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Good news
A bit of good news: a while ago a swarm of insects burrowed upwards out of the crack on the perimeter of the stone slab that our furnace is on, in the basement. One of the anthills was over eight inches across!
I got some ant poison and sprayed the hell out of them, and they all died. But a few days ago, we spotted more insects. Some of them had long pale wings, and they matched online photos of subterranean termites. Needless to say, we weren't happy.
We were even LESS happy that our former exterminator continued, for some unknown reason, to not return any of our calls. But there was no time to screw around, so we called a new exterminator. They came by today to check the basement, and here's the good news: they're not termites. They're ants. Harmless ants, not carpenter ants. All we need to do is get some particular kind of ant poison and put it on the cracks; it sticks in the cracks and will keep any more ants from coming up.
Whew!
I got some ant poison and sprayed the hell out of them, and they all died. But a few days ago, we spotted more insects. Some of them had long pale wings, and they matched online photos of subterranean termites. Needless to say, we weren't happy.
We were even LESS happy that our former exterminator continued, for some unknown reason, to not return any of our calls. But there was no time to screw around, so we called a new exterminator. They came by today to check the basement, and here's the good news: they're not termites. They're ants. Harmless ants, not carpenter ants. All we need to do is get some particular kind of ant poison and put it on the cracks; it sticks in the cracks and will keep any more ants from coming up.
Whew!