Pests

So where we've moved to is amazingling gorgeous. It comes with its pests though. We're currently waging the war of the ants. We're guessing they live under our siding. And I've found a couple of the eight-legged and "hundred" - legged variety in our basement too. There's a wash bucket on my laundry room windowsill that trapped this spider. The day before it had trapped a 2 inch house centipede. Now I know these are helpful creatures (and non-poisonous) but they sure do trip me out. The picture on the left is our mailbox. We're guessing the ants use our warm, black mailbox as some sort of incubator. It's amazing how fast they can transport these larva type things. They can empty quite quickly. I've learned if I just keep the door of the mailbox open it keeps the temperature down and they don't like it. Anyway, we buying the name-brand ant killer that everyone swears by but our issue seems to be bigger than one dose so we've taken to doing it ourselves. Go borax and sugar!