Ants

casper · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1513 Location: merseyside

oh i thought they were in your house cos we get a nest in the house every year but this year we have had three nests so far in the house.

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject:

If you don't want to use poison in or around the house because of the kids or animals...sprinkle corn meal in their pathway.
They will take it to the nest and when they eat it, it will swell and kill them.

flossy · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject:

i would use anything and everything if they were in the house Laughing

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject:

I don't mind ants, but when it comes to cockroaches I totally freak out!

casper · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1513 Location: merseyside

thanks for that bitter.i hate cockroaches and earwigs.

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject:

I forgot about earwigs, thinking about them makes my skin crawl.

flossy · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject:

anything with 6 legs or more makes my skin crawl Laughing

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:02 am Post subject:

casper · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1513 Location: merseyside

only the two i mentioned make my skin crawl nothing else bothers me.

YB · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject:

Here's Flossy's "common UK garden ant"

YB · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject:

Did you know most ant's are edible?? Laughing

casper · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1513 Location: merseyside

yuk thats gross yb.im not an ant eater.

flossy · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

thanks YB
eww have you ever tried them Shocked

casper · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1513 Location: merseyside

i couldnt just think of what they could of crawled over in the garden.

flossy · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:46 pm Post subject:

eeewwwwwwwwww