Nate Nagel wrote:
Am starting to have problems with ants in my kitchen, they seem to be
specifically going after the breadbox which sits on the counter. Don't
see them anywhere else in the house. Is there something that I could
set it on that they wouldn't be able to crawl up to get into the
breadbox? Kitchen is pretty clean, having just cleaned up after doing
some work in there. Cleaning up any currently uncleaned areas would
involve pulling the bottoms out of cabinets etc. Can't see where
they're coming from, although I thought I saw one crawl out from inside
a corner cabinet with a lazy susan in it (great. I'm sure that'll be
fun to take apart.) No food is stored in that cabinet though so that
makes no sense.

nate


I would check the nearest door and windows, and foundation cracks.
Seems this is nest-building time, and food on a countertop definitely
draws ants. An air-tight container for bread would help. Easiest fix
is to use a few drops of boric acid ant bait near the bread container.
In Florida, most people I know keep bread and cakes in the fridge
because ants are persistent year-around. Just treated a column of ants
in our atrium, as they were marching in the direction of my kitchen )
Most hardware stores have liquid ant bait, like Terro, which has
always worked well for me.