It has become a regular, annual invasion.... We never used to have this, a decade ago.
A couple of weeks ago, we began seeing them, at the front of the house, and the back - inside. We did a daily count of the number of ants seen, to see how bad it was, and whether we were making progress with getting rid of them. Often, there were just too many to count. We did my usual trick of mixing borax 50/50, with icing sugar, placed in multiple plastic milk bottle tops, scattered around the place - always seemed to work before, but didn't seem as tasty for them this year. Tried a drop of honey in the mix, and that seemed much more attractive, but mid-week, Avril spotted some ant powder, in the hut. As the ants seemed to be appearing from behind skirting boards, we brushed the ant powder into skirting board gaps. Uncertain whether it was the end of the invasion, we had a 7-day holiday booked, so had to leave the house to its own devices, until our return. Since our return, no sign of any ants at all.
A couple of weeks ago, we began seeing them, at the front of the house, and the back - inside. We did a daily count of the number of ants seen, to see how bad it was, and whether we were making progress with getting rid of them. Often, there were just too many to count. We did my usual trick of mixing borax 50/50, with icing sugar, placed in multiple plastic milk bottle tops, scattered around the place - always seemed to work before, but didn't seem as tasty for them this year. Tried a drop of honey in the mix, and that seemed much more attractive, but mid-week, Avril spotted some ant powder, in the hut. As the ants seemed to be appearing from behind skirting boards, we brushed the ant powder into skirting board gaps. Uncertain whether it was the end of the invasion, we had a 7-day holiday booked, so had to leave the house to its own devices, until our return. Since our return, no sign of any ants at all.
