Please GOD HELP ME! My iMac 27 is a ANT attractor!!! =O HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[neonkru]

:mad:

ok lately found my desk being with some ants laying around. i didn't take that much attention because i thought i could have dropped something and soon it would go away. ok it's been 2 weeks and ants are still there around guess what???!?!! MY IMAC!!!!!!!!!! then i researched google and found this creepy topic

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070523002354AA340iK

this is driving me nuts!!!!!!!!

[MacDawg]

Yep, lots of ant threads (http://www.google.com/cse?cx=011016119145480959114%3Akuv1aq0hily&ie=UTF-8&q=ants+site%3Aforums.macrumors.com&hl=en&as_qdr=all&meta=) around these parts

Woof, Woof - Dawg http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/pawprint.gif

[MacHamster68]

:mad:

ok lately found my desk being with some ants laying around. i didn't take that much attention because i thought i could have dropped something and soon it would go away. ok it's been 2 weeks and ants are still there around guess what???!?!! MY IMAC!!!!!!!!!! then i researched google and found this creepy topic

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070523002354AA340iK

this is driving me nuts!!!!!!!!


simply spread mulch around the desk and on the desk ,a teflon barrier around the foot of the iMac and get some shrews :D
here a pic of a shrew cute little animals and they realy love ants for breakfast
http://afarensis.blogsome.com/images/golden_rumped3_new.jpg

[MrCheeto]

I'd recommend an aardvark but their work ethics and overall demeanor just isn't acceptable. If they want to live and work THEIR way, then they can live and work in THEIR country >8

[Dont Hurt Me]

Hey how about some ant killer near the base? on second thought do what Machamster says.

[TSX]

U can always chain an ant eater to your iMac

[MrCheeto]

U can always chain an ant eater to your iMac

Uh, heh, um yeh refer above, we've talked about that option.

The things have no manners, I could SWEAR they don't even know when they make a bm, they act like nothing's wrong at all when they drop a pound of decroded exoskeletal remains on granma's coffee table or granma herself, and god help you if you expect him to clean it up, talk about GROSS!

It's just not a good idea to employ these things in a non-third-world nation. It's like hiring a hippo to clean the pool, don't get me started, I don't want to define "muck spreading".

[stonemann]

Understand your enemy. Find the trail the scout ants are using to get into the house and apply white vinegar to surfaces with a soft cloth or spray bottle. This destroys their scent trail. Wipe the surfaces around your desk with vinegar (keeping clear of the iMac). Feel free to eliminate any scouts and ants already in the house. Spray them with vinegar if you want. Don't feel guilty.

Keep the area around your computer clean. Clean up the crumbs from those pizzas. Vacuum your home. Seal your food. Find the point of entry and block it. Talcum powder placed where the ants are coming in prevents them from entering. If they find their way in through the powder, the powder covers their scent trail so they can't find their way back. Do all this and your iMac will be ant-free.

[MacHamster68]

ok fair enough if you dont like shrews , but they are really cute
you could get some ant eating insects too
for examples, braconid and chalcid wasps attack ants , spiders like the black widow eat ants and other creatures too
or some amphibious creatures like
the horned toad (actually a kind of lizard) is an ant connoisseur,
but the banded armadillo is a prime ant predator so its worth to have a look in getting one

[Adaym]

Uh, heh, um yeh refer above, we've talked about that option.

The things have no manners, I could SWEAR they don't even know when they make a bm, they act like nothing's wrong at all when they drop a pound of decroded exoskeletal remains on granma's coffee table or granma herself, and god help you if you expect him to clean it up, talk about GROSS!

It's just not a good idea to employ these things in a non-third-world nation. It's like hiring a hippo to clean the pool, don't get me started, I don't want to define "muck spreading".

I'll give your posts the credit they deserve ;). Bravo.

[neonkru]

hey you are getting a little ahead there!!!!! do you want me to raise spiders and lizards inside my room LOOOOLLLL

well right now i added this ant trap no my floor. i cleaned the room today but in the end of the day the ant attack came back to takeover my imac. lets see what happens with this trap lol (though i don't believe it works)

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=211545&stc=1&d=1264022460

[neonkru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L99-x5MUx3U

how about using one of these? =D

[Trek2100]

ok fair enough if you dont like shrews , but they are really cute
you could get some ant eating insects too
for examples, braconid and chalcid wasps attack ants , spiders like the black widow eat ants and other creatures too
or some amphibious creatures like
the horned toad (actually a kind of lizard) is an ant connoisseur,
but the banded armadillo is a prime ant predator so its worth to have a look in getting one

I must be really fortunate, all of my Ants are dead.:( Or was that Aunts:confused: