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Default Just how strong are common house ants?

On May 8, 11:20 pm, "aemeijers" wrote:
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...a day or so ago I put out 4 of the
typical cheap bait stations. Got home from work today, and 3 had been
moved a little, but the 4th was outright GONE. I looked all over for
it- under appliances, etc.

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I live alone, and as best as I can tell, no mice or rats. (no droppings, no
gnawed food containers, no nesting residue or little corpses in storage
areas, etc.)


Something other than ants moved it. I'd suggest putting down another
bait unit in exactly the same spot, and scatter a light dusting of
flour around it. If it moves, you'll see tell-tale traces of how it
moved.

That, or put lipstick on it. (Oh, never mind, that's for figuring out
about cats' butts on kitchen counters...)