I know i was.
Ants coming up from carpet.
Could it be a colony that the vacuuming shook up.
Sprinkle boric acid powder all over the carpet and allow to remain on the carpet for one hour then vaccuum.
Last year i noticed that a lot of dead ants were turning up on my living room windowsill and the floor in front of the window.
Proceed to stalk your house with it and attack any unsuspecting ants you see doing their daily errands.
Make sure there is no accidental stash anywhere.
But gel formulations which come in squeezable or syringe type tubes are even more.
Finding an ant infestation under carpet is not a small thing after all you can t simply pull up your whole carpet to get rid of them.
Ants on the carpet is it is a weird situation because you don t necessarily need to treat the actual carpet.
The same can t be said of carpenter ants which feed on rotten or damp wood potentially damaging windows doors or even structural framing in the process carpenter ants are about 1 4 to 1.
Many people get stumped about this problem.
The day after vacuuming my carpet there were dozens of carpenter ants inside the carpet dying being eaten by their kin or freely wandering around.
You can buy slow acting pesticide for ants in bait stations enclosed in plastic a handy mess free solution.
It took me a while to come up with ways to deal with these pesky little critters and i had to check the internet for ideas too.
The easiest way to kill ants that are running around your home like rampaging orcs is to suck them up with a vacuum cleaner.
Ants are being attracted to your apartment because there is a strong smell of food coming from it they are looking for food.
Don t worry you don t need those expensive gimmicky models that you see on tv just a cheap one will work just as well.
They were just regular sized black ants less than 1 4 long not sure exactly how big they all had wings and when i saw them they were either dead or dying.
Also lift up the rug if possible and sprinkle some of this powder under the rug.
There is a football sized lump under the carpet.
So we know that this customer is dealing with ants that randomly come up here.
For a long term solution find out why the ants are coming in from outdoors and hitting your carpet.
The best thing to do is to go outside find the source that you are dealing with.