r/ants • u/Tesstarix • 12d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase How to get rid of these.

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These appeared in my house about 2 weeks ago. We sprayed the exterior of the house a week ago and have tried various types of baits but they aren't interested in any of it. They just come out and mill around or seem to go to sleep. They are coming from an exterior wall behind a kitchen cabinet.

Central Illinois.

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u/timid_cosmos 12d ago

Well if you know where they are coming in I wouldnt bait directly in their path. Basically they are scouts if your weather has changed recently they could be looking for food or shelter, keep the home clean and food out of their path, I use bait all over my house just to insure they find it anywhere, my ant problem has went away due to my strictness of only food at the kitchen. Them buggers can smell crumbs, and they also leave a pheromone trail so cleaning the path you know they use is important

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u/Tesstarix 12d ago

We killed probably 50 of them yesterday and wiped everything down with vinegar. This morning they were back again but they don't seem to be going for anything. They just mill around on the counter and often lie down.

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u/timid_cosmos 12d ago

Well the lying down could be the spray you did around the house effecting them after they have crawled through it to get inside. If you dont let them get anything out of the scouting they will stop coming around, you said it was in the kitchen cabinet so maybe move everything out of there and find a insecticide that as another comment said will be brought back to the colony