Been a while since I’ve done a not-quite-in-focus ant update. The critters have shown slightly more industry over the past 12 days, but, as they say, it’s not much to write home about. I did send Uncle Milton (from whom I’d purchased the ants) my last photo update, because they’d said to keep them apprized on our ants’ lack of progress, and as they didn’t respond I guess their request to keep them informed was one of those, “Yeah, we ought to get together some time,” kind of “Um, yeah, not really” kind of things.
The performance of the ants is still largely “mediocre” but they have, as you can see, begun to tunnel a bit in the lower right hand corner!
Are we impressed?
Well, H.o.p. is. “The ants digged a tunnel!” he yelled.
But I was busy with the great front of ant activity in the kitchen and it took me two days to remember that “digged” is not yet a bonafide word.
Finally, it rained a bit here in Atlanta, and whenever it drizzles after a period of no rain, we get an influx of ants into the kitchen from the back area. This has been going on for three days. The first morning I got up to find the kitchen covered with them, and thus so was I when trying to deal with them. Fortunately, I discovered that spraying the floor (and my feet and hands) with Orange Glo stops them in their tracks and kills ’em dead. But if you wipe up the Orange Glo (which you must do, of course) then it stops acting forcefully as a deterrent. So today we found them flooding in again. And, again, we sprayed the back door and the floor and the trash can with Orange Glo and now I’m preparing to clean it up as the dead ants are so thick that it looks like the area is covered with coffee grounds. At least no fresh incursions have transpired since today’s spraying of the Orange Glo.
So, there’s my handy household tip for dealing with ants. Spray the floor with Orange Glo. Yes, it’s oily and you’ll fall flat on your ass and maybe even bust your head, but it’ll stop the ants.
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