Tiny Ants!

Bit of an epidemic this year i reckon!,

Got fed up with them everywhere so bought a bait trap from one of the ferrety shops and they were gone within a day..

Bought the raid one that looks like a little whiteish alu tin,,,cut out the two holes and place by where they run ,,and there you go...

I taped over the holes after and then used again later”

Bit of a shame as they do clean up well!,

Hi

3 solutions for you

Buy hormiga powder and put it where needed, use plain chalk and draw in thick lines, or go to ebay and buy chinese chalk which is very cheap and free postage to spain. Hormiga powder is brilliant and does not affect animals, but will kill any other beastie that comes into contact with it. I use it all around my villa outside and get nothing in, i do actually like beasties including ants and hate killing anything, but once they realise its there they keep away.

Hope this helps

Thank you both so much. Think I’ll try all solutions and I’ll report back. 

If nothing else I now have a new word to make me smile when my tongue trips over ‘ferretería’ 😊

mix vinegar and water - and spray them. Used bait traps from shops - useless.

I think it goes with the territory..

White vinegar, spray all the areas where ants have been or are.

Spray skirtings around door frames.

They sound  like ' brick ants' and can get through gaps that you cannot see.

We moved into a new apartment that had been empty for ten years. The ant colonies were well established over many years living inside the brickwork with a run spanning 30 odd apartments.

In the end I bought 6 filler tubes and went all round every skirting, every door frame and filled everything.

They were even coming through a gap that human eyes could not see between the tiling and the bath.

Finally I bought some 'one ano,  flykiller took off all the light switches and sprayed inside ( I do this every six months) 

Ants were coming through the light switches either side of the bed and were invading the bed, horrible.

This treatment stopped them!

Finally, check under the sinks and toilets. Builders very often cut a square hole and fit a round pipe.....Fill the gaps with flexible mastic. Also include under the sink. Check the  cut off valves in the kitchen and bathrooms.

Make sure all tins, boxes, food in the kitchen are in sealed boxes or storage bags, particularly biscuit's.

 Brick ants will travel a long way for a crumb.

Finally, don't listen to neighbours who tempt you saying ' we haven't got any ants'. Means they are blind lol.

I had a neighbour who said this, on challenge. So I went to see them with a powerful torch and a large magnifying glass. 

Of course they were horrified to find they were infested  they just could not see them under normal conditions.

Most Spanish houses, villas, apartment blocks are infested with brick ants.

Would be sensible to follow some of the preventative measures other friends have described to you. But sealing all the gaps is the only permanent answer.

Good luck :)

White vinegar, spray all the areas where ants have been or are.

Spray skirtings around door frames.

They sound  like ' brick ants' and can get through gaps that you cannot see.

We moved into a new apartment that had been empty for ten years. The ant colonies were well established over many years living inside the brickwork with a run spanning 30 odd apartments.

In the end I bought 6 filler tubes and went all round every skirting, every door frame and filled everything.

They were even coming through a gap that human eyes could not see between the tiling and the bath.

Finally I bought some 'one ano,  flykiller took off all the light switches and sprayed inside ( I do this every six months) 

Ants were coming through the light switches either side of the bed and were invading the bed, horrible.

This treatment stopped them!

Finally, check under the sinks and toilets. Builders very often cut a square hole and fit a round pipe.....Fill the gaps with flexible mastic. Also include under the sink. Check the  cut off valves in the kitchen and bathrooms.

Make sure all tins, boxes, food in the kitchen are in sealed boxes or storage bags, particularly biscuit's.

 Brick ants will travel a long way for a crumb.

Finally, don't listen to neighbours who tempt you saying ' we haven't got any ants'. Means they are blind lol.

I had a neighbour who said this, on challenge. So I went to see them with a powerful torch and a large magnifying glass. 

Of course they were horrified to find they were infested  they just could not see them under normal conditions.

Most Spanish houses, villas, apartment blocks are infested with brick ants.

Would be sensible to follow some of the preventative measures other friends have described to you. But sealing all the gaps is the only permanent answer.

Good luck :)

😱😱😱 That sounds like what we’ve got! I can only see em with my specs on. And, yes, they emerge from under the ‘skirting boards’ which aren’t actually attached to the floor! Not sure my OH will be delighted but I’m going to show this post to him and send him off to the ‘ferrety shop’ for sealant. 

Yes its time consuming filling every gap. I went round every skirting top and bottom.

Haven't seen a brick ant in over a year.

 Regards Al