Carpenter ants are eating my porch! Any easy solutions?
By CHRISTINE from Dubuque
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I get them about every other year in the house when it is very dry and they are looking for water and damp places. I hire an exterminator. Or you could try the products at Lowe's or Home Depot. They come in sprayable containers and are supposed to last a couple of months. The exterminator sprays a product that the ants take back to the nest. When they eat the stuff they die. My ants will be gone in a couple of days.
have you tried putting out some Sweet N Low or sprinkling it around where the ants are gathering?
It works for tiny ants where I live.
But I'm also experimenting with powdered meat tenderizer, the kind you buy in the spice section of the grocery store. Make sure it has papain in it.
Maybe you could mix it with the sweet n low. Like try one packet to 1/4 teaspoon of meat tenderizer.
If you do try it, would you please post your results? I'd like to see if my experimenting works and if you made any changes in the proportions.
Good luck. Hate ants.
Hope this helps you with your problem.
We had them in our roof of our other house but didn't know it for years. The roof leaked, we repaired it with tar, 2 years later it would leak again, we repaired it. This went on for years. Finally we decided to put on a new roof. When they took off the shingles the roof was full of carpenter ants.
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