I do not like the big-black carpenter ants. I have the house sprayed yearly to keep these pests at a minimum. The summer of 2015 and so far the summer of 2016 are uneventful but the summer of 2014 was not.
P.S. - The ants kept coming into the study behind our eight-foot bookcase. True they were moving slowly but I was killing many more than I should have. After taking all the books off to move the bookcase away from the wall we found a small crack in the ceiling where they were falling through. And, yet they still managed to make themselves known after an eight foot fall by walking across my braided rug. I hate to think how many dead bodies are still up in our attic. Yikes!
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Friday, June 6th – Many dead bodies later, a glass of wine and a visit from my wonderful “pest guy” and the herd has quieted down. Kevin did a major spray outside and down in the basement last night. They are still popping up here and there but he said that is expected.
P.S. - The ants kept coming into the study behind our eight-foot bookcase. True they were moving slowly but I was killing many more than I should have. After taking all the books off to move the bookcase away from the wall we found a small crack in the ceiling where they were falling through. And, yet they still managed to make themselves known after an eight foot fall by walking across my braided rug. I hate to think how many dead bodies are still up in our attic. Yikes!
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Friday, June 6th – Many dead bodies later, a glass of wine and a visit from my wonderful “pest guy” and the herd has quieted down. Kevin did a major spray outside and down in the basement last night. They are still popping up here and there but he said that is expected.
He even sprayed the Oak tree by the study window and it may be the cause of the invasion. Some of its branches are resting on the house. I made an appointment for next Tuesday, no more oak tree, bye bye. The tree is in bad shape anyway.
Kevin even sprayed the electrical, phone/TV cable wires coming into the house. It seems that is one of the many niffy ways for ants to come in to your home. Of course, they must climb the telephone pole which must take hours and hours before they hit the wire. High wire aerial act, would you ever have thought?
Saturday, June 7th – News Bulletin: More reasons why I hate ants. I found one crawling up the side of my Mr. Coffee machine. Another was calmly walking across our check book on the kitchen table. ENOUGH!!!
Sunday, June 8th – Still killing the suckers, go away NOW.
Monday, June 9th – Every time I go into the study to work another pesky ant shows up. Yuck – I just killed another one. They are much easier to catch as they are moving slower and seem sluggish, so hopefully the spray is kicking their little old butts.
Wednesday, June 11th, will be the one-week anniversary of the invasion. By the two-week anniversary may this whole ordeal be just a distant memory.
