Ant Problem

Every once in a while our house is invaded by those annoying little black ants that are so common in Southern California. The common name of these species is the Argentine Ant, named after their country of origin.

I hate walking into the kitchen and discovering that these creatures have discovered some source of food and are now going to and fro on their trail, from food to their nest. No matter what I do, I can't get rid of them because they keep coming back.

I smashed as many as I could but there are too many to smash; plus I can't wait around all day for them to come into the kitchen. I tried spraying but soon that wears off and they return. If I try to catch all of them and throw them outside, they'll just find their way back into my house. Sometimes I think about building a big wall around the house but I doubt that this will deter them.

It seems that their numbers steadily increase, too. I tell you, if my food weren't properly stored, soon they would devour it all and eat me out of house and home. One thing I thought of was that instead of throwing old or unwanted food into the garbage, maybe I could leave it out for the ants and let them eat the stuff that no one else wants. But I'd have to be careful because soon they'd be looking around for more and would start taking away the food that I want to eat.

What is going to keep these ants away??? No matter how I try to prevent them from coming into the house, they come. Why? Because they're looking for food, that's why. Oh, wait a minute.. duh, if I had no food in my house, maybe they would stay away. That's right - take away the reason for them coming, and then they won't come any more. Why didn't I think of that sooner?

Anyway, sorry to digress. I was going to discuss the current mess with immigration reform that is taking place in this country but I don't really feel like writing any more right now. I wrote too much about those black ants that keep invading my house.