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evenstar
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 Posted: 2/28/2007, 10:39 am Post subject: Need help identifying ants |
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I'm getting miniature ants on my kitchen counter. They're so small that at first I thought I'd spilled some pepper, but then noticed the "pepper"was moving. Almost takes a magnifying glass to see they are really ants. Can go three four days without seeing any, then a dozen or more appear all at once; only of the right side of my sink's kitchen counter. Can't see where they're coming from and this just started with in the past few weeks; never happened before. Because of Rich, I refuse to use pesticides in the house just as I refuse to use herbicides in my yard. Any ideas?
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| Posted: 2/28/2007, 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
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Cholla
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Try putting some lemon peel under the sink and around the problem area. That seems to have worked for us before.
You can try sprinkling Amdro granules where Richie Rich won't be able to get to it. I vacuum it up after the ants are gone. You can get Amdro at Home Depot. It is a chemical, but I have found it better than sprays which I don't like to use. |
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evenstar
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Thing is, these things only appear every few days and a quick wipe with a damp paper towel and I don't see them again for a couple of days or more; really more curious about what type of ant they are than anything. 
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
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Sounds to me like they're small kitchen ants.
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evenstar
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Sounds to me like they're small kitchen ants.
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Well,
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JW
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| GTG wrote: |
Sounds to me like they're small kitchen ants.
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Yeah, sounds right to me, too. Can you hold the magnifying glass just right in front of your cam and post a pic? I'll shoot it to the DOA folks.
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| Posted: 2/28/2007, 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds to me like they're small kitchen ants.
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So they are tiny AND small?
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evenstar
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| Posted: 2/28/2007, 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| IGO wrote: |
| evenstar wrote: |
| GTG wrote: |
Sounds to me like they're small kitchen ants.
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So they are tiny AND small? |
Very tiny and very small. almost takes a magnifying glass to see they're ants.
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
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GTG
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| evenstar wrote: |
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| evenstar wrote: |
| GTG wrote: |
Sounds to me like they're small kitchen ants.
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So they are tiny AND small? |
Very tiny and very small. almost takes a magnifying glass to see they're ants. |
If they're that small, I wouldn't worry. They won't eat much.
On another note Bay Area Boy, are you sure it's not some of the old LDS kicking in?
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| [On another note Bay Area Boy, are you sure it's not some of the old LDS kicking in? |
Oh my Dog.  Did you mean LSD? Looks like you've lived in Mesa and hiked the Mormon trail too much. Now don't go back and edit it and make me look silly. If you're lysdexic I apologize for being politically incorretc. |
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| [On another note Bay Area Boy, are you sure it's not some of the old LDS kicking in? |
Oh my Dog. Did you mean LSD? Looks like you've lived in Mesa and hiked the Mormon trail too much. Now don't go back and edit it and make me look silly. If you're lysdexic I apologize for being politically incorretc. |
Good catch! I have a friend who's a dyslexic athiest. He doesn't believe there is a dog!
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