specifically, ants in the bathroom. i would understand ants in the kitchen, because of food. but every year, they always come in from
the bathroom and make their way around the apartment. and every single time i go into the bathroom, there are more and more ants. (we did put up ant traps yesterday)
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That’s just where they are visible in your home, ants around the foundation of your home will come in and explore if they can find a way in
Follow the ant’s outside. Find out where they live. And destroy the colony. I’ve done it on every house I’ve lived in. I’m 65. I’ve lived in a lot of houses. You won’t have an ant problem anymore!. They have poison, just for this job.
Ants are foragers and are always searching for new routes that lead to food. It sounds like the bathroom has the most convenient opening to the outdoors
Like all creatures, they need water, too. They can eat a ton of things but there’s no substitute for water. The bathroom has access to lots of sources of water so it’s a place you tend to find them.
It’s also notable that if pipes are running through your walls, they make convenient little highways for ants to get in. The plumbing has to get through holes in the wall for your fixtures. It’s convenient.
Mix sugar and borax with water and put it into small paper sauce cups with a wad of cotton. We do this in the spring when they first start. They take it back to their nest, lights out. Google it for exact amounts.
Have you had a lot of rain lately? They seem to get flooded up into my house whenever it rains a lot.
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