Teeny Tiny ANTS

CORNMEAL!!!!!!

the ants take it back to share with the nest and then they fest... they can eat the cornmeal but not digest it so the die. Sounds terrible but it is super safe and works!!! :) good luck!

Eco-Care is great for pest control. They will come to your house and put out pet/kid-safe stuff that is also environmentally safe. Their number is ###-###-####. They charge about $179, but it's good for three months, so if you see any ants, they'll come do it again.

Ants follow trails. They have an established trail to your house. My apt's have a massive ant hill someplace under the stairs and I lived in the biggest ant hill for a couple years, California. The cornmeal is a good natural suggestion. I have heard about orange oil. They will not go over or through cinnamon. It can be the cheap dollar stuff too. You need to find where they are coming in and put it down to break the trail. They also can't chew through steel wool, so you can block holes with that too. I will spray bug spray around my windows and doors outside just so they can't reestablish their trails.

I learned many years ago from a professional exterminator to use orange oil cleaning products in the home wherever you clean. I also add essential orange oil to my mop water, and even use dish soap with natural citrus in it. Sometimes I will take pure orange oil and line the baseboard and cupboards. Ants cannot walk over the orange, it burns their legs. It really works, I have been using it for years.

Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children.

I would second the Terro. We have battled the ants in our home for the last 4 years and this is the only thing that has worked and seems to keep working. Just a dab on a piece of paper or foil and they glom onto it like crazy and then take it back to the nest. It's basically sugar and borax. We hid ours on the counter behind the knife block so no one (even us!) could reach it. It takes a few weeks, but it works!

I have not tried cornmeal (but will next time), but I have used Terro. They were around the sink, so I put it on the counter (where our toddler couldn't reach), let them take it back and they were gone with in a week. BTW, we do have a cat, so I would place a plastic strawberry container, upside down, and taped to the base so kitty could not touch it.

Good luck!

There are natural ways of controling ant infestations but I've not tried them. We have sprayed around the foundation of the house and it has helped. Our dog wasn't interesting in the spray. It's a very narrow line of chemical. We had it sprayed by a professional company that assured us it would not harm the dog and it didn't. He's 16 years old now. You could talk with an exterminating company, find out what is in the spray and if it has the potential of harming dog or child. I've seen advertising for an exterminating company that uses all natural ingredients.

If you're uncomfortable with the spray you can also purchse ant traps that have a stake which you pound into the ground next to the foundation. I purchase those at Fred Meyer.

I also use ant traps on my counters. I place them where I think the ants are entering or leaving the house. Those help alot.

I hate to have ants marching over my counters and on down to the floor. My grandmother used traps that look the same as the ones I use. This was 50 years ago.

I wish you success in the battle with the ants. They are really persistent. The way they march in a line reminds me an army. :)

I was going to mention that I had recently read about using cornmeal. I wish I had know earlier because we just moved out of an apartment that had little ants. Oh, well, now we know!