Ants in the sink?
May 4, 2009 at 10:20 am
Weirdness abounds. I’ve dealt with ant intrusions into my home while living in various apartments all my life. It’s just something that happens occasionally. A call to the apartment complex to get the exterminator out usually ends things quickly.
Last week, I experienced a first. It appears that large black ants have taken up residence in the overflow opening of the sink in my guest bathroom. We saw them wandering around the bathroom so we had the exterminator out. They set out traps and sprayed and we saw several dead ants when we got home that day. I thought the problem was solved.
This morning, I went into the guest bathroom to fill our cat’s water bowl and noticed ants hanging around the overflow hole in the sink. A closer look revealed large headed soldier-looking ants just standing there guarding the hole with jaws large enough for a good bite. Uh oh… Looks like the traps haven’t done the job yet.
I’ve got another call into the apartment complex management. If I didn’t have a cat to worry about, I’d buy some Terro, put it out, and be done with the little buggers.
Categories: Miscellaneous
We had good luck with Ortho Home Defense Max. You have to keep the cat away while it dries, but its fine after that.
We had to use it near a vent in the kitchen floor. After using that stuff, the ants never returned (aside from one or two scouts that died while trying to return) and the cats have been fine.
I don’t know what the apartment complex is using, but it did the trick. They put out traps all over the apartment the first time they came in and specifically treated the guest bath sink after I complained again. I’ll keep your note in mind if the ants return.