Ants on the floor

[simoh1490]

3 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Give them corn flour, they love it but cannot digest it so they starve to death. 

Little bit slow method but no chemicals involved. 

Alternatively, you could introduce them to my ex-wife's cooking, they wouldn't last the week.

[observer90210]

Had an ant issue back in Europe in my home. Used the local chemicals and deterrents, quite effective. But then I took some large red chillies....spred them near the place from where the ants were getting out and in the corners all over. No more issues since, either with ants or any other crawling companions !!!

 

This was 3 years ago, to this day the chillies are still around, dried...no need to be replaced....and no ants.....hope it works for you also.

[scubascuba3]

They are just looking for food, if you keep everything sealed they get bored and move to the next place.

I also spayed on one occasion the entrance/exit and that did them

[steven2018]

Just find the ant leader and tell him to go home.

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

Alternatively, you could introduce them to my ex-wife's cooking, they wouldn't last the week.

Out of curiosity, how long were you married to her? Congratulations on your survival.

[simoh1490]

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Out of curiosity, how long were you married to her? Congratulations on your survival.

Including my time in ICU/CCU or not?

[ThaiWai]

Seriously? Asked and answered thousands of times. Borax borax borax make a GD note of it already. 

[Retiredandhappyhere]

20 hours ago, THAIPHUKET said:

The flamethrower looks very impressive. But we are not yet there. Your comments are dissecting the problem well=
No street and only here and there a few ants. Obviously searching for food. Not much here I guess.
I wanted to squash any potential problem at the root.
 

Just stamp on them then.

[Fruit Trader]

Content - 1-naphthyl methylcarbamate

S-85 is very effective with ants quite safe and not an irritant like Chaindrite Stedfast for example. Can be added to liquid or directly on nest.

 

 

 

[canthai55]

46 minutes ago, Fruit Trader said:

Content - 1-naphthyl methylcarbamate

Carbaryl is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is toxic to humans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbaryl

So ... not so safe for humans

[simoh1490]

48 minutes ago, Fruit Trader said:

Content - 1-naphthyl methylcarbamate

S-85 is very effective with ants quite safe and not an irritant like Chaindrite Stedfast for example. Can be added to liquid or directly on nest.

 

 

 

Perhaps not an irritant but it can be lethal, quite safe my foot! 

[RuamRudy]

I have a soft spot for ants - they seem so industrious, determined, resourceful and efficient. I remember reading, years ago, that they are the only species other than humans that go to war against their own kind.

 

In my quest to limit my impact upon them, I would find where they were entering the property and cordon off the entry point with a line of cinnamon powder or coffee granules - they won't cross either. 

 

[Fruit Trader]

28 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Carbaryl is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is toxic to humans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbaryl

So ... not so safe for humans

Yes my mistake for using the word safe. Unfortunately like many effective insecticides its toxic to humans. 

[akampa]

22 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Where do you get it?

homepro

[sikishrory]

I brought Antrid specially from Australia. I thought it would blow there little Thai ant butts off the planet. Left it for 3 days and they shown little interest in it at all. Australian ants go crazy for it.  

Antrid is basically poison sugar syrup and I have heard Australian house ants referred to as "sugar ants". 

So the Thai ants must be a different species or something. I have noticed they are attracted to crumbs and love to play in my loaves of bread. They also had an odd attraction to a packet of glad wrap for weeks.

Not a very useful comment but I find it interesting and would love to know a better way of killing them. Maybe poisoned bread?

[steven2018]

I brought Antrid specially from Australia. I thought it would blow there little Thai ant butts off the planet. Left it for 3 days and they shown little interest in it at all. Australian ants go crazy for it.  

Antrid is basically poison sugar syrup and I have heard Australian house ants referred to as "sugar ants". 

So the Thai ants must be a different species or something. I have noticed they are attracted to crumbs and love to play in my loaves of bread. They also had an odd attraction to a packet of glad wrap for weeks.

Not a very useful comment but I find it interesting and would love to know a better way of killing them. Maybe poisoned bread?

Just don't mistakenly eat the bread.

 

Seem like you have become an ant-ologist.

 

[asiamaster]

On 4/15/2018 at 7:47 PM, ThaiWai said:

Seriously? Asked and answered thousands of times. Borax borax borax make a GD note of it already. 

Yes, but where to buy and what is it called in Thai?

"You hab Bolax?" > blank stare...

[sikishrory]

น้ำประสานทอง "water connect gold" less common term

or 

สารบอแรกซ์

"Sahn bo rek" is the more common one.

According to pantip forum you can buy at most pharmacies at around 10 or 15 baht.

 

 

 

[steven2018]

Boric acid is commonly used to get rid of the crawlers - they eat, it dries them out - and as a powder, it sticks to their bodies so they bring it back to the nest. Be careful of these poisons around food areas.

 

 

[mettech]

You got ants well to get rid off them just ask your lady to make fish soup and add red ants to it they are good a bit sour .

[cooked]

Late to this thread. Borax is difficult to obtain in Thailand, vegetable sellers were using it to keep insects off their wares. so its use was suppressed.  I spent a day trying to find some and was told to go to Korat  (2 1/2 hours away).

By chance I then came upon a Chaindrite product which contains permethrin, often used against mosquitoes and ticks, in powder form. Orange packet, ฿140.- and relatively harmless.

I just scatter a little wherever I see ants in a place where I don't want them to be, they take it with them somewhere and don't come back. Gone in 10 minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin

 

[Golden Triangle]

On 15/04/2018 at 6:06 AM, PETERTHEEATER said:

Another convenient product is BAYER Quantum available in Home Pro stores.

 

Comes in a small plastic tube in two strengths, one for ants the other for cockroaches. About ThB 270 may seem expensive but you need very small amounts as explained below.

 

Contains  IMIDACLOPRID

 

Where you see ants trailing, squeeze a drop the size of a match head in their path and smear it into a small circle and they will soon cluster around the perimeter to feed. When the drop is cleared they will have returned to the nest and given up tasters to the Queen and mates and all are eventually poisoned.

 

I tried many 'fixes' including borax but the had limited effectiveness. The Bayer however has worked for me and both our kitchens are clear of ants.

 

It may take a few days but is convenient since you can target specific points to avoid contact with pets or children.

Thanks for your recommendation of this product, I bought some last week along with some sachets of the crystal type stuff that they also like, at the moment I have 3 or 4 drops out on the tiled drive and the little buggers are going mad for it  These are only the small ants, which rather like the Cockroach problem I had when I moved in here I am determined to eradicate.

 

I also have a problem with large Red ants, they seem to live in or near a Papaya tree in next doors garden and don't seem to be interested in Bayer Quantum or the crystal stuff I have put down for them, one managed to find it's way into the car yesterday which I really do not want, so if anyone can recommend a way of dealing with these little gits will be gratefully received.  

 

 

 

[steven2018]

Thanks for your recommendation of this product, I bought some last week along with some sachets of the crystal type stuff that they also like, at the moment I have 3 or 4 drops out on the tiled drive and the little buggers are going mad for it [emoji106] These are only the small ants, which rather like the Cockroach problem I had when I moved in here I am determined to eradicate.  

I also have a problem with large Red ants, they seem to live in or near a Papaya tree in next doors garden and don't seem to be interested in Bayer Quantum or the crystal stuff I have put down for them, one managed to find it's way into the car yesterday which I really do not want, so if anyone can recommend a way of dealing with these little gits will be gratefully received.  

 

 

 

 

If you get ants in your car, park the car away from the entry point. This will confuse the ants in there, as they can't find the way back to the nest and will perish.