Ant Control!!

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Originally Posted by aussieorchid

There is a chemical you can buy that contains the same compound as termidor which is used to treat termites. It is not cheap at about I think $200 or so a litre but it will get rid of all ants as well as a few other crawling insects. I do not think you would be able to buy this at a hardware store but farm chemical stockists would have it and you could possibly need a farmer with a chemical licence. If you would like to know more PM me and I will give you more details as I do not want everyone running around spraying chemicals that are unnecessary.

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I dont think fripronil is available to the public. You need to be a licensed pest managers.
BASF would be interested if it was being sold over the counter.

First you need to identify your ant type.
This will tell you , what they eat, where they might be nesting and habits.
We have alot of new liquid baits just on the market that help out now.

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Originally Posted by bugsy

I dont think fripronil is available to the public. You need to be a licensed pest managers.
BASF would be interested if it was being sold over the counter.

First you need to identify your ant type.
This will tell you , what they eat, where they might be nesting and habits.
We have alot of new liquid baits just on the market that help out now.

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Fipronil is used as the active ingredient in a number of products available over the counter including flea and tick control for your cat and dog. Check a "frontline" for cats or dogs label.:o
As I mentioned I think you would need to be a farmer or something like that as they use Fipronil for crop spraying to control insects it is just not called Termidor.

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Originally Posted by aussieorchid

Fipronil is used as the active ingredient in a number of products available over the counter including flea and tick control for your cat and dog. Check a "frontline" for cats or dogs label.:o

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i understand that but the thread is about ants.

I had an indoor ant problem for a while. I tried Mortein ant baits (the plastic ones) but they were useless in my case. Got a bottle of Ant-Rid which was half the price. Just put a few drops here and there... It sucked all the ants out of the nest and they swarmed over it like a roast dinner :) They gobbled it up quickly and just a few days later, no ants anywhere in sight. Best stuff I ever used for ants and heaps cheaper than the ant bait thingies from the other mob.

here is the website for the stuff - http://www.antrid.com.au/default.asp
(no affiliation etc yada yada). I haven't tried the baits, only the liquid form. I think the liquid would probably work better though, although it might require a little spray and wipe cleanup after the ants have disappeared to remove any leftover residue etc.

thanks heaps guys..will try to see what option works for me including keeping the house clean..:)

Regardless of how clean your house is inside or out, your rubbish bin will attract them. Both my recyling bin and normal bins are covered with them. And depending on where they are located they may take a detour through your house to get to where they want to go. Ants also know that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Useful thread. I'll be employing some of those techniques to control my ant problems.