Up until now, all I saw were tiny little ants in Rita's dry food
bowl.
Cleaned that up, powdered the floor, sprayed the immidiate
infestation, put down ant traps, and put her dish on a plate with
water.  Problem solved.  Yeah, I saw one or two on the counter, but I
probably dragged them up with me at one time.

This morning I found another one or two on the counter. Ick.  Cleaned
them up, put away
the clean dishes, emptied the dishwasher and refilled it.

A couple of hours later, my friend showed up to visit for awhile. I
went into the kitchen to
cook lunch.  ANTS ANTS ALL OVER THE COUNTER!  Hundreds of them!
Ewww!!
So...I cleaned off the counters and started pouring white vinegar
liberally everywhere,
and started mopping.....
Then I opened the dishwasher. It had MILLIONS of the little buggers!
Looks like something must have hatched recently, and under or inside
the dishwasher!  *shudder*  It was black with them.

So....sprayed Raid liberally, and ran the dishwasher twice to clean
them out.  Then I saw another one on the counter, so I got out my
dollar store bottles of cinnamon and started sprinkling.  All over the
floor, inside the dishwasher, especially around the seals, and now I
haven't seen an ant in hours.

I'm calling management first thing Monday morning.  There's a nest
somewhere nearby.
So far, they're not in the cupboards, preferring to stay with the
water and sink.
*sigh*  Thank God I got into the habit of sealing all food up tightly
when I first moved south.

As for Rita, she doesn't care. She's having too much fun chasing the
beetles that come in the patio door.  I find squished bodies in my
living room once in awhile.

Jane
- owned and operated by Princess Rita, and apparently by a billion
ants.