Update: The Ant Crisis

So far the preliminary results are startling. Sugar soaked cotton balls have virtually stopped ants on counter and in cat food bowl. I don't know if that is due to being diverted by peanut butter bait though. When given the choice between sugar/cotton and peanut butter they greatly prefer sugar/cotton. This is good because peanut butter bait seems ineffective, or at least slow acting. They continue to eat it but their numbers aren't diminishing on peanut butter front. Maybe we can declare a truce, peanut butter smeared walls for staying out of my kitchen. No, that will be a last effort resort. For now I'll stick with the cotton balls.