Ants!!!!! - Page 2

grannyclaret · 05-05-2007, 00:02

Its only just gone May and we have had lots of flies, we like the windows open all the time because my hubby is bad with his breathing,and he dosent like the areosols,i bought some of those sticky fly papers but they are so ugly, Anybody got any better ideas

panther · 05-05-2007, 08:09

yeh...... get some spiders!!

panther · 05-05-2007, 08:14

......or use a fly swat, i tend to be very good with those!

do you live near a dump??
sorry i mean rubbish dump!! or a meat firm?
i seen something like that on the telly and they had a load because of the smells in the area,.....just a thought

come to think of it i only ever had one or two flies up to now

slinky · 05-05-2007, 14:49

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Originally Posted by panther

i havent had one!!
you got lots of flowers or summat in your house?

No I don't.... I had livingroom window open and back door. But I was sat at the back door so they weren't coming bast me (( I don't remember running lol)).....but I have still had loads in the house.

panther · 05-05-2007, 14:58

you could have a wasp nest in your house somewhere like the attic or in ya wall, i had some a few year back, only found out cuz they kept being in a certain room, thats how i found em, is there anywhere in particular where they are always at?
if you have a queen in there somewhere you will have lots of wasps

glasgow guy · 05-05-2007, 17:58

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Originally Posted by flashytart

well thats false advertising innit

in what way is it false advertising ?

notts · 05-05-2007, 18:39

buy dethlac from wilkinsons should be where the fly and wasp sprays are

West Ender · 05-05-2007, 19:04

If you're plagued by wasps try trapping them. Get an old jam jar and half fill it with water, leaving traces of the jam round the inside of the jar. Cover the neck of the jar with cling film and punch a few holes in it, about 2 centimeters in diameter, and put the jar where the wasps fly around. They will smell the jam and crawl in through the holes in the film to get at it. They never seem able to crawl out again and will eventually drown in the water. I do it every year - it works.

katex · 05-05-2007, 19:53

Right - now we have sorted the ants and wasps, what am I to do about all those blooming midges that are gathering outside my new French windows .. described in the dictionary as insects with piercing mouthparts for sucking blood ?

Funny thing is, never feel them bite, just the lumps on your scalp later that itch like crazy.

Can't understand why they never bump into each other.

West Ender · 05-05-2007, 22:38

I once read that it's only the pregnant female midge that bites you - so put 'em on the Pill.

A few years ago my granddaughter called out to me one afternoon as I was in the kitchen, "Nana, there's budgies flying around and they're coming in through the French window." I was a bit nonplussed as the most exotic bird we ever get is the very occasional woodpecker. I went to have a look and saw a load of midges. Easy mistake to make when you're only 4.

LancYorkYankee · 06-05-2007, 01:39

I've spent the day sucking up, 409ing, pledgeing, smooshing our lot of ants. Wew've tried everything and still they come. Well finally dragged everything out of the kitchen and nothing goes back until they're ALL gone (or until Cindy and Annie get back from Florida

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BEA

katex · 06-05-2007, 10:03

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

smooshing our lot of ants. Wew've tried everything and still they come.
BEA

You certainly have your fair share of insects out there Brian. Course you built on a swamp aren't you ?

When I lived out there for a little while .. adopted a stray cat, wouldn't let in the house 'til I had de-ticked it (the thought of those always gave me the creeps). Used to put it's food out on the porch and was a race between the cat and the ants. Even though the cat was fast, practically starving, with one eye when he/she came to me, was nearly always a tie, however, don't think the cat minded the extra bit of protein in its plate ..

One morning poured out my breakfact cereal and, yes, you guessed it, out tumbled a whole regiment of ants .. looked in the cupboards and absolutely crawling .. had to throw everything away and go to the local Dollar shop for insecticide. When I was cooking they all decided to drop in the pans .. discovered they were coming in through the extractor over the hob. Couldn't block just had to put the repellent around the outside of the vent .. seemed to work anyway. Actually, they looked much smaller than ants.. so not quite sure what they were.

Loved the glow flies though, even though you had to watch them behind those mosquito shutters.

lillypad · 06-05-2007, 17:40

[quote=katex;420129]Right - now we have sorted the ants and wasps, what am I to do about all those blooming midges that are gathering outside my new French windows .. described in the dictionary as insects with piercing mouthparts for sucking blood ?

try smoking!!!! when i go for a walk down the canal if i light up they don't bother me

katex · 06-05-2007, 18:02

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Originally Posted by katex

Right - now we have sorted the ants and wasps, what am I to do about all those blooming midges that are gathering outside my new French windows .. described in the dictionary as insects with piercing mouthparts for sucking blood ?

try smoking!!!! when i go for a walk down the canal if i light up they don't bother me

Yeh, think you're correct here lillypad .. have tried it (a tip from my former husband who fished) .. and seems to have effect. Trouble is, although am quite a heavy smoker, not a chain smoker .. so the little buggers get me in the end ...

Perhaps could walk about with one of the swinging lamps things like they do in religious festivals

Eric · 06-05-2007, 20:51

I do believe that skunk will eat ants ... or that they can be trained to do so. I can send some over.