Just found a tonne of ants! - Out came the blowtorch & meths

[ben10]

I have just found millions of ants running around outside the house!

So seeing as the shops are shut and we don't have ant killer around we tried a variety of methods.

Meths, a lighter, can of deo and last but not least a small welding torch!

I shall leave you to guess which was the most effective

could do with some ant powder tomorrow though seeing as there are still lots more to go at

[wakster]

PM Emsman for some professional advice.

[ben10]

wakster said:

PM Emsman for some professional advice.

Is Emsman the fella who is a little accident prone?

[Mazda Baiter]

ben10 said:

wakster said:

PM Emsman for some professional advice.

Is Emsman the fella who is a little accident prone?

In much the same way as Elvis was a little bit constipated.

[ben10]

Mazda Baiter said:

ben10 said:

wakster said:

PM Emsman for some professional advice.

Is Emsman the fella who is a little accident prone?

In much the same way as Elvis was a little bit constipated.

[MK4 Slowride]

Weird. Today about 16:00 the nest must have hatched as my site was covered in flying ants. I went to fuel a car and the petrol station was no different. F'azands of em.

[ben10]

I have just seen the other thread on ants in the lounge (the one that didn't get moved) and it looks like theres a bit of a trend appearing in terms of ants popping up today!

Most of ours were the crawling not flying type but several flying ants also got burned to a gruesome death too

[caduceus]

ben10 said:

Meths, a lighter, can of deo and last but not least a small welding torch!

I shall leave you to guess which was the most effective

Aren't you a little young to be posting on an internet forum...?

[ben10]

caduceus said:

ben10 said:

Meths, a lighter, can of deo and last but not least a small welding torch!

I shall leave you to guess which was the most effective

Aren't you a little young to be posting on an internet forum...?

Perhaps a little unnecessary?

As it happens i'm 19 but just like having a laugh every now and then.

[RichB]

I guess he thought you were 10.

[b19rak]

Boil a full kettle and pour into the source of ants.

[jazzybee]

b19rak said:

Boil a full kettle and pour into the source of ants.

^^^^This^^^^

I have been busy getting the flying ants hatching around my house today. There is usually one point in the year where they seem to hatch. Today was the beginning.

[ben10]

Not a bad idea but I will probably get and powder today and try to do the job properly.

Yesterday was just a "temporary measure" to reduce the numbers around the back of the house by the door. (Don't want them in the house!!)

[JFReturns]

+ 1 for flying ants last night. I think they all wait for specific weather condition (temp, humidity, windspeed) or something. I just left them.

[ben10]

b19rak said:

Boil a full kettle and pour into the source of ants.

Just re-read your post and noticed you said "pour onto the source of the ants" I wil do this as well as it seems a logical method of getting rid of the nest without them having to eat the posion