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[Chicken_eater100]

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? 

[MegaMyrmex]

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

[Chicken_eater100]

lasius sp.

[Connectimyrmex]

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

[Hunter]

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

[Hunter]

if you really want them out a blow torch works to

[Connectimyrmex]

 

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.

[StopSpazzing]

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.