Ants don't like all the moisture that we've gotten this spring. They DO like the inside of our house. I can't put all the blame on the ants though. Having a 17 month old and just not feeling like clean and picking up the house all the time, we do leave/forget some sort of sugary food somewhere in the house every once in a while. And ants have an amazing sense of smell and can/will find it. We once had ants in our upstairs bedroom and found that there was a hard candy under some clothes. They climbed clear up the side of the house, through a tiny gap around the window, and somehow found a wrapped piece of candy.
My weapons include homemade Terro bait, some brand of Home Defense indoor/outdoor bug spray, a handheld cordless vacuum, and my ten digits. After using the bait for several days and spraying for the ants, I put the final boom down. I first follow their trail to find our what we left behind that they are now eating and then follow their trail to locate their point of entrance. That way I can remove their food source, seal the opening with caulk and then start sucking them up and eliminate them from our house. I think I have used about 6-7 tubes of caulk inside and outside the house. I don't think our house would ever blow over in a storm. It would just flex.
My next goal is to get rid of all the ants from our property. Maybe I just need to post a sign: ANTS NOT ALLOWED ON PROPERTY! Shasta would prefer it to say: NO BUGS ALLOWED ON PROPERTY!
If anyone has any suggestions or experience about getting rid of ants they want to share, I welcome your feedback.
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