Make sure there is no accidental stash anywhere.
Ants coming up from carpet.
Finding an ant infestation under carpet is not a small thing after all you can t simply pull up your whole carpet to get rid of them.
There is a football sized lump under the carpet.
For a long term solution find out why the ants are coming in from outdoors and hitting your carpet.
Ants are being attracted to your apartment because there is a strong smell of food coming from it they are looking for food.
It took me a while to come up with ways to deal with these pesky little critters and i had to check the internet for ideas too.
You can buy slow acting pesticide for ants in bait stations enclosed in plastic a handy mess free solution.
Sprinkle boric acid powder all over the carpet and allow to remain on the carpet for one hour then vaccuum.
The best thing to do is to go outside find the source that you are dealing with.
Many people get stumped about this problem.
Is there food left out anywhere.
I know i was.
Proceed to stalk your house with it and attack any unsuspecting ants you see doing their daily errands.
Last year i noticed that a lot of dead ants were turning up on my living room windowsill and the floor in front of the window.
But gel formulations which come in squeezable or syringe type tubes are even more.
So we know that this customer is dealing with ants that randomly come up here.
Ants will only go where there are resources.
Also lift up the rug if possible and sprinkle some of this powder under the rug.
Ants on the carpet is it is a weird situation because you don t necessarily need to treat the actual carpet.
Could it be a colony that the vacuuming shook up.
The day after vacuuming my carpet there were dozens of carpenter ants inside the carpet dying being eaten by their kin or freely wandering around.
Don t worry you don t need those expensive gimmicky models that you see on tv just a cheap one will work just as well.
They were just regular sized black ants less than 1 4 long not sure exactly how big they all had wings and when i saw them they were either dead or dying.
