Late last week, I made the mistake of leaving an all-but-empty travel mug of tea on my desk overnight. Sure enough, by the next morning, the ants had discovered the treat.
I cleaned up the mug and the ants that were immediately visible on my desk. Since it took several minutes for more ants to appear, I decided to take on the task myself of killing them as I see them.
This is my second or third day at the task. The appearance of ants is slowing. With perseverance in the war and a careful guard against sweets, I am hopeful that in another couple of days, it will once again be the exception to see an ant crawling around in my office, rather than the expected.
Maybe I should ask an ant expert. How long do ants return to the site of food that has been removed? How much of a deterrence is the killing of the ants? I haven't yet established the location of their trail onto my desk. I assume if I could locate and obliterate their scent trail that it would deter their scouting. What sort of cleaning would it take to obliterate their trail?
Monday, September 18, 2006
War on Ants Continues
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Hmm... found this idea online: Commercially available sticky repellents or petroleum jelly can be applied in a narrow band around table legs to prevent ants from walking up to the tabletop. Double-sided tape can also be used.
I haven't gotten to try this myself to see how well it works. But I just heard that corn meal will slowly kill the ants. They can't digest it I guess.
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