Get Rid of Ants
Edited by Charmed, Nate Pepperell, Eng, Ephraim and 8 others
Ants may be beneficial as they usually help in the killing of pests such as bedbugs and fleas. However, they can be a nuisance if they invade your home in their large numbers. Understanding where the ants come from holds the key in eradicating them. Whenever ants invade our homes, they are usually driven by the desire to find food. We therefore need to store our food properly if we want to get rid of the ants. By creating barriers and storing our food properly, we will be able to get rid of these ants. The following are some of the tips that will help you get rid of the ants.There are many kinds of ants out there. They have the queen, scout ants, etc. They get near foods. So make sure your foods are kept in the right place. And prevent your food from getting pathogenic microorganism inducing sicknesses. A food placed at the table without cover will attract ants. That's how strong the sense of smell the ants have. From their hiding place to the food at the table. Even foods at the cabinet will also attract ants. So do not store foods which are not totally sealed in the cabinet. Or else it would be the food source of ants. In the cabinet you may store unopened packages, can goods, noodles, etc. Sugars in a container placed in the cabinet is sometimes attacked by ants. However, ants are good when they remove pests.
- 1 Helpful Instructions
- 2 Household Items You Can Use to Solve Your Ant Problems
- 3 Methods to Control Ants
- 4 To Kill Ants Directly
- 5 Prevention of Ants
- 6 Tips
- 7 Questions and Answers
- 7.1 How to stop ants from roaming around the table?
- 7.2 How to prevent ants from climbing our table?
- 7.3 Does camphor drive out ants?
- 7.4 Do mint leaves repel ants or any other insects?
- 7.5 What is your observation about ants, if ants are going to your bed? How do you kill that without chemical?
- 7.6 How does the ants go into closed jars, etc?
- 8 Comments
Helpful Instructions
- 1Since ants are small creatures, they will always find a way to our homes through the tiny holes in our homes. Some of these holes are easy to identify, while others are not. We can however identify such holes by carefully following the marching ants. Whenever we identify such holes, we should always cover them.Barricading Your Home.
- 2Use caulk to seal doors, windows and other cracks that ants use to gain access to your house. By using caulk you will be able to control the temperature in your home. Moreover, the use of caulk does not pose a health threat to your pets or kids.Use Caulk.
- 3You can also get rid of ants by applying ant repellents. Ant repellents refer to the substances that the ants do not like. They include whole cloves, bay leaves, black pepper, cinnamon, vinegar, cayenne pepper and peppermint oil. Ants hate the smell of these repellents and will therefore keep away. One of the disadvantages of the ant-repellents is that may irritate our curious children and may harm our pets.Apply the Ant-Repellents.
- 4Once you identify the spot at which the ants are entering your home, use chalk or baby powder to throw a line. This will repel the ants because of the presence of talcum powder in both baby powder or chalk.Use Baby Powder or Chalk.
- 5Do not leave food crumbs on the floor as these are what will drive the ants in your home.Last but not least, store your food properly especially those that are sugary.
Household Items You Can Use to Solve Your Ant Problems
One might be amazed to see ants lining up while getting their food. These tiny insects may represent the epitome of being industrious and cooperative, but they can still be a sore sight to see. Fortunately, there is no need to hire or contract the services of an exterminator to put an end to your ant problems. Most of the items you will need are actually just in your own house. These common household items are not only very cheap, but they are also very effective as anti-ant solutions.
- 1Mix one part of vinegar with one part of water. Use this mixture to wipe your counter tops, tables and other surfaces that ants are frequently spotted in. The smell of the vinegar is enough to drive these insects away. In addition, by wiping the surface with vinegar and water, you are also removing the scent trail that serves as their guide on where to go..Vinegar.
- 2Boiling water is definitely the sure-fire secret to killing the ant colony. Weeds popping between cracks may also be conducive as a breeding ground of these tiny yet pestering insects. Spraying or pouring boiling water on these cracks regularly may do the trick.Boiling water.
- 3Yes, baby powder is not only for the comfort of your little ones. It can also be an answer to your ant problems. Baby powder contains talcum, a strong and natural ant repellent. Sprinkling baby powder on ants' entry points or in their usual trails will scare them away from foraging your house.Baby powder.
- 4Mix equal parts of Borax with syrup or jelly to make a deadly bait for these pestering ants. Store the Borax bait in areas that are very visible and accessible to these ants. The sweetness of the syrup or jelly will lure them in and the harmful chemicals in Borax will spell a death sentence for these insects. The chemicals in Borax are known to be dangerous and damaging to the digestive systems of ants.Borax.
- 5All those extra herbs and spices you have not consumed in your cooking will come in handy as you try to find a remedy to your ant problems. Cinnamon, mint, chili pepper, garlic and other strong-smelling herbs can be effective ant repellents. Their strong scent will make those insects turn their backs and leave your house. You can also leave some of these herbs in your cabinets to ensure that they will no longer be appealing to these ants.Herbs and spices.
- 6If your kids like to use chalk and draw lines everywhere in your house, you can put their playfulness to good use. Drawing lines using chalk in ants' usual hiding areas and trails could be an effective remedy. Calcium carbonate, an ingredient in the chalk powder, is another ant repellent. Literally, this will help draw the line. If ants also frequent your garden plants, you can try scattering or sprinkling chalk powder.Chalk.
- 7Though it is a healthy drink loved by humans, it is also a smell detested by ants. The lemon treatment could be your insecticide to fight off these insects. It is as simple as squirting lemon juice into cracks, holes and surfaces where you usually see these ants.Lemon juice.
Methods to Control Ants
- 1Clean messy tables of foods, and clean up leftovers. The kind of ants that search for their foods are the scout ants. Even if their camp is far from the dining table, they can sense the food sources because of the scout ants looking for foods and returning back to their home to inform the other ants about the found foods.Sweet foods are what ants usually like.
To Kill Ants Directly
- 1Tap the sticky tape to them then squeeze and that will kill them.
- 2Once you identified the primary source, pour water to the nest. A boiling water will work. If you use liquid solution you try to use nicotine water. Other method is to make a crater in the anthill and fill this crater with baking soda halfway. Then put vinegar. If it creates a hole what you can remedy to it is to plant grass to cover the dug ground.Track the path of their chemical trail.
- 3This will expose the ants with low pH and kills them.Spray a mixture of vinegar and water.
- 4The procedure is same with corn meal. When ants eat this their stomach becomes bloated and they eventually die.Give them wheat flour to kill ants.
- 5Squash the ants using your fingers, then wash afterwards since ants are stinky.
- 6Ants dislike Distribute orange peel around the ant's anthill. As I observed even there are citrus fruits in the table, there is still ants that roam around the table if there is leftovers of food. However, it is supposed that they refrain from getting to the table.So having a citrus fruit in our table would make the ants refrain from going to our table.
Prevention of Ants
- 1The calcium carbonate that the chalk have will let the ants go away.Draw barrier using a chalk.
- 2Sprinkle salt around such as in the windows.
- 3Sprinkle cayenne pepper around cracks but make sure it is away from animals so it won't be licked.
- 4You kill their source. The queen is located at the inner part of the nest because it is shy.Killing the queen will be the best way to kill a group of ants.
- 5This is a kind of citrus that ants dislike. The lemon juice's citrus smell prevent ants from appearing.Squish lemon juice around the outdoor surfaces to get rid of ants.
- 6To protect the pet's bowl from ants apply petroleum jelly around the edges.
- 7Put a jar of honey in a tree on summer so the ants will focus on that honey and not go to your kitchen.
- 8Spray vinegar.
Tips
- Observe the ants. One ant can gather into many. So do the prevention to not make them gather in the food.
- Despite the bad effects of ants in the kitchen kill them only when at the kitchen or house but not outside because they are beneficial for the environmental food chain.
- When you handle nicotine make sure you are wearing a rubber gloves.
- The ants may return to thrive so observe and apply the methods to destroy ants again.
Questions and Answers
How to stop ants from roaming around the table?
You can do this to stop ants from climbing up the table:
- 1get a double sided tape and put it on each leg of table
- 2sprinkle cinnamon on tape
- 3ants do not like cinnamon
- 4enjoy an ant-free table
How to prevent ants from climbing our table?
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Does camphor drive out ants?
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Do mint leaves repel ants or any other insects?
Lots of insects in my house such as ants
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What is your observation about ants, if ants are going to your bed? How do you kill that without chemical?
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How does the ants go into closed jars, etc?
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