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How to Get Rid of Ants
Ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae) -- few pests are harder to get rid of, once they've established themselves in your home. Sprays as well as baits don't always work ( as well as they aren't safe if you have young children, pets or chemical allergies). Here's an alternative, using common baby powder. This method comes from a kitchen staffer at an upscale, pesticide-free restaurant.
- Follow the trail of ants to determine where they are entering the home.
- Locate the hole(s), making sure that you've found them all.
- Apply baby powder to the holes or cracks which the ants are using to enter the home.
- Check to see that the ants are no longer using the hole.
- If they are, apply more baby powder as well as check the trail to be sure you found the right hole in step two.
- If the ants are no longer using the hole as well as they start to scramble around, you've broken the chain of ants leading from the colony into your home.
- The ants on either side will not cross the line of baby powder. Ants that come in contact with the powder will die almost immediately.
- Kill the remaining ants by sprinkling the baby powder on them. After they're dead, sweep away the ants as well as excess powder.
- Make sure to leave an adequate amount of baby powder around the entrance the ants have been using, so they don't return the next day.
- Try mixing baking soda as well as icing sugar in equal parts as well as leave it in small piles. Some people say this won't work, but keep at it as well as you'll see your ant population shrinking.
- A natural remedy for ant problems is to fill a spray with water as well as a few drops of peppermint essential oil. Spray this wherever you see ants, as well as they will soon go elsewhere.
- Like most powders as well as dusts, be careful not to use the baby powder in a room without some type of ventilation.
