Natural way to get rid of ANTS???
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Comments (64)Hello Everyone, You are all right. All your methods work. We all fall into the trap of it doesn't work anymore. OR 24 hrs and they are back. All I can say is you have to look at your situation and be smart. If you live in an apartment, expect roaches. If you live near a restaurant, expect rats. If you live in a house with landscape, expect spiders, ants and mice. Bottom line. MICE: Look around before you open the door, and don't leave your doors open. Make your screen doors snug around the edges. Try to screen off your roof vents or openings with metal screen. Plug up holes with steel wool. Leave traps up year round and eventually they will be gone. If not for good, a long time. An old building was demolished across our street and it took a year to get rid of them as they were looking for a new home. Been there!! ANTS: Its not just you.....what about your neighbor. My neighbor was collecting soda bottles outside his house as I discovered.......which created a SUGAR ANT SUPER COLONY. Guess where they decided to live?....That's right!!! in my garden. Borax and sugar bombs worked great. However, they were only control devices. We had to open up the ground and burst the colony, then spray. We left bombs inside and out, as well as next to all the ant ports. Eventually.......gone. But.....they are never gone, so don't be fooled. We also used bates of three Brand names....only temporary. Borax bombs worked best. ECO SPRAY Seems to do a good job. We also use peppermint and lemon essential oil as a spray to finish coat on our counters and other areas where they might wonder. Just a quick coat before we go to bed and no visitors in the morning. They hate that stuff and so do spiders. The spray mix so far does not damage anything. We use consumable essential oil...in other words we can eat it. If you need help getting some, I can direct you where to get it. We noticed in our new home that we had a different kind of ant. A protein ant as others have stated. So we left some ice cream on the counter all night for two days. Not a single ant. But, when we used a frying pan, and even washed it.....they came to visit again. Soooo............here are some tips. Ask the correct questions first. What are they going after? How big are they? What is our weather like? Where are they located? (Kitchen, Bathroom, Shower). Can I trace the ant trail outside? Do I think the nest is inside? Once you have done that...take it from there. SPIDERS: They really are a pain. Lots of trees? Lots of spiders. Lots of junk? Lots of spiders. And so on. Don't give them a home or opportunity, and you wont have a problem. Lemon pledge, Lemon and peppermint essential oil spray, keeping your house orderly, and window sills clear will help a lot. We use our diffuser with essential oils and they don't seem to appear anymore. I leave essential oils in bottle caps under the couch, closet and hidden corners, and again no appearances. Determine what type of spider you have the most in the same way you did with the ants. Sometimes they are just lost checking out your house and trying on your shoes!! (Joking) Do some reading and try different things. I read once where a couple had a super spider invasion and could not get rid of them. They were in everything and everywhere. When any pest problem gets to this level.............call a professional. ****No matter how you slice it....you share space with all of these creatures because your dwelling is on the ground somehow, and someway. You don't have to kill every spider you see...just keep it from coming in. You get what you put into it!! Bottom line. If you want to get rid of them....you have to go the extra mile. If you go the extra mile as I did when I dug up the ant colonies.......you get the big results. Like everything else in your house............its work. And it has to be done. And remember...the BUGMAN is like your Auto Mechanic.....do you think he will tell you everything!!??? It's up to you!!!!! Good Luck....See MoreAnectdotal organic ways to get rid of fire ants
Comments (6)florah, Fire ant mounds usually are just that- large, flat-on-top mounds that have multiple small openings. Yes, the ants usually have some red on them and are not as fast as the native ants. The native ants can have some red on them too, but make volcano-shaped mounds with a larger, single opening. They are faster. They don't sting in any way. Once you see both types, then you will always recognize them. Hey, just send your DH out there at night. Tree, we truly are like-minded in more ways than I even imagined. Yes, such a pity to waste perfectly good resources. Especially when you can use the same to multi-task! Just went out to check the areas this morning, and the ants have gone away completely. Much better than Amdro, etc....See MoreAnts on my hibiscus....
Comments (7)Well, since nobody is responding I figured I would go over the things that I had done. I read that spraying a combination of Dawn dish soap and water onto the plants would help, but this did nothing. I think this may be because this particular solution works against aphids and not against ants. The people that suggest this method are assuming that the ants have arrived because of an aphid problem, which doesn't seem to be the case with either of us. Cinnamon did nothing for me, though I'd heard ants dislike it. My most recent attempt to control the ants was with peppermint, and so far I think this might do the trick. Ants don't seem to be fans of the smell, so I took some Dr. Bronner's pepper mint and rubbed it around the pavement and the areas where I saw the ants wandering around. The next morning when I checked I didn't see any ants on the plant. I still saw a few on the concrete in the area, but they didn't seem to want to cross my little minty barrier. I imagine I'll have to reapply the soap fairly regularly for it to continue working. I'll know more about it's effectiveness as I keep watch on the hibiscus over the next several days :)...See MoreHelp - sugar-ants black-ants invade old kitchen counters
Comments (13)I would not clean the counters with vinegar prior to placing the Terro trays. You want to encourage ants to forage onto your counters, not discourage. And a word of warning.....if and when the ants visit the Terro tray, don't touch or move it. Even if they swarm the area in an scary frenzy to get to the bait, just leave it alone. Add another tray if they empty the first one too rapidly. In my experience, Terro worked overnight. After an unnerving swarming of the tray in the bathroom and in the floor of the pantry, I never saw another ant in my home. That event was ten years ago....See Moremrsvajones_netzero_net
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