Last night there were ants in my pants

[rachelmanija]

That was because there were ants in the bed. Also, as it turned out, in the toothpaste. And in my open suitcase. EW.

Comments

[oyceter]

EW! I hope you didn't end up sticking an ant-covered cough drop in your mouth again...

[(Anonymous)]

EW2! I hope you got rid of all of them soon!

[sho-sunaga.livejournal.com]

sorry ↑that was me!

[gwynnega.livejournal.com]

Ugh, how awful!!

[loligo.livejournal.com]

Our new house is constantly being invaded by ants. We need to spray the door frames almost every week and clean up all crumbs and spills fanatically. I don't think I've ended up in bed with multiple ants yet, but I've had the occasional loner skitter across my hand while I'm sleeping. (Watch me go from a sound sleep to freaked out and flailing in about 1.5 seconds!)

[chomiji]

If the weather would only decide to be fall, already, we'd have issues with them too ... both in the kitchen and in our 2nd floor bathroom (which is actually 3 stories up because of the way the lot slopes - plainly ants do not suffer from acrophobia).

The poison bait stuff that they carry back to the nest so that it kills the whole colony is pretty effective. And in the meantime, if you find out the spot through which they're entering your space, you can draw a "fence" of cinnamon oil (any store with a good baking section, or a speciality shop for baking/candy making) around it, and they won't be able to cross it (remember to make your circle continue onto vertical surfaces, if necessary). It mucks up their scent-following receptors. And it's non-toxic (hmmm ... to humans, anyway, and your cat probably won't like it) in the quantities you'd use.

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

Hah--friends-page synergy strikes again. Immediately after this post was one from another friend saying that he'd bought ant chalk in Chinatown.

Go to Chinatown, find one of those nice Everything stores, and get some. Worked for him. (He also points out that, strictly speaking, it's illegal to sell in California because kids get sick if they eat it. So don't eat it. And don't report whoever sells it to you.)

Yeah, ant season in southern California. Usually ants are after sweets or fats, depending on the sort of ant, but this time of year, they're after water. Wash and dry your dishes, wipe out your kitchen and bathroom sinks with paper towels. Not much you can do about the cat dishes, though.

Ant chalk.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid chalk will be insufficient, given my second, non-ant infestation. See latest post. The horror!

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

[jessibot.livejournal.com]

My work desk has been invaded by ants this past week. And yeah, the occasional one in my bed as well. No idea where the bloody things are coming from, and it is gross gross gross.

Stupid ants. Still better than spiders though.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Ew. I have had that happen to me, only the stupid ant in my pant bit me on the butt as well.