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Fucking ants. They are all over my house, including the bedroom (where there is no food) and I have yet to figure out how to keep them away from my mouthguard (including hanging it from a goose-neck lamp and relocating it to the bathroom.)
Dishwasher was out second home improvement, after a dryer (which was significantly easier. Our counters are custon-for-a-short-Japanese-lady low, so we had to build a tall enough island and run water to it)
I do get ants a couple times a year, and have to bust out the terrible Tero traps, but those usually work pretty well.
I've been getting little gnats that the wind traps against my front door, but yesterday I discovered a spiderweb in a hidden corner whose owner has clearly been disposing of the majority that managed to get inside.
Go spiders! Choose spiders!
If I remember to spray around the windows once a year, I don’t get ants. If I forget, I will usually get them in the kitchen. Note to self: I should spray this weekend.
I had a problem with roaches for a while. I’m not especially filthy, but with one cat being a random nibbler (and underweight), I need to leave kibble out, so there is something to attract them. I started putting this stuff out that renders the next generation sterile, and now I just need to kill the occasional invader from outside. NC has some good size roaches.
I haven't seen any bugs in the condo, but in Otter Lake I get ants easily. No dishwasher there so I have to keep up with the dishes.
I was out with co-workers for goodbye drinks yesterday and had the opportunity to hand out one of my Buffista business cards! (They were talking about Homestuck fandom and saying "Yeah, it's a cult" and so I pulled out my Buffista business card that also says "Yes, we're in a cult.") Does anyone remember who made those? Because they are awesome! I've had them in my wallet for something like 20 years now!
I don't even remember those existing! That is awesome.
We get ants in the kitchen every spring, regardless of what we do. Apparently it happens to a ton of people in our neighborhood, because the neighborhood Facebook group is full of posts bitching about the return of the ants. Terro traps work, but I wish we could keep them from coming inside, period. But since it's a neighborhood-wide problem, I'm starting to think Northside is located over the world's largest ant colony.
Does anyone remember who made those?
Sounds like something DXM would do.