[jyl]

Our kitchen is chronically invaded by these very small ants that go after food. Crumbs on the counter, fruit in the bowl, sugar in the crock, compost in the bin, cat food on the floor, anything. They seem to be indestructible. For the last few years, we've tried ant "traps" and diatomacetus earth, vinegar sprays and RAID. Only the last two work, but only temporarily and the last one stinks. As a result, the ants continue to search our kitchen and I've resorted to setting bowls of fruit in saucers of water. So far they have not learned to swim or make boats.

What should I do? For a while we were trying to avoid pesticides, but now I'd be happy to detonate a neutron bomb in my kitchen. Those being expensive, even on eBay, I'm going back to poison. Is there a better poison out there, for little ants?