Anyone dealing with/or dealt with Carpenter Ants at their home/cottage?

advice on sure kills?

thanks

Here in the states I use Sevin dust on their walk ways & it works well.

Sprinkle household flour where ever you see them, non toxic to pets, and it will kill 'em.


Don

at the cottage
i use
ant bait liquid gel-outside/inside
raid ant traps-inside
sevin-outside
ant dust-outside

i usually try to start by the end of june before
they start to get around,always try a couple weekends
just to make sure

was at the cabin this past weekend and only seen a couple
and swept up a few dead ones

great advice and thanks everyone.

local pest place said, if you can find the nest/coloney ( under dwelling in this case ) it can be killed with a simple can of raid, finding the nest is the hard part but we stumbled onto it.

will take all hints from above however - thanks

I've used a 50/50 mix of borax and sugar and it has worked. The workers eat it and bring it down to the queen and she dies, therefore the colony dies from what I have been told.

ya..... it's the whole KILL THE BITCH thing that's the Key L!

Borax
- at any home depot?

you just mixed up in a pail and dumped around your place?

Yep, I think I got my borax at Superstore, it's in the laundry detergent area. I'm sure Home Depot would have it. I mixed it up in a pail and spread it on the ant hills by hand. Worked for me. It yellowed the grass some but I laid it on pretty thick, lol.

Anybody have any dog friendly ideas?

I already posted it.
Use simple household flour, non-toxic and it kills 'em,,,,I just cut a couple trees down this morning, full of ants, I poured flour on the hives, 2 hours later all dead or gone.

Don

Ant bait in the tins could be ok.