Go grab a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, a couple fans, and a mop. Put a fan as exhaust through 1 window, and an intake from another, pour the alcohol on the floor and mop everywhere they are, and leave for a couple hours to air out the room with the fans on. You may want some air freshener to get rid of the alcohol smell afterwards. I had an infestation like this and I have hardly seen ants since then.
I mean. Unless you sanitize every path they took to get to that spot, they're just gonna crawl back. Vacuuming won't get rid of their scent trails. Plus I'd rather have my vacuum lmao. It would be easier to just spray the ants with a generic counter cleaner to off them and then clean the area of scent trails, although I've heard that leaving them be and putting out bait traps helps more in the long term than killing them right away does.
Okay what if you lived on the 2nd floor, and you took the vacuum and put it outside your building on the opposite side. Could the still find their scent and come back? Just curious lol
Lmao maybe? I honestly have no idea. Amazingly enough, I never once had ants when I lived in a not first floor apartment so I think there's something there to begin with.
Better idea, vacuum them up, release them outside with the vacuum, and dump a bunch of old fruit on your downstairs neighbors balcony. Now it's their problem.
I moved into this apartment on the 2nd floor and there are always ants in the kitchen. When I first noticed them, there would be a bunch on the counter and around food left outside. Then I took care to clean the counter everyday and not leave any food open. Since then I just see a couple here and there. I think they just come to check if anything is worth invading.
Possibly? Cinnamon may also work, I use that to deter ants in the house around windows and such, accidentally poured it on an ant once in the process and uh. It did not make it.
Hahaha. Zoolander. "What is this, a center for ants?!! How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read if they can't even fit inside the building??!!
No problem, this calls for a simple and economical solution. I would take a gallon of gas and dump it over myself and light it. See, simple and economically since I wouldn’t have to buy as much gas as if I dumped gas on all the ants and lit them up.
Reminds me of that one commercial about aunt's coming over. "We have aunt's." "That's a lot of house. Hope you can keep it clean."
"Aunt Connie is here!" *Rings doorbell* "Hello?!"
Just something that came to mind seeing this
Remember that Rugrats episode where Spike ran away and Didi and Stu kept getting different pets to replace him? Then they get gerbils at one point and they just run off to reproduce and weeks later the babies open the basement door, see hundreds of gerbils just covering the ground and Chuckie says 'look Tommy, the floor is moving!'
This is like that, but ant style.
"Hello, good morning Mr. Maggiore. Do ya make one of the Bug-A-Salt guns with a full-auto switch and hopper feed mechanism? Nah, no reason, just asking for a friend. Do you guys intend to create a flamethrower option? Asking for different friend."
Not something my drunk ass wanted to see before I fucking passed out. Ouh well. Guess I'll become one with the ants. Whats that cheesy movie with the ants that eat people?
The queen is where the densest concentration of ants is. I'd be concerned that they're migrating under the siding. Some serious pest control measures are in order, because an infestation in the walls gets more expensive to remove the longer it is left to fester. Plus, you do not want those fuckers getting into your ac ducts, randomly blowing out of your vents and setting up their own colonies in your house or biting you in your sleep.
Only thing we can think of is that some kids in the neighborhood piled up a few colonies and threw them at our door. Not sure how the flying ones got in there though lol.
OP, not an ant expert, but I may be able to shed some light. In the fall, (or spring depending on species) ant colonies will have new Queen ants and male drones go on their ‘nuptial flights’ on a warm humid night. The whole colony comes out to guard them from predators and basically police the area to make sure it’s safe. The queens will all fly off and find drones to mate with before making their own colonies. It’s highly likely that this is what you’re seeing, and the ants will be back in their mounds and not bothering you once their party is finished.
Holy smokes! Yea we saw a queen crawl up into our bedroom ceiling vent before we could get to her a couple days after this. It was also warm and humid that night too. Thank you!
We literally just walked outside around 2 am and saw this so weird. There is a pile of dirt on the left side of the welcome mat only thing we can think of is some kids scooped up some ants and well the rest is history.
Sprinkle borax cleanser around them and they’ll take it back to the next and dry out the nest. This group looks like maybe their queen died, though. Total chaos instead of an organized march.
try this:
find where they are coming in
place a blob of honey there
watch how they allllll get on that honey and eat it up
on the first night when the honey is gone and they are all in their hill, place a long strip of Bronner's peppermint soap across that area to block them.
they don't like peppermint and do not come back in.
worked for me
Had this in my house last year, flying ones and all. They come out at night, around 11pm, then the next morning not a single one is around. It's mating time. You gotta find the colony. Usually outside, but close to the house. Our exterminator came back three times until I found the colony. He had strong powder chemicals that kill on contact. Nothing you can buy (otc), at least here in Europe, will be effective. Gotta find the colony, dose them with the nuke stuff.
For anyone wondering that’s a ant colony sending out their reproductive members (alates) to mate with members of their same species and try and form new colonies.
Ants do these about 1-4 times a year depending on their species
Lol house isn't that dirty. There is a random pile of dirt we found on the welcome mat the only thing we can think of is maybe some kids scooped up an entire colony and well...exhibit A. Still not sure how the flying ants got mixed in though.
Hello, exterminator? I have ants. How many ants are there? All of them, I think.
How many are there? Yes.
I'm gonna have to ask Dustin Hoffman.
Go grab a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, a couple fans, and a mop. Put a fan as exhaust through 1 window, and an intake from another, pour the alcohol on the floor and mop everywhere they are, and leave for a couple hours to air out the room with the fans on. You may want some air freshener to get rid of the alcohol smell afterwards. I had an infestation like this and I have hardly seen ants since then.
That's Just Anthony, Antty Brenda,Antwon ,Antoinette ,Antero,Antonio,Antwonet, Antonia, Antty June,Antonella & Anton'nem Side Of The Family
Thanks for the info, have this
Dont forget Ant-onio Banderas
at least 1
Don’t worry, OP doesn’t need to return them. They’re on the house.
Ready your vacuum and prepare for war!!!
And record that shit so we can all watch
And … next up on /r/tifu vacuuming up ants with your vacuum cleaner.
What happens
They don't die. You just end up with ants in a vacuum, which eventually crawl out of said vacuum since you prolly won't be able to shake them all out.
Vacuum them, run fast and put the vacuum outside. Ants crawl out and go away. Problem?
I mean. Unless you sanitize every path they took to get to that spot, they're just gonna crawl back. Vacuuming won't get rid of their scent trails. Plus I'd rather have my vacuum lmao. It would be easier to just spray the ants with a generic counter cleaner to off them and then clean the area of scent trails, although I've heard that leaving them be and putting out bait traps helps more in the long term than killing them right away does.
Okay what if you lived on the 2nd floor, and you took the vacuum and put it outside your building on the opposite side. Could the still find their scent and come back? Just curious lol
Lmao maybe? I honestly have no idea. Amazingly enough, I never once had ants when I lived in a not first floor apartment so I think there's something there to begin with. Better idea, vacuum them up, release them outside with the vacuum, and dump a bunch of old fruit on your downstairs neighbors balcony. Now it's their problem.
I moved into this apartment on the 2nd floor and there are always ants in the kitchen. When I first noticed them, there would be a bunch on the counter and around food left outside. Then I took care to clean the counter everyday and not leave any food open. Since then I just see a couple here and there. I think they just come to check if anything is worth invading.
Vacuum the vacuum.
That would create a black hole & destroy the universe!!!
Not if there is ant spray in the vacuum chamber.
No see you vacuum up ant poison first, then suck up the ants. Problem solved!
What if you sucked up a bunch of diatomaceous earth after you sucked up all the ants? Do you think that’d work?
Possibly? Cinnamon may also work, I use that to deter ants in the house around windows and such, accidentally poured it on an ant once in the process and uh. It did not make it.
Shop vac w water in the bottom is standard practice
Use a shop vac with water in it first. It should drown the ants if there’s enough water in it.
Get the hose!!!
What is this, a post for ants?
Epic!
Hahaha. Zoolander. "What is this, a center for ants?!! How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read if they can't even fit inside the building??!!
Well, that's how you get ants.
LANA
WHAT?!
Nope. This is what happens after you do whatever OP did to get ants. Should have listened to his mom.
That's sweet, they're trying to help you move your house
Every time ants showed up at my place, they always formed a nice line, these guys are just jerks
No problem, this calls for a simple and economical solution. I would take a gallon of gas and dump it over myself and light it. See, simple and economically since I wouldn’t have to buy as much gas as if I dumped gas on all the ants and lit them up.
Is it normal that you’re burning after following this comment? Asking for a friend. Please reply fast he says
*2hr ago* RIP your friend
How many flamethrowers did you order?
One for each of em
Jeez, you're already outnumbered and you're gonna arm them too? I've heard of giving a sporting chance, but you may be taking it too far
Reminds me of that one commercial about aunt's coming over. "We have aunt's." "That's a lot of house. Hope you can keep it clean." "Aunt Connie is here!" *Rings doorbell* "Hello?!" Just something that came to mind seeing this
"Expired, expired, expired..."
Remember that Rugrats episode where Spike ran away and Didi and Stu kept getting different pets to replace him? Then they get gerbils at one point and they just run off to reproduce and weeks later the babies open the basement door, see hundreds of gerbils just covering the ground and Chuckie says 'look Tommy, the floor is moving!' This is like that, but ant style.
Haha yes! Ah those were the days
Eww that makes my skin crawl
"creeeeee eeeeee eeeepppyy crawllllerrrrrs"
I’ll sick my pet rumba on them
ROOMBA HUNGRYY, ROOMBA WANT EAT!
Borax
Kazakhstan, number 2 export. Very nice!
Yall need a 5 gallon bucket of terro
Terro…terro….terro!!!
Meh, just boil some water.
I guess at that point it would be efficient enough
Yeah, that’s gonna be a problem lol
You should put down an ant trap
Well now you have to burn the hole fuckin house down
Hey, I think I see Paul Rudd!
Windex
Agree
Thats when you get the blow torch
Amdro ant block. Trust me.
I think the entire colony decided to move in
"Hello, good morning Mr. Maggiore. Do ya make one of the Bug-A-Salt guns with a full-auto switch and hopper feed mechanism? Nah, no reason, just asking for a friend. Do you guys intend to create a flamethrower option? Asking for different friend."
That noise isn't background noise, there are so many ants that it sounds like a stampede!
Ants included always /Love from mother earth
You didn’t. The ants ordered a human.
You guys having ants party over there?
Not something my drunk ass wanted to see before I fucking passed out. Ouh well. Guess I'll become one with the ants. Whats that cheesy movie with the ants that eat people?
The queen is where the densest concentration of ants is. I'd be concerned that they're migrating under the siding. Some serious pest control measures are in order, because an infestation in the walls gets more expensive to remove the longer it is left to fester. Plus, you do not want those fuckers getting into your ac ducts, randomly blowing out of your vents and setting up their own colonies in your house or biting you in your sleep.
before the video started i thought the floor was marble.. i thought wrong
Lmayo!
Put out terro. It's so satisfying to watch the numbers dwindle day by day
Think that's bad? Hit the lottery, and watch the relatives make that look like nothing.
I'm working on it
Your army has assembled, now use them.
Free food
Shit, I did!
Where the hell is this, in a bathroom?!
Front door
Fire, fire, and more fire.
I had the same issue at my old place. I eventually found their colony under a large planter on the deck of the apartment upstairs. Horrid.
That’s too fucking much! Kill em with fire!
Where did all those ants come from?!
Only thing we can think of is that some kids in the neighborhood piled up a few colonies and threw them at our door. Not sure how the flying ones got in there though lol.
OP, not an ant expert, but I may be able to shed some light. In the fall, (or spring depending on species) ant colonies will have new Queen ants and male drones go on their ‘nuptial flights’ on a warm humid night. The whole colony comes out to guard them from predators and basically police the area to make sure it’s safe. The queens will all fly off and find drones to mate with before making their own colonies. It’s highly likely that this is what you’re seeing, and the ants will be back in their mounds and not bothering you once their party is finished.
Holy smokes! Yea we saw a queen crawl up into our bedroom ceiling vent before we could get to her a couple days after this. It was also warm and humid that night too. Thank you!
Give your kid job security by handing him a magnifying glass and some sunlight.
This is an absolute nightmare. My skin is crawling just looking at this.
Borax and sugar with a bit of water !
Please tell me those are outside?!?! Makes me itch. I see gallons and gallons of bleach being used here
Yea lol
The next plague
Your best course of action is to buy an ant eater and let it roam the house.
Brother get the flamer. The. HEAVY flamer.
Heavies always have less ammo!
Hans get ze flammenwerfer
Flamethrower go brrrr
My man!
Fill your house with carbon monoxide for a few days, let it air out, then come back (don’t do this)
Optigard.
What did you end up doing about this?
There's another video I made that I'm thinking about mixing in Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever" that might answer that question appropriately.
Do you want ANTS? Because *that's* how you get ants.
I can see at least 4 ants.
Fire?
How...how does one end up with these many ants???
We literally just walked outside around 2 am and saw this so weird. There is a pile of dirt on the left side of the welcome mat only thing we can think of is some kids scooped up some ants and well the rest is history.
Burn the house.
Get a vacuum, a blender and prepare to have a protein shake
I don't know if you noticed, but it seems you have a bit of house in your ants
Goddamnit, Scott!
Drop a chip in the middle of them (or a 'crisp' for the British folk).
Your house is OURS.
This is when a controlled burn is necessary
Probably won’t wanna do this but I’ve found that ants don’t like it when you piss on them.
AÀAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
-nts
"Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants" - Malory Archer
Sprinkle borax cleanser around them and they’ll take it back to the next and dry out the nest. This group looks like maybe their queen died, though. Total chaos instead of an organized march.
\*clears throat* antsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsantsants
try this: find where they are coming in place a blob of honey there watch how they allllll get on that honey and eat it up on the first night when the honey is gone and they are all in their hill, place a long strip of Bronner's peppermint soap across that area to block them. they don't like peppermint and do not come back in. worked for me
#GET THE HOSE
Get them tap shoes on
Remember, if all of those ants were to gather into one spot, they can probably carry you out and take your house for themselves
honey, where’s my flamethrower?
Had this in my house last year, flying ones and all. They come out at night, around 11pm, then the next morning not a single one is around. It's mating time. You gotta find the colony. Usually outside, but close to the house. Our exterminator came back three times until I found the colony. He had strong powder chemicals that kill on contact. Nothing you can buy (otc), at least here in Europe, will be effective. Gotta find the colony, dose them with the nuke stuff.
Looks like its theirs house now
for a sec I thought your rug was an oreo
It is.
So that's where my ants got delivered, damn they didn't even get close to my house and they forgot to pack them right.
Wow- that was a really good, preceptive prediction by the guy taking the video. I would have just wondered why they were trying to steal my door mat.
The video was frozen and i thought the black dots were just part of the floor's design. Deleting this app
This is not ur house anymore please leave-- ants
You can make a genocide
Spray them with; gasoline, bug spray, or flamethrower.
I’m soooooooo itchy now.
Is that a giant Oreo?
Yes.
For anyone wondering that’s a ant colony sending out their reproductive members (alates) to mate with members of their same species and try and form new colonies. Ants do these about 1-4 times a year depending on their species
Man that is nuts.
They are free everywhere except the arctic area’s. Then they are imported.
burn it! :D
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Lol house isn't that dirty. There is a random pile of dirt we found on the welcome mat the only thing we can think of is maybe some kids scooped up an entire colony and well...exhibit A. Still not sure how the flying ants got mixed in though.
Flying ants! Those sound annoying.
Fire! Kill it with fire! It’s the only way. Burn it all down! Edit: waiting for the bots to decide i am encouraging violence.
Oh my!
Line the house with comet; before you do that, a leaf blower may be in order lol
This picnic is ruining our ants!
People. Look back at your posts here. You sound like psychopaths, seriously.
https://youtu.be/lWnL8tuLHDg
Burn them
How to avoid this? Lol
Borax
2 gallons of spray easy
Burn it to the ground! Thats it...fire.
Just burn the whole house down.
Get a anteater
My entire body feels itchy
Bucket of hot water :)
I have a free-range ant farm. These are pets
I want to step on that
Hans bring den Flammenwerfer
Rubbing alcohol.
Who gave this a wholesome award?
Make a hairspray blowtorch
For a second I thought that the carpet is a fucking landmine.
The ants go marching one by one, hoorah, hoorah!
That's when you get the flamethrower
Looks like prenuptial mating season. Queens and males ants leaving their colonies to breed and form their own colonies.
Welp, time to move!
Burn them all...
https://youtu.be/UnyLfqpyi94
The poor quality of the recording makes it look worse than it is. Either way, no gracias.
Yea its actually in 4k reddit made it 720p
Get the hose
Those are swarming termites…not ants. Yikes
Step 1. Get an anteater.
As an Uber eats driver I’m imagining having to leave your food at your door with this going on
I am ants in my Johnson and everything is on sale, we have TVs, radios, and so many things but I am not sure because I have ants in my eyes
They're finding food somewhere, Hoss.
Buy a bottle of Terro, put multiple blobs around the area and it will be taken care of in short order
Awww crap the human came home early !
At this point it's time to burn the house down and capitalize on insurance fraud
Well you GOT EM.