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#1 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted October 18 2017 - 3:58 PM

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honestly, i asked this so much in chat that a might as well just make a thread.  so at my workspace, there's a small ant colony in one of the cracks in the table and cabinet.

i tried using lemon juice and water but that did nothing. any ideas? 



#2 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted October 18 2017 - 4:49 PM

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What species is it? Some are harder to remove than others...

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 


#3 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted October 18 2017 - 5:04 PM

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lasius sp.



#4 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 19 2017 - 10:09 AM

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Oh, that lemon juice yt vid thing is kind of a scam. It only works for fairly nomadic species, like Pheidole megacephala.


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#5 Offline Hunter - Posted October 20 2017 - 4:21 AM

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Oh, that lemon juice yt vid thing is kind of a scam. It only works for fairly nomadic species, like Pheidole megacephala.

it got lasius alienes out of a crack in my house



#6 Offline Hunter - Posted October 20 2017 - 4:22 AM

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if you really want them out a blow torch works to



#7 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 20 2017 - 6:05 AM

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Oh, that lemon juice yt vid thing is kind of a scam. It only works for fairly nomadic species, like Pheidole megacephala.

it got lasius alienes out of a crack in my house

 

Okay? That's pretty cool, but it won't work with very large colonies and species that actually nest deep underground.


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Baby Wolf Spider
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Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
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Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
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Endemic Lacewing larva
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#8 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted October 20 2017 - 3:52 PM

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honestly, i asked this so much in chat that a might as well just make a thread.  so at my workspace, there's a small ant colony in one of the cracks in the table and cabinet.

i tried using lemon juice and water but that did nothing. any ideas? 

So do you want to caught or removed? Flooding always works as no species can live underwater. You can also try to introduce a heater pointed at the area on HIGH heat.


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