of lynx and a lighter?
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Andi
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 08:42 PM |
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quote:
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.
Yup got the same thing in my lawn. And boy do they hurt, chilling on the lawn is a thing of the past now for nigh on 5 years.
Boiling water kills the grass and nothing else seems to work.
Andi
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bi22le
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| posted on 24/6/14 at 10:45 PM |
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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.
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