4 trails of ants, outside my home?

Question

Anyone know a quick remedy which will work right now to get rid of these ants? No time to run to the store to get something. I have heard of vinegar etc so any other suggestions. Boiling water does not do the trick. Oh and when I do go to the store later what is the best stuff to buy. Would a regular ant killer get rid of them for good? No idea where the nest is. They are only the tiny ants that make a trail which seems to go on forever LOL.

Answer 1

Any thing like gasoline, paint thinner, nail polish remover, acetone, rubbing alcohol, ammonia, bleach, pretty much anything like that would kill them.  

However, it won't keep them away for long, just kill them now and they will come back later.  

So, you'll want to get a house barrier, it's something like a 1 gallon jug with a sprayer, and it blocks ants, spiders, etc etc for something like 3 months and then you reapply.  You'll go all the way around your house and doors and windows with it.  I like the stuff at Home Depot, it was about $13 for the gallon.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Terro.

The ants eat it, carry some back to the rest and end up killing the whole nest. Or you can mix up some borax with an attractant (Im guessing something like corn syrup etc)

Borax is the 'killer' ingredient in Terro.

Answer 3

buy ant killer at LOWES!!!!!

Answer 4

Use a mix of cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle it here and there. The ants will come and pick up the sugar, along with the cinnamon, and take it back to their queen. Ants can’t digest cinnamon and once the queen dies from not being able to digest the cinnamon the colony will die without her.

Answer 5

There aren't any home remedies that will work.  Here's why:

Cinnamon/sugar mix, grits, cream of wheat and other edibles:

Ants do not swallow food whole, or even chop it into smaller pieces and swallow it like we do. They can't. It's impossible due to their design.

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Borax laundry detergent:

Not the right kind of boric acid.

Bay leaves:

It will repel them for about one second.

Dryer sheets:

They'll just go around them.

Boiling water on the nest:

You said you couldn't find the nest, but even if you did, some ant nests will go six feet underground. Your water will only travel a foot maybe before it collapses their tunnels. Ants have their tunnels designed that way on purpose.

Vinegar:

It stinks, but it goes away very quickly. Ants can then easily re-establish their trails.

For what you can buy, baits are better than sprays.

Answer 6

2 ideas

1. Spray the ant trail with Raid Ant spray

2. If you can find the ant mound, try using Ant Mound killer. This ant mound killer is a huge bag of granules(seed looking things) that you sprinkle on the mound. WHen sprinkled, pour water all over the mound to dissolve the granules into liquid insecticides. It will destroy the mound and ants completely. YOu can buys these products at Lowe's or Home Depot