Dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant

[puppetmaker]

When I was a kid there was a cartoon based on the Pink Panther and they also had the Ant and the Aardvark. There was a joke going around about the aardvark and the ant and the punch line was to the tune of the Pink Panther theme “Dead Ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant “.

Well right now I am at war with the ants. I have come down stairs two mornings in a row to find a swarm of ants on my counter. I have cleaned and tossed and cleaned again. So now we have our usual exterminator coming in to have a look at the problem. One of the reasons we use them is that they are careful about what they lay down and where since we have cats and children. So I have things to show them in and outside of the house and I am waiting for them to arrive. Peter took Caroline to the gym so I picked up the stray toys from the floor and flat surfaces.

Once they have left, I am off to the gym and then back to puppet land which is going more slowly than I would like. Also my foam glue is not setting up as well as I would like due to the high humidity so I am sort of working through how I am going to deal with that.

I am grateful for a lack of ants in my kitchen

Comments

[trillsie.livejournal.com]

Whenever I kill ants, I hum that little theme.

[lanofaylin.livejournal.com]

I usually have a yearly fight with ants in my kitchen. Causing me much anger and frustration and my husband much laughter. Here are some things I have learned:

Black pepper. If you lay down a line a black pepper they won't cross it. They will go around it though.

Those little white ant baits (I think it's Raid)...works wonders usually they are all gone by the next day.

But the most effective we found last year. We treated our lawn with this (it's what our vet recommended to control fleas so it's safe for animals)and it keeps the ant mounds out of the yard

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/solutionCenter.cfm?q=Lawn+Pests

and then we use this to lay down a barrier outside the house

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/product/home-pest-plus-germ-killer/nested-sprayer.html

We have never sprayed inside and do get an occasional spider and fly but I have not had to fight ants since then. It really is awesome stuff.

[dungeonwriter.livejournal.com]

As I said to my own mum, currently at war with the same insects, may your ants be swiftly slayed, great warrior!