Good day! Being still very small, I happened to encounter such an unpleasant phenomenon as domestic ants.
I don’t remember exactly when they appeared in my room, but the fact that there were a huge number of them is a fact. I remember once climbing into a closet with toys, and there they crawl.
However, in view of my age, I somehow did not attach much importance to this problem. Crawl and crawl. If only they did not climb to me.
In addition, since I had my own room, and my parents were not frequent guests in it, for a long time they did not even guess about such my "neighbors." Until a certain point. When, finally, they found out, then, of course, they started a war with insects, which was quite successful for itself, and very soon the ants died.
Want to learn how to deal with domestic ants in an apartment? What are the most effective remedies and how to prevent them from appearing in your house again? Then read the article further.
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What you need to know about domestic ants
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They eat the larvae of fleas, spiders, bed bugs, flies and moths. Therefore, it is impossible to completely destroy ants, but you need to control them, not allowing you to get to the products that are stored at our place. It is better to restrain ants with effective natural methods without the use of chemistry.
Ant structure
His body, like many arthropods, is covered with a chitinous membrane, consists of 3 segments: head, chest and abdomen. The head is armed with mandibles used for food transport, construction and defense. Complex facet (consisting of tiny parts - facets) eyes see movement well, but not objects.
In addition to faceted eyes, some species have three more simple eyes in the upper part of the head that determine the degree of illumination.Antennae (antennas) on the head are sensory organs for recognizing odors, air vibrations and transmitting signals through touch.
The ant’s chest consists of three sections, each of which has a pair of limbs attached. Males and unpaired females have large breasts, these are ants with wings, capable of reproduction. Winged ants release them only in the mating season, after which they bite off.
Worker ants and soldiers are barren and have no wings, since they would only be an obstacle to them. Between the chest and the abdomen there is a petiol - a narrow waist, consisting of one or two segments and giving the ant flexibility in movement.
The abdomen and petiol form a metasome. In some species, the abdomen is equipped with a sting, used for hunting and defense. The limbs are made up of three links: thigh, lower leg and foot. At the end of the legs there are claws that allow you to move on vertical surfaces.
Organization of anthills and neighborhood with people
Pharaoh ant In Russia and most of the CIS countries, two species usually live on personal plots: garden black ant and red marmik. Sometimes in forest sites, red forest ants settle. It is impossible not to notice their presence, since the insects are large and the anthill is large in size.
Most species of ants live in anthills, built directly in the soil or constructed from various materials. The sizes can be different: from a tubercle with entrance holes in the garden to an impressive pile of small branches and needles from forest ants.
Pharaonic ants (they are also called sugar ants) in our latitudes became exclusively synanthropic due to the warm climate of the places from which they were brought. These are small red ants (the color can sometimes vary, the small yellow ant is also most likely the pharaohs), living houses and apartments that are not distinguished by cleanliness. All species of ants in the colony are divided into:
- asexual - workers and soldiers;
- breeding - males and females.
The colony is based on working ants, as they are engaged in the search, extraction and delivery of food to the anthill. Ants cannot hatch from a cocoon on their own, as the mandibles are still very weak, and working ants also help them here.
The colony reproduces due to males and females, which are much larger in size. To do this, they need wings, because their task is to increase the number of colonies by founding new anthills, for which you need to travel long distances and find partners for mating.
The mating process takes place in the air, and is called - flight. The male clings to the female from the bottom of the abdomen head back. After fertilization, the male dies, and the female bites her wings herself. Adults feed mainly on plant foods; they love sweets very much.
Important elements of the diet are honey dew - the fluid secreted by tree leaves - and the pad - sugary secretions of some insects, usually aphids. Larvae develop intensively and need protein food, eat insects - both living and dead - and their eggs.
Other types of ants
Fire ant. Sometimes gardeners and summer residents also mention white ants. This species does not exist, and often white ants are termites. The black ant woodworm is one of the largest in size.
Black ants can reach a size of 15 mm. The black ant is found mainly in the forest, less often in summer cottages and garden plots.
Fiery red ant rarely lives indoors, more often they can be found in garden areas. Nevertheless, not every red ant belongs to the species of fire, reaper ants and some other species are quite similar to them.
The laws of life of an ant colony
The center of the ant colony is the female or ant queen. It is several times larger than all other ants. The female never leaves the bowels of the ant nest and all her life she has been laying eggs, from which the larvae of ants hatch.
She also leads all the anthill's life processes: it sends working ants, which are male infertility, to search for food for themselves, for larvae, to procure building material to expand the ant nest, and supervises the construction and repair work inside the ant hill, in general , completely and completely controls a huge ant family.
Standards of conduct for red ants
As we have already made a reservation, the search for food for the uterus and larvae in the colony is carried out by working red ants, which can often travel impressive distances in search of food or water.
Further, finding a suitable source of food, these laborers begin to leave behind a specific smelling trace, with the aim of directing the entire colony to the desired place. Sometimes from the side you can see how the ants pave a truly huge path, starting at the nest and ending at the source of food.
In addition, ants are able to form specific hives, further increasing their population. Despite the fact that ants usually try to build their nests or hives on the street, in some cases, they are ready to settle in a person’s house.
Unfortunately, due to the presence of a fairly large number of food products (and, accordingly, food waste) in the house of a modern person, it can be quite difficult to deal with ant settlements in a person’s home.
Moreover, the process of settlement, breeding and distribution of red ants in an apartment can be incredibly difficult to control.
In addition, ants may well be brought into the house of a person by the owner himself, who came from a room previously infected by ants.
However, the questions of where red ants come from in the apartment, the reasons for their appearance and active distribution, we will consider a little later. To begin with, we should talk about what harm these insects can do to humans.
The harm and benefits of these insects
Yes, ants successfully fight insect pests in the garden and in the garden. They destroy gluttonous caterpillars and exterminate harmful insects. But they do this not out of altruistic motives, but for the purpose of obtaining food for the entire numerous ant colony.
They can drag into their nest both the smallest particles of food waste from the bin, and climb into jars of sugar, bread bins, cups with compote or saucers with honey.
It is impossible to clear the sugar from ants feasting in it, it has to be thrown away. The same applies to other products that ants liked. Therefore, involuntarily there is a desire to get rid of such an unpleasant neighborhood. There are two ways to deal with ants: scare or destroy.
What is the danger of domestic ants?
The kind of discomfort created by the presence of red ants in a person’s home is probably obvious, but the appearance of these insects in the kitchen, in plates, cups and food products is just discomfort, nothing more. Could there be more substantial harm from these insects? Let's figure it out.
It must be understood that the population of domestic ants is omnivorous, a cat toilet, a trash can and other dirty places in a house can be equally attractive to these insects like the same sugar bowl or, say, a bread box.
At the same time, constantly traveling from one source of food to another, a house ant can unwittingly become a carrier of numerous pathogenic microbes, not inferior in any way to flies or cockroaches in this matter.
That, in fact, is all the harm done by these insects. Although of course, this harm can increase with increasing progression depending on the growth of the ant population in a particular residential building.
Excessively large colonies of these insects turn out to be several times more dangerous, since they can travel in greater quantities through food products and, therefore, carry more bacteria and other microorganisms dangerous to humans.
Where do they come from in the house?
Domestic or red ants in the apartment - the reasons for their appearance in the house are obscene. It is believed that this type of insect was introduced to the territory of the European continent from ancient Egypt and today has spread literally around the world.
Red ants became a real problem in ancient Soviet times, when the first multi-story and multi-apartment buildings with a centralized water supply were just beginning to be built.
The difficulty in breeding domestic ants lies in the fact that these insects are incredibly tenacious, they perfectly adapt to almost any living conditions. The complexity of the fight against these insects is that destroying almost the entire population, but not eliminating the uterus with larvae, it is impossible to count on the lack of restoration of the former orders of ants.
Domestic ants are planted in the dwelling for several simple reasons. Namely:
- It is extremely rare to do general cleaning with disinfection of garbage accumulations in the room.
- Perhaps in the next room there is an active struggle with red ants and, gradually, these insects will look for other habitats, crawling towards you.
- You can just accidentally bring red ants to your house from the street, a store, or other previously infected premises.
General rules for pest control
If you find even a few individuals of red insects at home, then know that they do not come alone. The first ants are scouts. They inspect your premises for “goodies,” and then inform their colonies that your kitchen is suitable for invasion.
That is why the extermination of ants must begin immediately. If insects have chosen you, then this is a signal for spring cleaning. Remember, you must be prepared in advance for unexpected guests, having noticed insects near the threshold or on the outside of the house, proceed to their extermination.
You can use dichlorvos and other chemicals for an infinitely long time, killing working individuals, but this will not lead to the desired result. It is necessary to find the nest where the female is located, it then produces new offspring in a matter of days.
If you decide to radically tackle the extermination of unexpected "parasites", then it is best to unite with your neighbors. This is especially true if the case is running, and you live in a multi-story building. Perhaps it is they who show up an anthill with a female.
Watch the emergence of scout ants
Single ants in your kitchen are a warning. Scout ants test your kitchen for intrusion. Their job is to return to the nest and tell other ants that your kitchen is a potential target for the invasion.
In the kitchen, you urgently need to clean up and clean up. Hide and pack all easily accessible products, remove all sources of sticky, sweet, fatty and animal products. First of all, you need to do the following:
- Do not leave dirty dishes in the kitchen. Wash and clean the dishes immediately, wipe all surfaces in the kitchen with a cloth soaked in vinegar (it has an unpleasant odor for ants). Remove all sources of debris and tightly close the bin.
- Sweep and vacuum the kitchen floor daily.
- Rinse jars, containers or bottles that have some sticky residue. A jar of honey can be put in a bowl filled with water.
- Hide each piece of food in a place inaccessible for ants, for example, in a well-closed container or a tightly tied bag. Do all these ruthless procedures for 3-7 days. If the ants do not find something to profit from, they will go somewhere else. Ants come in the wake of the “paths” left by scout ants who found food.
- Remove aromatic products: cleaning powders, deodorants and creams that can attract the initial attention of ants.
Block all possible exits
Together with the general cleaning, try to find possible places where ants could get to your house. Follow the scout ants, see how they went in and out. This mainly concerns the joints of the floor, ceiling, walls, gaps around pipes, ventilation holes.
Cork all cracks with silicone, putty, glue or plaster. You need to look for ant "paths" and try to understand where they come from. Temporarily helps to gloss over the course of technical petroleum jelly until you block the inputs and outputs with more effective means.
Soapy water
Soapy water kills ants and destroys traces of the “path” left by scout ants. You need to add a teaspoon of liquid dish detergent to the spray bottle and fill it with water.
You can add a little mint essential oil to the spray bottle with soapy water - this will enhance the effect. When you see ants - mercilessly spray their procession.
Install protective barriers
There are barriers that you can place to scare away ants. Most of the natural barriers can be found in your kitchen among the usual objects, only they need to be used in a different way.
The width of the barrier does not exceed 6-7 mm, but the length of the barrier should be continuous. Barriers will not help get rid of ants that have already climbed into your house, but will prevent new insects from getting inside. Barriers need to be scattered or sprayed in front of potential entrances, doors and windows, and are made of:
- turmeric
- cinnamon
- citrus essential oils
- black or red pepper
- Vaseline (for doors and windows)
- talcum powder
- detergent powder
Pest Repellent
It is known that ants really do not like harsh, pronounced smells and bypass their sources far. This ant weakness is also used when you just need to push them away from your beloved “feeder”, because the hand simply does not rise to engage in the extermination of ants.
We will tell you in detail and informatively about special chemical agents for scaring away ants in household chemical stores, but we will focus on simple home remedies and methods.
How ants are afraid of the smell of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel fuel, etc.), but it’s unlikely that you would like to be in a room that smells worse than on the rig. Small pieces of stale lemon or herring can also be laid out on ant paths.
Frightening odors and lures
Ants do not like certain aromas, such as mint and camphor. Place mint sprigs, lavender flower or lavender essential oil, camphor, clove oil or flowers, bay leaves near possible ant entrances.
Boric acid is a poison for ants, when they enter boric acid and then clean their paws, they swallow it. Remember that boric acid is dangerous for children and pets.
Food Against Ants
There are several ways to get rid of ants due to their inability to digest food. Place the bait in places where ants appear most often. Use starch. Just put it next to the bait: getting into the stomach of an ant, it will expand it, and the insect will die.
Ants are particularly susceptible to caffeine. Place coffee grounds in the places where the ants gather, they will take it to their home and eat, which will also be a deadly treat.
Tighter ways to fight
If scaring away unwanted "neighbors" gave a scanty result or if the number of insects even increased, then it is time to move on to tougher measures.
Mix one teaspoon of honey with half a teaspoon of boric acid, you can add another teaspoon of sugar, add so much water that the output in terms of viscosity resembles liquid porridge.
Mixing thoroughly, pour into small shallow containers (corks from plastic bottles, nylon caps and the like) and place on ant trails.
Since ants are terrible sweet tooths, after a short period of time, all the “feeders” you have prepared will be covered with ants that regale themselves with a sweet solution. In addition, each working ant will carry a drop of sweet treats with it to the nest to feed the growing larvae.
Boric acid contained in the solution, entering the ant organism, destroys the chitin cover of the insect torso, and in a rather short time both larvae and adult male ants will be destroyed. The result of the struggle will be peace and order, reigning in your kitchen again.
Another recipe similar to the method of exposure to ants: the yolk of a boiled egg and a half teaspoon of boric acid, add a little sugar or honey. Roll small balls from the resulting mass and arrange them near the ant trails.
If the balls are small enough, then thrifty ants will drag them entirely into their nest, but if they turn out to be unbearable - they will pull them into small parts. The result will be the same as when using liquid "refreshments".
Modern methods of combating ants in the house
Nowadays, in the market of insecticides, you can find a huge number of effective tools that help in the fight against domestic ants. Their differences are in the method of use and the form of delivery.
For example, the company "Raid" is engaged in the production and sale of various traps and sprays. These modern products greatly simplify the fight against domestic ants.
Veterinary pharmacies also sell spray called Front Line. Its cost is slightly higher than the cost of the insecticides described above, but this remedy is much more effective. It can be used to remove ticks, ants, fleas and cockroaches.
How to choose a tool
To choose the best remedy for domestic ants you will have to consider the following factors:
- The level of toxicity - it depends on the conditions of use of the product. Allergy sufferers, couch potatoes, parents of young children, and pet lovers are forced to buy less effective drugs. But if you do not refuse to move out of the house during the procedure, then this level may be the maximum possible.
- Speed of exposure - it depends on the level of toxicity and the size of the colony of ants. Some funds will work in 1.5-2 hours, while others - in 10-14 days. Moreover, in some cases, speed is not identified with efficiency.
There are simply “surface” drugs that destroy visible insects in 20-30 minutes, and “depth bombs” that provoke an epidemic in the anthill and the death of the entire population in 10-15 days.
- The cost of the procedure - it depends on the price and the drug, and the labor costs associated with its use. And everyone has different budgets. As a result, some consumers choose what they can use “with their own hands,” while others prefer the most effective drugs that only professionals handle.
Therefore, looking for the most effective remedy for domestic ants in the apartment, you and I will have to consider the characteristics and properties of a variety of drugs, simultaneously assessing their strengths and weaknesses.
And we will start with a review of the varieties of poison for insects offered by the modern chemical industry to all afflicted consumers.
Chemicals
The list of poisons for ants is quite extensive. And to choose any one poison is very difficult. Therefore, we have compiled lists of TOP-3 drugs for each variety of domestic ants. This information will help you find a really effective chemical that will save your home from annoying and dangerous insects.
Aerosol sprays from domestic ants
Aerosols are the fastest solution. Insecticides sprayed into the air settle on ants, their paths and anthills. As a result, individual insects, local nests, and large colonies die.
The destruction of the colony is only possible for professionals who know where to look for "nests" of insects and are able to handle industrial high-pressure sprayers.
Household staff Dr.Klaus
This aerosol contains two poisons at once - cypermethrin (concentration 0.25 percent) and tetramethrin (concentration 0.15 percent). Therefore, this tool saves not only from ants, but from any other crawling insects.
The composition is sprayed along the skirting boards, over the ant paths and in the places of the discovered cluster of insects.
- The capacity of the bottle is 600 milliliters.
- Jet head - up to 3 meters.
- The toxicity level is moderate.
- The exposure time is up to 60 minutes.
After processing, it is necessary to ventilate the room for half an hour. Manufacturer - RUSINHIM company.
Cost - 300-350 rubles per bottle.
Aerosol Raid
If you do not know by what means ants can be bred quickly - pay attention to this option. Here is a highly effective composition based on three components - cypermethrin, imiprotrin and pralletrin, which kills insects in 30 minutes.
However, these inconveniences are worth the effort - such poison saves from crawling and flying insects. The composition is sprayed in the room with closed doors and windows. The minimum distance from the container to the work surface is 200 millimeters.
- Aerosol consumption is 20 milliliters per square meter.
- The volume of a standard spray can is 300 milliliters, which is enough to process a room of 15 m2.
- The cost of an aerosol is 200-250 rubles
Aerosol Clean House
This is an instant drug. Ants die right before our eyes. Moreover, in addition to these insects, “Clean House” acts on cockroaches, moths and wasps.
One cylinder for 600 milliliters is enough to process the floor in a room with an area of 25-30 square meters. The recommended application scheme is spraying above the skirting board. The cost of the spray is 250-300 rubles.
Popular insecticidal gels
Gels - this is not a very fast, but very effective remedy for ants in the apartment. This is more of a “depth bomb” than a quick-acting tool. However, gels are less dangerous than aerosols.
You can smear the composition along the ant path and just wait for the result. Insects themselves will bring a delicious-smelling gel to the anthill. And after 1-2 weeks, during which you have to update the poison, your problem will be solved as if by itself.
The drug "Great Warrior"
Poison based on pesticide chlorpyrifos. The exposure time is up to 36 hours. During this time, almost all working individuals die, after which an epidemic begins in the anthill. Packaging - 30 milliliter syringe with dispenser.
- Application scheme - applying drops to the skirting boards and to the corners of the house in increments of up to 50 millimeters.
- The cost of one syringe with a gel is about 200 rubles.
Triple Blow Gel
Diazinon-based drug with the addition of cypermethrin and imidacloprid. The exposure time is 24 hours. But it exhales after three weeks and requires a repetition of the procedure.
This fact is offset by a low price - up to 120 rubles for a 30-gram syringe with a dispenser.
Gel "Raptor"
The product is based on lambda-cygolotrin. It kills the "external" ants and, at a small distance, is brought into the anthill along with the infected individuals crawling there.
- The exposure time is 3-7 days.
- The capacity of the tube with the dispenser is 75 grams.
- This is enough to process an apartment of 30-40 square meters.
- The cost is about 150 rubles per tube.
Popular powders and crayons
Powders are more a “weapon” of defense than an offensive. A grain of powder sticks to the paws or shell and destroys only one insect.
Crayons act in a similar way, which, in essence, are compacted and dried powders.
Using such drugs, you can complicate the life of "foragers" or workers, but nothing more. It makes sense to use powder or crayons only as a means of prevention that protects your home from neighboring insects.
Powder DELICIA
Contact preparation that causes paralysis in forest and domestic insects. It is used in the form of a solution sprayed over skirting boards, ventilation holes and cracks in walls and floor slabs.
In this case, one pack of 375 grams is enough to prepare 5 liters of a toxic mixture. In the dry state, the flow rate is 10 grams per 1 square meter. The cost of one pack is 500-550 rubles.
Muratsid powder
Diazinon insecticide. Application scheme - preparation of a solution sprayed over a blind area, foundation, basement floor, wall or floor slab. The package contains only 1 gram of powder, designed to prepare 10 liters of solution.
- The exposure time is 24 hours.
- The cost of the drug is 20-30 rubles per pack.
Crayon "Mashenka"
Phenvalerate-based poison (concentration 0.25 percent). It is used in dry form for hatching the area near skirting boards and ventilation holes. The main advantage is the low price - about 20 rubles for a “pencil”. The effectiveness of the drug is controversial. There is evidence of both the pros and cons of this poison.
Ready Traps for Ants
Traps are a relatively new tool against domestic ants, working on the long-known principle of "trap." A spark gap or poison and ants attracting ants are placed in a plastic box.
The insect tends to smell and dies from an electric discharge or concentrated poison. The main advantage of traps is complete safety. Indeed, only insects come into contact with poison.
Taracid
"Taracid" is a set of 6 "traps" protecting an area of up to 15 square meters. The duration of the trap is 2 months. Absolutely harmless to humans and extremely cheap. The cost of the kit is about 100 rubles.
Clean House Trap
Trap for ants based on an insecticide that works in 24-72 hours. Do not “fizzle out” for 60 days. To protect one room, at least 6 traps are needed. But if you have a very strong colony, then you will need 12-15 traps. The cost is 40-50 rubles.
Glue trap "Trap"
Absolutely non-toxic, attracts ants and keeps insects on the glue platform. To service 10 square meters, you need only one trap.
Poisons against domestic ants from improvised means
It's time to substantively consider how to deal with ants, what poisons are used for this, and how to cook them yourself. In the old print media and on the pages of the global network, you can find a huge number of different recipes, with which you can only reduce the size of ant colonies.
For example, lubrication of ant paths with sunflower oil, garlic, and wormwood leaves. Individual methods can even be called absurd.
We will try to understand how to deal with domestic ants in such a way that these insects disappear from the home forever. Immediately I want to say that if pets live in the house, you must use these compounds with extreme caution. So, the most effective remedies for domestic ants.
- First recipe. Mix 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of boric acid powder, dilute with water. The result is a mixture whose consistency will be about the same as batter. This composition must be laid out on the paths of ants.
Insects will smell sugar and quickly stick to this mixture. But do not rush and kill ants. It is necessary that they not only eat this poison themselves, but also deliver it to the females. In most cases, approximately 7 days after a person spreads the mixture, the death of the entire colony of ants occurs.
- The second recipe. Cook over low heat three eggs and three potatoes. Peel the potatoes and make mashed potatoes from it, not forgetting to add boiled egg yolks. Mix everything and add 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 packet of dry boric acid.
From this mixture, it is necessary to make several small balls and place them in those places where ants usually accumulate. After 10 days, the procedure is recommended again. During this time, it is necessary to prevent the ants from gaining access to water. Do not leave wet rags and sponges at night, and you need to wipe the sink dry.
- The third recipe. It is necessary to mix well 0.5 teaspoons of dry boric acid and 2 tbsp. tablespoons minced meat. From this mixture you need to make balls and place them in those places where insects like to gather.
How to get rid of ants in an apartment by folk methods
If you noticed unexpected guests at home, then the first thing you need to start with is the general cleaning. Hide all food in airtight containers, thoroughly wipe all tables and cabinets where food stains may appear. Then prepare for the ants their favorite treat, such as jam or sugar.
Take 1 cup of water, dilute in it 1 tablespoon of jam or honey and the addition of 1 tbsp. a spoonful of boric acid.Stir everything well and deliver to the ant congestion places, in a couple of days you will forget about annoying red insects.
You can try to simply decompose the described herbs at the places of accumulation of these insects, they are unlikely to die from such a tool, but most likely prefer to move to another place. You can also lubricate the insect's yeast with garlic and vegetable oil - this is also extremely unpleasant for insects.
Other folk remedies for insect control
If special remedies were ineffective or there is a tendency to allergies among family members, you will have to use alternative methods of getting rid of ants.
- One of the most effective means in the fight against ants is a lure with boric acid. To do this, the yolk of a hard-boiled egg is mixed with something sweet, such as honey or sugar. Some add jam. 20 g of boric acid are added to this mixture.
Next, you need to make small balls out of the mixture and place them in “suspicious” places. In a day you will see a lot of dead insects. Borax is also used as a poison in this recipe. The method is good in that the ants pass the poison to each other, and as a result, the entire ant nest and the female herself are destroyed.
- Such an “delicacy” for ants as yeast with sugar can also be an effective remedy. This composition causes fermentation, and listed in the nest, makes unsuitable food reserves for larvae.
- I repel ants with some pungent odors, such as the smell of garlic, peppermint, camphor, so if you are not confused by this aroma, wipe all the baseboards with a few cloves of garlic. If insects do not live in your house, but just go to feed, then the method is quite effective with regular use.
- Coffee grounds are dangerous for ants. By itself, it does not attract them, but mixed with sweet juice, jam or sugar syrup may be of interest. This folk remedy helps to effectively get rid of ants.
- Adhesive tape trap. Double-sided tape is pasted over a cardboard or a plate around the perimeter, and sweet is placed in the middle. The disadvantage of this method is that only a small part of the ants will be exterminated in this way.
- One of the most affordable and safe ant medicines in the apartment is a medicinal chamomile, which you can find in any pharmacy. It is absolutely safe, it can be poured in any place where ants appear (bed, things, food and any other places). And most importantly - these insects simply can not stand it, and go away in a couple of days.
- Simmer 3 eggs and 3 potatoes. Then peel the eggs, remove the protein. Grind the potatoes along with the yolks until mashed. Add 1 sachet of dry boric acid and a teaspoon of sugar to the resulting mixture. Mix well again.
Roll small balls from this mixture and place them in the places where the ants gather, or along their paths. This procedure must be done twice, at the beginning and end of the waning moon, that is - with an interval of 10 days. Make sure that at this time the ants have nowhere to get drunk, leave the shells and rags dry for the night.
- You will need some yeast, jam and boric acid. Mix all these ingredients. Smear the resulting substance on a saucer or a small flat plate, and place it in the places where the ants gather. This remedy for red and black ants will help you forget about these insects in a few weeks.
- In the fight against red ants, the following mixture proved to be very effective: in equal proportions, take glycerin, borax, honey, water, sugar - and mix thoroughly. Spread this treat in the crowded places of uninvited guests.
Red invaders will enjoy your treats and share them with others with pleasure.In a week you will be able to forget about these insects, as a terrible nightmare.
- Dilute the yeast in warm water and add a little sugar, or something sweet. Pour the resulting liquid into small containers and place them in places where you often saw goose bumps.
Such methods also work well:
- 1 liter of water, 50 g of borax, 100 g of honey and 400 g of sugar;
- 1 tablespoon of hot water, 1 tablespoon of honey, 1.5 tablespoon of granulated sugar, 1/3 tablespoon of borax and 2 teaspoons of glycerin;
- 100 g of water, 2/3 teaspoon of borax, 2 tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of honey or jam;
- 2 tablespoons minced meat and 0.5 teaspoon borax;
- 1 teaspoon of borax mixed with 6 teaspoons of sugar, dissolved in a glass of hot water.
Pour any of these poisons into small containers with a cotton swab and place in the places of movement of insects. Attention! Keep the poison out of the reach of children and pets.
What about black ants?
The black ants themselves are not a great threat to plants or the garden, but, nevertheless, at the slightest appearance they should immediately get rid of them, since they transfer aphids to plants, and it is a dangerous threat to the garden.
How to deal with black ants in the house? In this case, you can go in two ways. In the first case, you should turn to professionals who will help get rid of uninvited guests in the minimum time.
Using modern means and equipment, as well as considerable experience in the destruction of these insects, specialists are able to kill the settlement in a few days. If the black ants climbed into the house in a small amount, you can try using folk remedies.
It is best to destroy ants in the fall, in early November, because at that time ants are usually exhausted, and if their nest is destroyed, they will not be able to restore it before winter and frost.
When exterminating ants, the first thing to do is to carefully examine the territory and find the ant paths along which they carry food to their settlement. Having calculated their paths, you can try to determine their nest, as a rule, in a cozy inconspicuous corner. There are female ants who are not able to get food.
If you scatter a little poison on the paths of ants, you can achieve success, the main thing is to know their weaknesses. Black ants are very sensitive to vegetable oil and cannot tolerate it, so you can pour a small amount of oil on their paths, working ants will be destroyed, and the uterus will not be able to receive the required amount of food.
Fresh garlic is another powerful remedy for fighting ants. If you regularly wipe the ant trails with garlic, they will also not be able to get food and will soon disappear.
Ants can be defeated and cunning. As a rule, they are not indifferent to sweets, so in a jar of water you need to add a little honey or sugar and put it on the ants path. After a few days, they will gather in the vessel themselves, you just have to destroy the contents of the can.
If the army of ants is quite impressive, you can try another way - chemicals against ants: Raptor, Raid, etc., which you can buy from us at a bargain price.
If in this case too they continue to annoy you, it is better to use the services of our company to exterminate these insects, and the ants will no longer be able to annoy you.
If it didn’t work?
Do not waste time - contact the SES or a private company that provides apartment disinsection services. Indeed, in the best case scenario, you spent money on acquiring a fake, and in the worst case scenario, a very large colony lives in your apartment, which only professionals can handle.
However, in any case, you no longer have time to think. No need to guess - you need to act. Call the pest control and save your money, time and nerves. Moreover, the cost of professional processing of an apartment is equal to the price of 4-5 aerosol cans.
For a one-room apartment they usually charge from 1,500, and for a three-room apartment - from 2,000 rubles. Moreover, the processing time does not exceed a couple of hours, even in the most difficult case.
How to avoid the appearance of insects in the apartment
Fighting domestic ants is necessary as a last resort. It is advisable not to allow them to appear in the house at all. And for this in the home you always need to maintain cleanliness. It is necessary that there are no food leftovers and crumbs on the table. It is recommended to immediately remove the leftover meat from the premises.
It is very important to regularly clean and wash the tiles in the kitchen and in the bathroom. It should not be contaminated with spray and grease. The garbage bucket should be carried out as often as possible, do not wait until it is full.
Sugar, cereals, vanillin, as well as other bulk products must be stored in banks, and not in plastic bags. These containers must be tightly closed with a lid.
The fight against domestic ants begins with the fact that it is always necessary to maintain maximum order and cleanliness in the home.
I do not really agree that honey, as a folk remedy, will remove ants, on the contrary, there are even more of them. In our apartment this problem appeared literally half a year ago, we live on the 4th floor, the neighbors do not have ants. To take them out, I used a raptor syringe, coated it throughout the apartment and after a couple of days the result was not long in coming. Finally, the apartment does not have these pests.
I also had this problem and for a very long time somewhere around a year. At that time, we didn’t hear about the raptor and we had to try everything, even with pencils from the Prussians). I don’t remember after what but they disappeared or I completely exterminated them all.