2007-02-05 17:07:55 · 14 answers · asked by i_am_hu_i_am 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
i have this problem regarding red ants that always on the go everytime they smell sweets, i really want to know how to get rid of them, coz most of the time, they are the ones emtying my jars of sweets... pls help me on this...
2007-02-05 17:42:01 · update #1
i only heard they don't like chalk for some reason - it could be the scent.
2007-02-12 08:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in a brick home, this is the problem you will continue to face. Keep foods in tightly sealed containers. Vacuum your kitchen floors and counters after cooking and baking with sugar. Washing it before vacuuming only makes sugar water is corners of the counters and floors.
Also, ants cant get into the fridge so keep some things there if you can.
Seal off your open areas where ants can come in and this includes take the shelves out of the wall and cleaning back there.
2007-02-12 10:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by lccutie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep tidy the house specially the kitchen and food areas. Store sweet items in resealable containers or vessels. However in times where your food preparation or processing requires to let it stand for a while such as cakes removed from oven and requires to be inverted, then secure the legs of your table or desk by letting each table leg stand over plates filled with water mixed with a little amount of liquid soap. This is to break the water film of viscosity where tiny creatures like mosquitoes, ants, flys can land or walk on water. Those will sink and get drowned.
In some rural houses in the philippines, they apply floorwax often on their wooden and cement floors to deter mites, bugs, ants, roaches and other insects pestering the house.
2007-02-14 01:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by pedro dagandagan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how to keep them away from sweets,but to make sure the containers are covered tightly. But red ant-fire ants if they are in your yard and its summer- find their ant hill and a cheap way to get rid of them is to spray window cleaner on the hill- the ammonia in it kills them instantly! It really works-
2007-02-13 23:57:54 · answer #4 · answered by stephanie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people are placing the jar full of candies in a plate with water on that plate so that the ants cant cross over to wards the jar. if you'd like try this maybe it might work.
2007-02-13 04:06:34 · answer #5 · answered by leachim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit the bottom of the jar (or whatever the sweets are in) in a saucer of water.
The ants won't cross the water to get to the plate / container.
2007-02-06 07:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by Sparky5115 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, keep sweets in a sealable container. Find out where the ants are coming from and spray some raid there.
2007-02-06 01:13:14 · answer #7 · answered by m k 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For goodness sake, DON'T use bug spray around your food. It will have a similar effect on your nervous system as it does the bugs, but of course much milder due to a much larger mass. Try the obvious, such as sealed zip line bags or better tupaware.
2007-02-12 11:12:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been told that white vinegar kills them. dampen a paper towel with vinegar and place it where the ant gather. It may stink up the room for a little bit, but eventually the smell will disappear.
2007-02-10 20:09:24 · answer #9 · answered by trottergirl80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put rubber bands around ur food instead of a clip cuz ants dont like da smell or use chalk to draw lines around the food
2007-02-06 01:11:38 · answer #10 · answered by penguins.are.koo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy better quality jars and keep them properly closed in between uses.
Remove all traces of food crumbs or sugar in your cabinets/kitchen counters/floors.
2007-02-11 10:38:59 · answer #11 · answered by Vivagaribaldi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋