2006-08-24 13:39:28 · 19 answers · asked by roberthall101 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Boric acid powder will work and is harmless to people.
Put bay leaves around - ants don't like bay leaves.
These links should help. Best of luck with it.
2006-08-24 13:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Ants always follow clearly defined trails, so follow the line back to where it enters your home. Then put down some ant powder, which you can buy almost anywhere along the trail and voila, the problem will be solved almost instantly. Once their supply line has been broken like that they wont usually come back unless they coincidentally find an alternative route.
I admire ants. I live on the second floor of a block of flats and they found their way from the grass outside, up a flight of conscrete steps and under the corner of my front door along the hall into my kitchen! I really hate killing anything but even an ardant animal lover like myself isn't going to put up with an army of ants in my home.
2006-08-24 21:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grant's Kills Ants ant baits.
http://www.amazon.com/4PK-Ant-Bait-Station/dp/B0000DAPWZ
My last place had a regularly scheduled ant invasion every spring. I tried everything, from natural suggestions like bay leaves etc to different commercial products (the Raid ant baits were perhaps the worst). I had good luck with a spray made with peppermint oil, but the effects were only temporary.
Grant's was the BEST BEST BEST thing I ever tried for ants! The stuff is a freakin' miracle! It completely took care of the problem in no time at all. They take the bait back to the colony, and soon they're all dead. You just put a few of the baits around--mainly slide them under the stove and appliances--and let them work their magic. They also make outdoor stakes. Same thing, just on little plastic stakes that stick in the dirt, to take care of ones coming in from outside.
2006-08-25 23:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by EQ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out where the ants are coming from and pour boiling water on them .
If you can't find them kill any you find but leave them for the live ants to take home because a few of them have died they should stop coming back.
2006-08-25 05:33:40 · answer #4 · answered by monique o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One easy solution is to smush some ants and leave them there. Gross, huh? But they are little, and you can leave them near wherever it is that the ants are coming from. The ants will avoid them.
After several ant invasions in one room, I did this, and I have not had any ants for months.
2006-08-27 05:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by Victoria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vacume and vacume some more....some times borax works really well but test it on a spot on the carpet / flooring that doesn't show first to see if it will ruin it. try to put out ant traps were no small children or pets can get them. Call an exterminator if all els fails.
2006-08-24 20:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by vtlovie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a drop of Nippon down where it can not be accessed by chilren or pets. The ants take it back to the nest and this then iradicates the whole colony.
2006-08-25 07:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by booty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a pet anteater least its better than having ants in your pants
2006-08-24 21:02:42 · answer #8 · answered by PARADOX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your ants are looking for food. If they find it then they will swarm there to carry it back to their home. Just don't leave any food out for them !
2006-08-25 05:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by XiaoMei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't got any ant powder try talk.
2006-08-24 20:47:16 · answer #10 · answered by hedgehog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋