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Old 24-01-2017, 07:55 PM
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OzEclipse (Joe Cali)
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I had the small black sugar ants in my kitchen in LARGE numbers about 10 years ago. I tried ant powder and other chemicals to no avail. Then I cut off their food supply. They were chasing sugar so I put a plastic tray on the benchtop half full of water. Into that went a smaller plastic tub and into that went anything they might want to eat. Eventually, everything they were interested i was in the tray surrounded by a water barrier. Beyond that, I let them go about their business. It took several weeks but eventually the ants went away. They've never come back. I imagine they paid down some sort of chemical signature to say, "don't bother, no food here."

Joe
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