Okay, the drought is making them bold, so the time has come to reduce the ant population some. So today, I, the Bait Master, mixed up a special blend of catfood, sugar, and borax (hoping to lure ants with both meaty tendencies and a sweet tooth). We'll see how well this one works. Usually I use one mix of sugar, water, and borax in one pile, and peanut butter and borax in another. This is more efficient, if it appeals to the little monsters. I want to try it on red ants, too, sometime.
So we'll see if they start trails to the yummy yummy food or not, and in a couple days, all activity should cease... or at least, seriously diminish.
Baited one outside (the outdoor orange cat, Sparky, was eager to eat this instead, but I cage it under a bowl and he was unable to get access, one in the kitchen at their favorite trail spot, one in the bathroom, and one in the front hall.
Did I mention the ants had been busy lately?
On another note... who wants a friendly, frisky, orange, male cat? We have a spare.