Getting rid of ants

[Dawn_SD]

@NeuManaHui

Wonder if sticky traps like I would put on my trees may work?

They might, but they might trap bees too. I like ant moats - mine are a simple home-made design. I have slightly improved the concept, but this is the basic idea:

Show a pic of your setup

You can make a simple ant moat too. I will post complete instructions on another thread, but here are the materials and the end result: [image] [image] We have nasty ants and earthquakes in California too, and these moats are very sturdy. Fill the moat up to the edge of the jar lid with mineral oil. To clean it out, use a pipette or turkey baster to suck out the old oil through the hole. If it is really dirty, take it out and unscrew the CD and jar from the lid and base, then you can easily w…