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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 60491" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The sliding door - never assume that is a barrier to denizens of the Outside. We've tracked ants walking through that velvety pile stuff that the door slides over. Small ants can get through there, or through the rubb er seals. I've even had flies hitch a ride on the sliding glass door - if you look when the door is open, the flies can come in part way and sit on the glass inside the outer sliding part, and keep crawling until they're now past the vertical rubb er seal and when the door is slid shut - presto, the flies are now inside the glass. It's like a magic trick, it looks like magic until you watch closely and see how it's done.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad the various methods have helped. If it's really dry where you are at the moment, they could be coming in for water. Do you have the dogs' bowls inside or outside? Any dropped food (wherever) will also bring the ants, but if you can also move the water bowl outside, you might cut back on the ant problem too. But the slightest trace of food will bring them - we wash down the outside of honey jars, we keep all jam in the fridge, sugar is kept in containers with a tight rubb er seal (like a Vacola jar, clamped down) or cleaned out old juice bottles with a screw cap. And dripping taps, taps needing new washers - we fix them fast. We've often had ants crawling inside the faucet to get the water, and you turn the tap on to get a drink and there is a heap of ants struggling on the top, like they've been tipped into the glass from a teaspoon. We always check before we drink.</p><p>All spills wiped up immediately with water, and then dried thoroughly. In bathrooms, too.</p><p>No food anywhere other than dining room or kitchen. We've even had to go the the extreme of keeping all fruit in the fridge.</p><p></p><p>Once you learn to foil them, watch to make sure you keep them away. If you find them back suddenly, try to work out why before you get rid of them, so you can prevent.</p><p></p><p>I hope you've stemmed the tide.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 60491, member: 1991"] The sliding door - never assume that is a barrier to denizens of the Outside. We've tracked ants walking through that velvety pile stuff that the door slides over. Small ants can get through there, or through the rubb er seals. I've even had flies hitch a ride on the sliding glass door - if you look when the door is open, the flies can come in part way and sit on the glass inside the outer sliding part, and keep crawling until they're now past the vertical rubb er seal and when the door is slid shut - presto, the flies are now inside the glass. It's like a magic trick, it looks like magic until you watch closely and see how it's done. I'm glad the various methods have helped. If it's really dry where you are at the moment, they could be coming in for water. Do you have the dogs' bowls inside or outside? Any dropped food (wherever) will also bring the ants, but if you can also move the water bowl outside, you might cut back on the ant problem too. But the slightest trace of food will bring them - we wash down the outside of honey jars, we keep all jam in the fridge, sugar is kept in containers with a tight rubb er seal (like a Vacola jar, clamped down) or cleaned out old juice bottles with a screw cap. And dripping taps, taps needing new washers - we fix them fast. We've often had ants crawling inside the faucet to get the water, and you turn the tap on to get a drink and there is a heap of ants struggling on the top, like they've been tipped into the glass from a teaspoon. We always check before we drink. All spills wiped up immediately with water, and then dried thoroughly. In bathrooms, too. No food anywhere other than dining room or kitchen. We've even had to go the the extreme of keeping all fruit in the fridge. Once you learn to foil them, watch to make sure you keep them away. If you find them back suddenly, try to work out why before you get rid of them, so you can prevent. I hope you've stemmed the tide. Marg [/QUOTE]
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