You can buy slow acting pesticide for ants in bait stations enclosed in plastic a handy mess free solution.
Ants coming up from carpet.
Clean and vacuum th.
Also lift up the rug if possible and sprinkle some of this powder under the rug.
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.
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.
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.
Make sure there is no accidental stash anywhere.
But gel formulations which come in squeezable or syringe type tubes are even more.
Sprinkle boric acid powder all over the carpet and allow to remain on the carpet for one hour then vaccuum.
The same can t be said of carpenter ants which feed on rotten or damp wood potentially damaging windows doors or even structural framing in the process carpenter ants are about 1 4 to 1.
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.
The easiest way to kill ants that are running around your home like rampaging orcs is to suck them up with a vacuum cleaner.
Ants will only go where there are resources.
For a long term solution find out why the ants are coming in from outdoors and hitting your carpet.
Many people get stumped about this problem.
The best thing to do is to go outside find the source that you are dealing with.
Ants on the carpet is it is a weird situation because you don t necessarily need to treat the actual carpet.
Is there food left out anywhere.
I know i was.
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.
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.
Proceed to stalk your house with it and attack any unsuspecting ants you see doing their daily errands.
There is a football sized lump under the carpet.