I've seen lines of tiny black ants that don't bite crawling in trough t crack in one of my windows. I see a few of them crawling on my computers. I also see them eating bits of food. Once I left a zebra cake wrapped in plastic (It wasn't sealed though) the next day I put it in my lunch box with out thinking and I found a ton of these ants eating my lunch. This has been going on for like, 3 months. How do I get them out of my house without getting a pest control specialist?? Also will they hurt my computer?? Please Help.

Eliminate food sources.

victorbron5 wrote: Also will they hurt my computer?? Please Help.

Insects can get inside your computer and do some damage. Jamming a fan is one of the most common problems which leads to over heating and computer issues.

Those are agentine ants. They are tough, I mean tough to get rid of. They typically migrate out of the house in the summer. If you can put up a good perimeter before the fall, you might stave them off. The nasty bit is, they have no central nest, the form "nest nodes" all throughout you house, in the walls, in the subfloor, in the attic. Take down a picture and before long you'll see a line filing out of the pin hole. I use Ortho Home Defense Max, seems to work the best against them. Unless you're just grossed out by them though, just removing any water or sugar source they are after will cause them to retreat rather quickly, about 10 minutes or so. I wont say you CANT get rid of them, but you are in for a battle. Possibly fumagating would work, but you want to be sure an immiter is placed in the attic so that the fumes make it inside the walls.

Generally ants won't cross white table salt. Its a good natural barrier.

driverdriver wrote:Generally ants won't cross white table salt. Its a good natural barrier.

Thats true, generally, talcum powder works equally well. I have noticed that argentine ants are bit tricker with this though.

Diatomaceous Earth if you want a non-toxic solution works great (and works on other insects too), and since it works through physical means insects can't build up a resistance.

If you're ok with chemicals the easiest thing to use I've seen is an ant bait station, I use the ones from Amdro.

Adopt an anteater?

Sprinkle a perimeter of cornmeal around your home. The ants will be attracted to it and eat. When they ingest it, they'll will explode. (Corn expands). eliminates problem AND provides entertainment. Win/Win

Use all three

nissangirl74 wrote:Sprinkle a perimeter of cornmeal around your home. The ants will be attracted to it and eat. When they ingest it, they'll will explode. (Corn expands). eliminates problem AND provides entertainment. Win/Win

That is a southern answer if I ever read one. No disrespect.

None taken.

Pour molten aluminum down inside the anthill. When it cools, dig out and rinse off. Results are cool

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Pour molten aluminum down inside the anthill. When it cools, dig out and rinse off. Results are cool

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Didn't work with my ants unfortunately

You use Beyer Household Ant Spray - 1 gal. You wont have ants , respectfully will make all other suggestions look like bull crap , no offense taken , they wont be back until like next year . Safe for kids , safe for animals I THINK !.
Check it out . ................Smells delightful too

p.s. Guaranteed
Bayer Advanced ( correction - so sorry ! )

Just tried Bayer Advanced -works great