Nancy2 wrote:
> On Sep 10, 10:21 am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>
>>> The little ants that come in our kitchen are pharaoh ants, yours might
>>> be the same but the treatment is the same.
>> I have no idea what type of ants they are, except that they're tiny and
>> extremely annoying...
>>
>>> Use boric acid mixed with
>>> peanut butter, put in small bottle caps and then put those in the path
>>> of the ants. I had the damned things in my computer once. Was
>>> interesting to watch them eat the peanut butter and then disappear.
>> I'll try this, if I can get my hands on some of the aforementioned boric
>> acid; PB I have.
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
> I bought something you put in drops on slick cardboard and they
> supposedly take it back to the next where all the ants die. It worked
> this spring - I'll let you know if they come back. This is the first
> time in decades that I've had ants in the kitchen - they never went
> very far, just stayed by the sink (which was clean). I don't think
> they were very bright.
>
> N.

When it is very dry out or during a drought, ants and other insects,
including the big woods roaches, will come into your house looking for
water. Insects, like most living things on earth, need water to survive.