I just SAVED all my TARANTULAs from a POTENTIAL M4SS4CRE !!!

[@JakeFromYoutube]

Tip, don't squish ants. When you do, they release a pheromone that attracts other ants. Also, I highly recommend Terro liquid ant traps. They're basically filled with borax, which they think is food, so they take it back to the colony. Unfortunately for them, the borox is deadly and takes just enough time for them to send the other ants to get the rest and bring it back. Eventually, it takes out the entire colony.

[@jessicapayne8622]

Told someone not to vacuum them up…. What do you recommend, poison wise?? I’m in the uk! Cheers!

[@JakeFromYoutube]

​@@jessicapayne8622oh my gosh not the vacuum 😂😂 and like I said I'm a big fan of the Terro traps but you have to kind of let them go to town on them for it to work so you'll have quite a few ants around the trap. So if that isn't desirable I'd recommend Ortho, they make great stuff, specifically their indoor and outdoor barrier spray. You spray it where ever you don't want ants or other bugs, not on carpet though. It is completely pet and kid safe once it dries, it's not really toxic to the touch when wet but it is if ingested so that's something to be mindful of. Outside of that, I'd recommend Raid spray ant killer but I only use that outside really.

[@lordalbertfondlebottomxiii5249]

​@@jessicapayne8622Diatomaceous earth works pretty well for ants

[@beyond-the-night]

I was going to mention this, but also don't leave the dead ants in the tarantula room because that will also attract other ants. When we get the occasional ants in our house, we kill them and flush them down the toilet.

[@sil2c]

i vacuumed an entire colony of ants one time, they got out, but i put them into a jar (somehow), and threw the jar on a campfire

[@ailospjellok7475]

ants are pretty cool, wanna know whats not cool? uncontrolled ant colonies, thats one of the most dangerous things on the planet, no joke

[@Aced.369]

yerrrrr

[@DarkWarriorZ710]

That's so true.

[@Staycalm2010]

Also might need to wash floors and surfaces to get rid of the scent trails that ants leave behind

[@ElysetheEevee]

I can't recall, but I believe unless you use like bleach or specific chemicals, they can reestablish the trail. I'd think there'd be a way to confuse their trails and direct them elsewhere, though, maybe?

[@toasty5296]

diatomaceous earth is non toxic and will annihilate any bugs getting in your room. just leave a little barrier. its like razorwire for insects

[@lordalbertfondlebottomxiii5249]

Can confirm. And it kills mechanically meaning it'll never lose its effectiveness like traditional pesticides.

[@lifeofyooms3026]

Cool! Didn't know that and I have some lol

[@wolf_charmer110]

I have to agree that it works really well for ant problems but I wouldn't recommend spreading that through the tarantula room, imagine how easily airborne particles could get into the tarantula enclosures and harm them.

[@starkolurodon]

it will also kill Ts, so it isn't safe for near your T enclosures.

[@connorrobson9431]

I keep ants myself and i completely agree with your concern and you irradicating them as they can be a menace when loose in largae colonies so i hope they dont kill your beautiful tarantulas

[@Jktiaa]

You’re my favourite KZbinr right now like ur videos are so funny and I just binge watch them whenever I can!!! I am super super scared of spiders but your videos have made me soften up to them a bit and I was actually so shocked to see how cool tarantulas can be.. Like I didn’t know they could be purple and blue are u kidding me???😭 I love it so much

[@robinhart5741]

Sprinkle cinnamon anywhere you have ants...at the door way at windows won't hurt your animals and smells great.... something for your yard sprinkle Borax yes the laundry soap! Also it's awesome for your carpets sprinkle on let it sit 10 minutes and vacuum!

[@skyypieee]

Yess!!! This!!

[@thefink95]

“Lord have mercy on me… *unintelligble* OHHHHH! - Really? No superworm for you then.” -Exotics Lair

[@DarkWarriorZ710]

🤣🤣💀

[@dunoob101]

Windex kills ants quick and is safe around other animals. Also make your own bait. Borax and honey is amazing and pretty safe

[@BrandonH58]

The active ingredient Fipronil should work on all ant species. I would recommend putting it in areas where active ant trails are rather than in their nest, or near their nest. Sometimes if it's too close they can feel threatened, and not take to the bait. If you're able to get your hands on a spray called Terimidor (or any spray with Fipronil) spray it around your home during ant season.

[@hundiakjohn]

Use powder chalk ants don't like chalk and its safe to use inside around pets try using a chalk stick and draw circles around theant mounds

[@chayah_luv]

Food grade diatomaceous earth. Sprinkle it around your windows. Put it around your empty containers. Under the sinks and cabinets.

[@masonbucior9227]

Definitely scrolled too far for this suggested, D-earth is a life saver for those or us who actually like getting rid of ants without horrible chemicals.

[@dudder2008]

This might be a Stupid question but isent the properties that makes it harmful to ants also dangerous for the spiders ?

[@masonbucior9227]

@@dudder2008 not a stupid question, it absolutely would be dangerous for them were they to be crawling through it. With care and some amount of isolation, it should be possible to use it and not effect his spiders.

[@swannswann5641]

Imagine you rob this guys house and you suddenly hear “wanna eat” and an army of spiders comes and eats you

[@DFVideos-e8p]

I own a type of insect which happens to be another number 1 ant enemy because I own 2 praying mantids if ants get into my room the praying mantids are dead that’s so scary

[@therealxyris]

20 likes no comments lemme fix that!

[@schmingbeefin4473]

And that would be?

[@Itstrulyuptoyou]

ant lion?

[@sleepymonsteraddict]

You don't need to apologize for killing these ants, it is not cool to kill ants and I would always say leave them be, but in this situation it's your responsibility as a tarantula keeper to protect your pets. If they starts making their nest in one of the enclosures inside, you will lose 100s of animals. So it's better to kill one colony than have an entire room of exotic animals pass away.

[@zopilotzin1]

You could also try the chalk that ants canada use. I also struggle with ants in my turtle garden, luckily only crazy black ants get in not fire ants.

[@Jr0890]

Mix in a tiny bit of sugar… I know you said it smelled sweet, but they are definitely attracted to sugar…regardless of species

[@giorgiogherardini3958]

5:53 LOOK AT THAT! BEAUTIFUL

[@gnosgnel7202]

Why not feed those poisoned roach to the ants? Probably would work...

[@cjcilz27]

That ant bait you drop some near the ants and leave it, and hope the colony takes some to the queen. If the queen eats it, it will die thusly eradicating the colony. Sometimes the ants don’t eat it immediately, but most species eventually will if they are hungry.

[@JayOLair64]

Tarantula: "I keep them as pets" Roach" "na I let my spiders eat them". LOL😂

[@Foltynsbiggestfan]

Imagine if Ant Canada sees this video 😂.

[@WeezeCeCe]

Fr and I am a fan of that channel-

[@Lo0ny_T0ons]

Ants Canada will go to war with Exotic lair

[@reptiles2014]

I hope he sees it though

[@sleepymonsteraddict]

They are friends and besides I think he would do the same in this situation, or maybe try to move the colony somehow. This is to save all these tarantulas, so I think AC would understand it is needed to do this. He himself has seen the destructive power of ant colonies entering his own enclosures. IN his big vivarium he even added predators and plants to get rid of that one invasive colony, so in a sense he has done the same before.

[@flameevil]

Mikey has ever destroyed invasive fire ants colony outside his house

[@yureddois19]

So, I was passing by the same issue and I did one thing that might help you, well, try to put the spray around all the windows and doors, and try to buy a spay that does not affect plants because they're less strong but strong enough to kill ants, of course, that you must put it just in the windows and doors don't do that near your tarantulas, I know this is a lot to do, but It worked for me and I hope it works to you too.

[@TigerSira]

So... I have heightened empathy... I literally have empathy with plants... So I have made rules to myself as to when it is okay to kill which are for food, to protect yourself or your property and when something is suffering... Killing these ants are okay since you are protecting yourself/your property 🤷🏻‍♀️ if someone who literally can't kill flies and someone who feed ants says it isn't wrong to kill them then i would say its okay 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@horsecrazypeep101]

And unfortunately it’s a part of nature for creatures to die. The main moral should just be don’t kill unnecessarily. It was either the ants or the tarantulas in this case.

[@Nova-cb3fv]

Put peppermint oil around the rim of your doors & windows of your T room until you get rid of the ants. Ants will not cross peppermint oil.

[@TRANSFORMEDmime23]

Ortho is good too keep ants away. Sprinkle it outside there perimeter of this room and anywhere you see ants. It's smells horrible but works well.

[@Pixelrifte]

I just came back to this channel, the nostalgia is hitting hard..

[@ZiomekDuszek]

9:00 Those 2 OK roaches probably are the ones immune to poison of that type XD thats how we make over time better and better pests :D

[@angieferret7723]

We’ve got fire ants here in SC it hurts like hell when they bite then itches for over a week. I raise chicks and the ants will try to crawl into the eggs and eat the babies before they can even fully hatch

[@kongthao7754]

I don't blame you dude, i have lots of ant issues too, and my dad gets pissed off about it.

[@luciferakuma]

try backing powder with sugar, the ants like it and will eat it a lot so they die on it, we use it always in our shop where we dont want ants running around!

[@lifeofyooms3026]

I mixed 1:1 ratio of borax and cooked egg yolk. Got rid of the ant problem. 😂

[@ElricKyra]

Dawn PowerWash bottles. You can aim and it's effective at killing things with a carapace on it. Should be able to use it without hitting your trantulas and deal with the ants.

[@brezyden]

who else misses the the yellow spider (forgot it’s name) :(

[@babebee999]

are you talking about ms lord have mercy?

[@Lion09887]

Is it the huntsman spider that was yellow

[@zopilotzin1]

Yeah i think he means the OG OBT

[@Tzilla-Rex]

OBT is orange

[@taydoemyers4295]

Og OBT was yellow/orange

[@molly4lillytheslayer282]

Time to get ant colonies... Arachnophobia... ants... PROTECT ME

[@Nook_Miis]

my street also has an ant issue, I use diatomaceous earth around doors and windows, although you could also use it as a natural plant supplement as well I know that father fish uses it for his aquarium dirt mix, anyway the stuff is a chalk white powder that interferes with the ants exoskeleton, I've also had a friend tell me to mix borax and Sugar, the way I see it the queen ant needs to be taken out of the situation or maybe find some native predator that can keep the numbers down, hope that helps.

[@Justmarrie87]

Use a hot glue and blow cinnamon on it.. to put around your windows. And that stuff around the building.

[@Steph-xl3nq]

The problem I’ve had is when you put poison or kill ants outside they just go inside even more. Try natural oils inside and boric acid mixture outside. Also surround your enclosures with sticky fly paper or chalk.

[@chaley2935]

We have a granulated bait we place outside around the house that tends to control them.

[@anubis20049999]

Sprinkle Diamataceous Earth. Once they eat it or touch it, it will start to work almost instantly and dry them up.

[@staceyh8395]

if you wanna get rid of ants use terro, they love the stuff and it acts quickly

[@pieisgod12345]

Apparently the main ingredient in some traps in America is borax, yes the cleaning stuff. See if mixing borax with something or buying borax traps works. Be careful though, it can cause liver failure in humans and pets if injested, so not a super bad type of poison but problems. See if that works

[@tjrage1]

The company who made the insecticide who he just flamed, '' would be a shame if someone put ants in your room'' XD

[@Reptilescarfacemoma]

3:43 Empires of the undergrowth music starts playing:

[@benabernathy9272]

Tarro is the best ant poison

[@MeMelon4u]

eucalyptus oil is great at keeping ants away,even if u dip a piece of cotton and keep they will leave

[@Suger_Queen]

You know you can hire people aka professionals to get rid of your ant problem by giving you a strong poison almost any ant will eat and put that poison in a little special plastic bait trap where only ants can get to the poison and give you a bottle of poison you can refill the traps whenever you want I had an ant problem at my house inside and it works so well!❤❤

[@yodauaaaaaa]

Look at that, BEAUTIFULLL 🤣 took me out

[@mariohoehlein8011]

Ants are a tricky pest to deal with. If you can’t find the nest

[@SakuraAsranArt]

Sprinkle the powder on a small chunk of meat and see if that helps

[@susansusan6612]

I found peppermint oil repels ants and a lot of other things….. but I wouldn’t use it inside with the tarantulas.

[@jenniferbarney7952]

I just mix some plain vinegar and dawn soap and put in a spray bottle it makes some cheap and effective bug spray that won't poison your dogs or cats. Spray around the doors and where the bugs cross through and see if that helps. JAB - Portland, Oregon USA.

[@RafikisAnts]

as an ant keeper this is 100% necessary sometimes

[@ACW1971]

What spray do you use on the ants

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Ants are a force to be reckoned.

[@sarek_-4680]

There’s a special chalk you can use to stop them getting in I can’t remember the name of it but antscanada did a video on it tho should give you some peace of mind

[@ItzzCalamariGt]

As an myrmecophile, make sure to not squish the ants, set up ant traps or just collect them as seal off how they are getting in.

[@ItzzCalamariGt]

Other comments are amazing ideas as well

[@enkerzan3755]

That stuff is not gonna work in the long term. You need to poor vinegar around your perimeter like I suggested the last time you had a problem, and find the nest and flame it.

[@chillmushroom6016]

Ant canada gonna be mad at you 😂

[@thebacon8r874]

I was just about to mention him 🤣🤣

[@S0NIC43]

Nah, he wouldn't. Like that other commentator said, yk what's cool? Ants? Yk what's not cool? Uncontrolled colonies of ants.

[@Bughut]

this happened to me once and i was terrified i needed to remake my hole tank 😪

[@Boogersssssssss]

Ants one time ruined a whole family size box of my coco pebbles

[@shirleyjackson3893]

They got into my jar of peanut butter. I don't know how. 😮

[@timboggs8237]

I get terro ant traps and it works wonders

[@Marinda39]

I just use Cinnamon. Had a lot of ants outside and cinnamon day later they were gone😅

[@Mujisu5102]

As an ant keeper, I DECLARE WAR!

[@Snake-hp7vr]

Why are the ants only targeting him...

[@ars98313]

All ants eat sugar no matter what spices

[@Taffy_vr]

That brick holy sh1t how much ants😂

[@Guadalupeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

You should get a savannah monitor lizard!!!

[@tylermobley8790]

Those ants may have multiple queens so if they do and are all in your room, your tarantulas are probably cooked

[@ObamAmerican48]

I've had ant problems this summer. My usual defense, Amdro, isn't working. I don't have any tarantulas so they're just a nuisance. The goal of the ant ki!!er substances is for the workers to take it to the queen, who theoretically d!es after consuming the ant ki!!er, which theoretically ki!!s the colony.

[@IdlanHakimiRashid]

Mix sugar on the poison

[@sydtem6691]

Fipronil is an active ingredient um i recommend Regent company name of Bayer Bayer

[@taramarez7498]

Ant alone= weak😮‍💨 Ants together = TOO STRONG😈 Tarantula's fate= In jeopardy 😱 E.L. plan=100% EFFECTIVE 👍

[@SoulKiller7Eternal]

Exotic Lair: The ants got to die. AntsCanada: I feel like something is wrong. Edit: As someone who loves spiders but hates ants...I aint unsubbing for that. lol if you started taking care of wasps though??? Yea...

[@masteranimatronic1244]

Water ants don't like sweet things

[@The_dice.]

AntsCanada would be traumatized

[@Lion09887]

Exotic you should really invest in getting raid we were dealing with a horrible ant problem early in the summer after we sprayed the edges they never came back

[@Devilishcat-y9n]

use Clorox on where u think they can enter and overtime they will stop entering that area

[@Eeveeleafz]

"Let me smell it" Bro the directions on the back said to wear gloves and a mask so I don't think you should be smelling the ant poison

[@IdlanHakimiRashid]

That was a satilite nest it means theres more nests

[@Alex-r2t1m]

What about a tarantula hawk wasp 😮

[@DannyDenton1972]

If you mix the package of poison with a little suger / icing sugar, the ants would be more inclined to eat the mix !!

[@Logan_gt01]

Ngl exotics is the best tarantula keepers in my opinion

[@gorgha3988]

How the heck does this guy CONSTANTLY have so much issue with mold and ants? None of the other keepers I watch have the same issues... and if they do it's like a couple specs of mold and they instantly change it. Is it because of the location? Or is buddy doing something really wrong?

[@jeivens1964]

Probably due to the tropical location.

[@ash1eyrose]

No drainage layer? Idk

[@JeanKP14]

He lives somewhere very hot and humid

[@Littlelillypewee]

Hot and humid. Great conditions for insects. They can get out of control quickly.

[@SarabellaScotland]

You done the right thing

[@Xyron-y8n]

Sprinkle cinnamon bro at the windows doors where the ants are sprinkle cinnamon

[@jaxrey2096]

How did you get all of those roches

[@NaruNerd100]

Someone call ants Canada

[@benjaminclifford2095]

Little babies, nah sexy monsters 😂😍

[@JayOLair64]

My main phobia is ants, I love spiders.🕷️🕷️🕷️

[@noahgray7640]

I gave a ant mountain dew once and it died on the spot lol

[@pollyanna5928]

Nope. You put the powder in the bottom of the tub with the roaches, knowing they couldn’t climb the sides so they had little choice but to interact with it. However, with the ants, you put the powder on the top of the outer part of the lid while the ants were huddled together on the inside upper corner of the lid, giving them ample space to avoid the powder and never really interact with it at all unless by choice. That’s not a fair experiment, so I don’t see how you can legitimately say that the product works with one but not the other when their settings were vastly different 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Imtrippymane9]

Watch it again it's not on the top outer box it's inside the box. It's hard to see to be fair

[@ImALazyGamer22]

Use diatomaceous earth.

[@talktothehand970]

Icing sugar and borax (powdered bleach) mixed together

[@MiniYsuAngel]

if you locate ant nests use boiling water..

[@War_pig69420]

EXOTICS LAIR good job. I'd do anything for my 2 ts.

[@anabanananaa]

SPIES, SPIES I TELL YOU! ANTS CANADA SENT THEM!🐜

[@ars98313]

Ants I like ants but not when there trying to take over my house and if they found those tarantulas the tarantulas will not have a good time at all

[@jasonsalvesen273]

Ants will escape thru holes on tub????

[@Highgear145]

Get a shop vacuum