# I have had it with these MF sugar ants in my MF kitchen!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-it-with-these-mf-sugar-ants-in-my-mf-kitchen/595410>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 6, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-it-with-these-mf-sugar-ants-in-my-mf-kitchen/595410 "2011-09-06T17:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-it-with-these-mf-sugar-ants-in-my-mf-kitchen/595410/41 "2011-09-08T15:51:39Z")

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I tried a lot of things, but “Orange Guard” seemed to work best. It’s not poisonous to humans, it has a strong orange peel scent but it’s not too objectionable. I kept spraying it wherever I saw ants inside or outside, in fact I think what finally solved my problem was finding the outside trails they had going up the side of my house and dousing them daily with Orange Guard.

And of course you have to keep all food and drink inside sealed and crumbs and drips off of everything.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-had-it-with-these-mf-sugar-ants-in-my-mf-kitchen/595410/42 "2011-09-08T19:43:00Z")

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_There’s ants in the kitchen, baby; thought I’d let you know.  
There’s ants in the kitchen, baby; thought I’d let you know.  
Two right there making off with the stereo._

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