hi.
hope you're well.
i think i have a
responsibility to let you know that i'm noticing some significant ant
infiltration in that side area, with the door and the windows (under the
steps). now, i want to be clear. i'm not talking about loose ants. i've
seen a few here and there - nothing alarming. what i'm talking about
are actual ant hills along the window sill. they seem to be burrowing
through the wood, as evidenced by these mounds of what look like shaved
wood chips. all i've ever seen are a few patrolling the entrance, but it
suggests that they want to move right in.
i noticed
this a while back, but i thought it was just loose dirt. i cleaned the
room up at the beginning of july. tonight, the wood mounds are back.
this time, i sprayed them.
there seems to be a large
network of them in the front yard. i've seen swarms of hundreds out
around the sewer grate, where i smoke. they seem to have two entrances,
there. what that suggests to me is significant tunnelling under the
front yard.
i don't have any suggestions. i've sprayed
the area. but i don't go in there very often. i guess what i'd be more
concerned about is the question of whether what they're doing is
structurally damaging. as mentioned - they seem to be eating right
through the windows. that can't be good...
j
