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10 Ways to Get Rid of Ants in Your House
Ants are determined little creatures and can be a real problem once they find their way into your house. They may be tiny, but they have us outnumbered by far, so if you kill a few the replacements just keep coming. If you find ants in your house how do you get rid of them and keep them out?
- Ant traps – There are several kinds of ant traps you can buy or you can make your own. Use honey or syrup for sweet ants or peanut butter for bait if they’re grease ants. Mix with boric acid powder for the poison and place in a container with small holes for the ants to enter. Place the traps near the ant trails and they’ll bring the poisoned bait back to the colony and poison the rest.
- Ant poison – There are many different ant poisons on the market, but the main ingredient is usually boric acid. The difference is how it’s applied and how it attracts ants. The granule type contains hydromethylnon and can be broadcast around your house for the ants to find and tote back to the colonies.
- Pesticide barriers – If you want to keep ants and all other insects away from your house there are commercial spray barriers that you can apply. Spray around the perimeter of your house plus around windows and doors. You can also use a lighter spray around the edges of your interior rooms.
- Don’t feed them – Ants won’t feel welcome in your home if you don’t have anything for them to eat. Make sure your counters are free of crumbs and spills. Don’t leave dirty dishes sitting around and keep all food in air-tight containers.
- Scent blockers – Ants leave a scent trail to follow so they can find their way back and forth from the food source to the nest. Peppermint spray, vinegar, cinnamon, pepper, cloves and bay leaves can all be used to hide their scent and confuse the ants.
- Keep out of yard – If you don’t want ants in your house make sure there aren’t any nests outside. If you find an ant hill or nest pour several gallons of boiling water over them to kill the ants and especially the queen.
- Block their entrance – Find out where the ants are getting in and block it off with caulk. Seal around windows, doors and any other openings. Also place diatomaceous earth around these areas. It’s a fine powder that kills ants by pulling all the moisture from their bodies.
- Corn meal and talc – Two other things ants hate are corn meal and talc. They will eat the corn meal and bring it back to the colony for the others. Then when they drink water the corn meal swells up and kills them. Baby powder or anything else that contains talc is also a deterrent and can be used to track down where they’re getting in and out.
- Kill scouts – If you see one ant you know there’s more around. They send scouts out to find new food sources, so make sure you kill the first one you see. You don’t want him getting back to the nest and leave a trail for others to follow.
- Fumigate – If all else fails, you can have your house fumigated. There are do-it-yourself bug bombs or you can hire a professional. Either way, you’ll have to vacate the premises with your pets and make sure there isn’t any exposed food.
Be careful about pets and small children when choosing what method to use and where to use it. Pesticides and poisons can be harmful to small animals and the environment, so you may want to stick to the more natural methods. Planting mint around your house can also be a natural deterrent, but the plants spread quickly and can be invasive. Also remember that ants can be more of a problem in overly rainy wet seasons. Their nests can get flooded out and they may want to move in with you. Be sure to let them know they’re not welcome.
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