2006-06-22 07:41:46 · 13 answers · asked by cajun girl 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
There are two good alternatives to sprays for ants. The least toxic is to sprinkle ground cyanne pepper around the places where they are getting into your house. The ants will take this back to the nest, try to eat it, get irritated by it and look elsewhere for food. Another option is to place plastic discs containing poisioned ant bait near the places where you see them coming into the house. They crawl inside, take the bait back to the nest and die after they eat it. I have had good success using both methods. The only drawback to the cyanne method is that it doesn't actually kill the ants and they may come back to the house once the pepper is gone.
Another good thing to do is figure out what is drawing ants into the house. Look for spilled sticky liquids, food crumbs etc on the floor. Cleaning this up in addition to one of the above methods gives the longest lasting results.
2006-06-22 07:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Ivory liquid dish cleansing soap. blend some oz. in a pair of gallons of water. Then locate the anthill or nest and soak it with the soapy water. you additionally can positioned a bead of finished capability cleansing soap around the thresholds of the domicile.....ants won't bypass it. This additionally works nicely for earwigs.
2016-10-31 07:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by aguas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some sugar and boric acid, mix them together, and put it where the ants are coming from, (if you find the nest), or along the trail leading into your house. They will take it back to the nest and it will kill them.
I wish you well..
Jesse
2006-06-22 07:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sprinkle some cayenne pepper around any points of entry.
Also, make sure that you keep your home clean & free of crumbs and other food sources. Keep pantry foods in tightly-closed containers & wipe down counters, etc.
2006-06-22 07:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by oaksterdamhippiechick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok make sure there is no cookie crumbs or bread crumbs and slo make sure theres on hole in the walls try to find them and seal them off because some times thats how they get in. I f you have kids make sure they dont bring any in as pets thats what i used to do when i was little.
2006-06-22 08:01:51 · answer #5 · answered by hockey pro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard putting bleach around the outside of your house will keep them out!
2006-06-28 15:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by Linda G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this, it really works! i had to do it myself...my daughter is allergic to ant bites.
sprinkle "grits" on the mound. the ants take it down to the queen.
2006-06-22 07:48:19 · answer #7 · answered by thundakat312 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an anteater might make a good pet, but watch out for the claws.
2006-06-22 07:45:52 · answer #8 · answered by midnightrose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try sprinkling comet cleaner around the outside of your home. they wont cross it
2006-06-22 07:45:39 · answer #9 · answered by sherry s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean. and make sure no food/crumbs are anywhere.
Ants go where food is.
2006-06-22 07:45:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋