plagued by Dead Ants!

it is always a worry... at least on the draining board you knew where they were... now you don't...

this sentiment is because I have missed giving two spiders very bad headaches and they ran/hobbles off and now I do not know where they are

<looks around in fear>

hopefully to the great ant hill in the sky

Hooray, ants gone........ But where have they gone!

'Dead Ant' free draining board! Thankyou one and all for wit and wisdom

Those three ants must have been super-skinny! No wonder they died after struggling to squeeze past the plug

I think the plug was the real hero!

I have report only 3 dead ants this morning! Ana I think that blocking sink was good idea and the jeyes fluid helped. Or maybe rosesarered that the GNers ghost watch along with Aleas 'Dead Ant' chant scared them off! What ever it was I must not be too complacent as there was three dead ants. So same again please tonight

First chortle of the day on reading alea's Dead ant Dead ant post

right you are then!

Yes please! But no crumbs

May we all come round and do a sort of Ghost watch ( only an ant watch)
Overnight? We will bring cakes( for you and us, not the ants,)

Will do Ana. I've also put jeyes fluid down the plug hole!

It's a mystery! Try blocking the plughole tonight and see if it makes any difference.

Thank-you for your thoughts. I think there must be a nest somewhere close by. But not sure if they travel a distance to come in contact with ant powder. All other insects seem to be ok in garden. It is possible that they are coming up plug hole I know spiders do this. But it seems along journey up from drain to die like lemmings on my draining board. They are only there in morning that may be, because not using sink then. Kitchen window is double glazed (as is back door) the window ledge + back of sink is tiled so no sawdust. DH is going to dismantle sink cupboard on saturday if they are still there it will be one week of dead ants, but I guess there will be hundreds of ants to a nest!. I have designated my kitchen as a crumb free zone.

I'd be a bit concerned too, Cherrytree. There must be a nest in your kitchen somewhere - but it's strange they're all dying neatly on your draining board!

Is there any sign of sawdust or tiny holes in the woodwork? Have the ants got wings, or not?

My cat did that with spiders.

Do you have a cat cherrytree? it may be patting at them lovingly during the night.

I'm still baffled. But I'm ashamed of myself just heard on the radio about all those poor soles in a freezer lorry in Austria + I'm worried about a few dead ants!

Perhaps the cleaner you use on draining board and down plug hole sees them off?

I think our house is built on a massive ants nest. We are frequently spraying the skirting boards when they decide to have a mass migration. One day I fear the house will implode.
And wood lice too. We usually see one or two at night across the carpet. One night it was so romantic. Two woodlice set off from opposite ends of the carpet and waddled towards each other. Just like in the films. They then passed within an inch of each other with no recognition of each other's presence.

youtu.be/HhHwnrlZRus

If anybody has forgotten it
"dead ant, dead ant. . . . . . "

Are they coming up the plug'ole or the overflow, from the garden? In at a window over the sink?

Do they have wings? If so, is this the season for them to fly and mate then die?

<nods wisely>

definitely the pink panther

Have you checked the cupboard under the stairs recently?

Remember the Pink Panther theme tune?
'Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant, dead aaaaaant diddley dum"

At least they are dead - you must tell me how it's done!