By The weather of winter creates high activities in the world of insects and it often means that you will have the small pests swarming on the counters of your kitchen, in your food, and in your cabinets. Among these pests, controlling ants is quite a tough task, even for a skilled pest control technician. Did you know that you can exterminate ninety percent of an ant colony, and it can still rebuild itself?
All you need do to get rid of yourself of the ants in your kitchen is spray some insecticide in the right places, and you kill the ones you see. Most especially if you use a suspension type chemical spray that leaves a light layer of powder behind when the liquid of the spray dries.
The technique of controlling ants with spray has a couple of problems in my opinion. The first concern is pretty obvious when you consider what happens when you spray, especially if you use a suspension as I mentioned earlier.
When you spray for those ants in your kitchen, and most critically on your counter or in your cabinets, you introduce poison to yourself and your family. That dust or powder layer the spray leaves behind can migrate into your food when you prepare a meal on the counter. And the ants carry it into your food when they climb into the boxes, or containers when they live long enough to reach those boxes and containers. I am sure you don’t want to take that risk.
There is also the reality that most of that ant population still lives inside your walls. Just a small part of that family of bugs crawl around your kitchen gathering food. When you spray, you only get the insects you see, in fact, you are not controlling ants in that way.
Spraying leaves the ants inside the colony pretty much alone. It does not even come close to wiping out half of the population let alone as much as 90%. If you really want to get a handle on an ant invasion you need to use baits. As the insects travel, they find the bait when it is positioned properly, and they carry it back to the colony. To get rid of these bothersome pests, you need to learn more about killing ants, especially about the baits which aim to target the population living in the hidden areas.
When summer is about to begin, the ant colonies are getting ready to invade the house and the garden. It is time to choose ant control products. Some of them help to repel them while other can kill the ants, some are natural while others are very toxic.
If your natural ant killer does not help and you are afraid to use chemicals, to make ‘ant juice’ will definitely help in getting rid of the ants. It will manage to kill not only tiny sugar ants but also the huge black carpenter ants. The queen will be killed as well and this is why they will not come back again. All you need to do is follow these instructions about getting rid of the ants.
You will need boric acid. You can buy it at the pharmacy or in the local hardware store. You can also use a laundry detergent which contains boric acid. You are required to take the following;
- 1 tablespoon of boric acid powder
- A cup of sugar
Now dissolve everything in hot water until you get a syrup. You can prepare this ant exterminating juice in a glass container. For easy application, use a hair dye applicator bottle with a long tip. Now take some pieces of cardboard and put a few drops of ant killer spray on each piece. You will need 3 to 4 pieces. Now place them around the kitchen in the places where ants are frequently seen. Be careful and never let children and pets touch the cardboards because boric acid is poisonous.
To attract as many ants as possible to the droplets, crush a few ants and leave their carcasses near the bait. The dead ants produce a special odor which attracts the fellow ants. They will come to carry the carcasses away. The more fellows will come, the faster the process of getting rid of ants will work.
When ants and the queen ingest the boric acid, the colony will die. Ant killer spay juice can also be used outside the house. Drizzle it over ant hills, place some droplets near the windows, doors, cracks in the walls and the foundation to attract as many ants as possible. If you know where the nest is located, pour some on it too. After you have completed the extermination, pick up all the cardboards. Keep them and the remaining ant juice in case you need to repeat the extermination process. You should try a variety of natural ant killing methods using different products from the grocery or pantry shelf.
