"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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I've got ants!

Northern California black ants. The kind that invade whenever the
weather
get really hot or really wet. The kind that ignore food. They're
looking
for something (aren't we all), but it's not food. Maybe the weather
changes
disrupt their homes (like earthquakes on ant-scale).

Anyway, lately they've been swarming the top edges of the hot tub. The
hot
tub sits on a gravel bed surrounded by a wood frame with dirt or grass.
It's going to foggy with occasional periods of rain until next summer.
What
do you think my best ant-kill and return-prevention options are?



Calling an exterminator who should have the ants identified by an
entomologist. That way a treatment for those specific ants can be
prescribed and applied.


....or if you're not made of money, head on down to the Home Depot or the
local do-it-yourself pest control store and buy a small bottle of the
nastiest ant killer they have and see if that works.....