black ants

Set some ant traps or ant cafes, these are preferable to spraying them. They take the sweet liquid back to there nest and it's designed to kill the entire nest. You can also place ant rid in small bottle caps, just remember that the liquid is not uv stable so you need to cover it. Very effective long term way to remove ants

I use Amdro ant bait. It is small granules that the ants love. They take them and the active ingredient back to the nest and it wipes the colony out. Pretty expensive. Around $100 for 450 G container from memory. But it is a lifetime supply for your purpose. It may be available in smaller quantities, not sure.

When we first got our place in NT, we had lots of ants. Amdro did the job. Had not seen an ant in the house for months till we recently returned from being away for a few weeks. I put out one station and within 24 hours, no ants.

I put it out in small caps from the top of UHT milk cartons. Less than a thimble full per station. One or two bait stations around where they are active is enough. It works like a charm - and fast.

I bought it from Elders Rural Supplies. Should be available from similar sorts of places.

Norm C

Karl,
it may pay to check if the ants have built any nests behind switches, power points, or in your switchboard. They can certainly bugger up switches with their nests.

Happy hunting

When I was a kid I remember Dad grinding together with a mortar and pestle a mixture of equal parts of Icing Sugar and Plaster of Paris and scattering the "powder" everywhere - the next morning there were dead ants all over the place, presumably constipated to death.

Cheers,
DickyBeach

thanks for your suggestions I will try and get some amro I already have Ant rid,antsand and ant powder and they are still wandering around and hopefully they haven't attacked the switches or toilet

As said, apparently wet areas do attract ants, and they can be the first sign if water damage under the skin. No first hand knowledge of this - just something to bear in mind and check on.

Motherhen

Hi Carl we had a attack of ants while we where in Darwin last year it lasted about a week until someone put me on to dave gray ant and termite killer, we sprayed it once on all the legs an wheels that came in contact with the ground, the very next day they where all gone, we purchased the bottle from Bunnings, it is a concintrate you mix with water and spray where you need. cheers merv