Ants in a private house - how to get rid of

How to get rid of ants in a private house forever. The presence of small black or winged ants in the home is a serious problem. The fight against insects should be started immediately after detection,

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and for the destruction of pests, household chemicals or folk remedies are usually used.

Where do ants come from in the house

Ant in a private house, which is difficult to get rid of - a common phenomenon.

Most often insects enter the dwelling:

• When looking for food and heat. When cold weather sets in, ants start looking for warmer places to live, and the smell of food will always attract them, especially if there is food in the house in the open or you do not clean on time.
• With seedlings, purchased with soil or houseplants.

• Along with vegetables and fruits that were brought from the garden.
• Due to the sanitization of the neighbors.

Ants can actually travel great distances in search of comfortable living conditions. Usually, several individuals are the first to go for exploration, and if they liked the living conditions, then the entire colony is nominated to this place.

As species of ants exist

In the climatic conditions of Russia and Ukraine, more than 260 species of ants can be found, but not all are able to live near people.

Basically, in a private house there are those families of insects that cannot live in frost and cold.

These include:

1. Red (pharaonic) ants, they are popularly known as "house ants", since they are the ones who most often appear in the neighborhood of people. These pests are small in size, with workers reaching 0.2-0 in length. 25 cm, and uterus from 0.

   4 to 0.6 cm. In cold conditions, they die, so they try to settle only in well-heated places.

2. Yellow and brown, thief ants. They can be most often found in a private home.

   Working ants are small, from 0.1 to 0.3 cm, and the body is colored bright yellow or light brown. Due to their small size, they try to arrange their nests in a hard-to-reach place, for example, in various cracks.

3. Red (turf).

   Like species number 2, especially red ants are very small. The insect spruce is dark red or even black in color. They choose cracks and crevices as a place of residence.

4. A large black ant. Their lair may not be located in the house itself, but, for example, on a site near it, while you can see working individuals on your territory, since it is they who are able to travel long distances to search for food.

5. Carpenter ants. Insects are large, black, usually living in the forest, but their appearance in a private house is very possible if it is built of wood.

In addition, besides the usual ants, flying individuals may appear in the house. Where do they come from? The statement that winged ants are a separate species of insect is completely wrong. This is the same kind of individuals, but wings grow only in those who are in the mating phase.

Most often this can be seen at a time when all conditions are ideal for breeding, warm spring or summer. After the adult ants have finished mating, most often they bite off their wings.

Danger and harm from insects

Despite the fact that ants in a private house are usually not poisonous, their appearance in the house is still unsafe.

The point is that they are capable of:

• Cause various diseases in pets and humans. While searching for food, various individuals begin to crawl through garbage dumps and carry pathogenic microorganisms on small paws, and as a result, animals in the house and people can become infected from this.

• Arrange their nests in a wall or other hard-to-reach places, where they will store remnants of food, which after a certain time will begin to decompose. Because of this, an unpleasant odor or even mold and mildew may appear in the house.
• Spoil food and even household appliances. The fact is that it is the ants who are constantly in search of food, therefore, whenever possible, they try to drag them to their nest. Of course, they will not be able to drag in large products, but they will still leave their marks on them, so they will no longer be eaten.

In addition, pests can create an anthill right inside the body of household appliances, and this can lead to minor damage or even a short circuit.

If carpenter ants have appeared in your private house, and the structure is made of wood, then you should get rid of them as soon as possible, since insects of this type begin to build anthills inside the tree. The first signs of the appearance of these creatures in a house made of wood will be the presence of sawdust and dust. In the wood itself, at the initial stages, small holes will hardly be noticeable.

Woodworms usually try to settle in hollow doors, walls, beams or wooden supports.

They often build nests in damp wood. As a result, there are a lot of massive passages that the ants have pierced, and the tree becomes loose. If you do not get rid of pests in time, but the walls and wooden beams may simply not withstand and fall.

How to get rid of ants forever

There are many ways to control pests. You can use methods from folk remedies or purchase chemicals that are sold in stores.

In an advanced case, you can contact the disinfection service for help.Regardless of which of the methods will be chosen, there are certain rules for preparing the room before you start etching, norms for performing disinfection, and also general recommendations for observing safety measures.

Destruction or scaring away

When choosing a means of fighting ants, you should consider how exactly the substance you have chosen will act. Some improvised and chemical agents only scare away insects due to a pungent odor that ants cannot tolerate, while others act externally on pests or enter the body along with the bait, which leads to death. The first option is more humane, but it cannot give a 100% guarantee, the maximum will frighten away for a short time.

In the second case, there is a high probability that new insects will appear, but then the risk of infection will be several times less.

Preparation for extermination

So, if ants appear in a private house, you can get rid of them using various methods, but for the beginning should be thoroughly prepared.

1. Before starting, you should carry out a general cleaning, and it is imperative to use disinfectants.
2. Remove all food from open access, especially various sweets, and also try to limit access to water for insects.
3. Seal up any large gaps in the walls.

4. It is worth starting the fight with the search for the ant's nest in the house. So you will be sure exactly where to put the repeller or poisonous bait first.
5. If you want to use harsh chemicals for disinfestation or call a special service, you should take care of where family members and pets will be during the treatment.
6. When using aggressive, harmful and poisonous substances, it is worth observing all the described precautions.

Now let's look at the features of the process.

Features of the fight in a house made of wood

If you decide to settle ants in wood, you should take care of the specifics of their extermination:

• Look for shavings or debris. This is usually how ants leave traces of their activity in the form of light-colored sawdust.
• Look for tainted wood. Typically, many small holes can be seen in such places.
• Locate the ants.

  Keep an eye on where the miners are trying to hide food, and to do this, leave some jam, honey or sugar near the intended place of residence of the insects.

If the nest is located where it is difficult for you to reach, then use the slow-acting poison. When using instant action, you will be able to destroy only the hunter ants, but in your case, you will need the ant to take out the poisoned delicacy, bring it to the nest, so that the entire colony is saturated with these treats and perishes.

Specific chemicals

Specific chemicals are very common in a number of ant control methods. In hardware stores, he eats a large amount of funds with a different spectrum of action and for any wallet.

Gels

The substance must be applied to the places where ants are most often found. The insect will bring the poisoned agent on the body and leg to the place of residence, which will help infect the colony and the uterus. From the beginning of using the drug until the complete extermination of unwanted guests, approximately 30 days should pass.

There are such gels on sale with a similar effect:

• Dolkhlofos.
• Trap.

• Raptor.
• Cuts.
• Absolute.
• Brownie.
• Net dm.

• Great warrior.

Now consider the following remedy that will help get rid of ants in a private house forever.

Spray and aerosol

Such compositions are often used by housewives, since the method of use is to spray the substance, therefore it can perfectly penetrate into cracks and others inaccessible places. You can increase the effect if you direct the stream to the anthill itself. But it is worth paying attention to the fact that aerosols that contain cypermethrin and tetramethrin are considered the most effective.

In the range of these sprays you will find the following:

• Raptor.
• Raid.
• Net before.
• Varan.
• Throw.

• Combat.

Let's move on to the third type of funds.

Fine and dust-based powders

Powders and crayons are not the most effective ways, but they also help fight pests ...

The product should be applied to all surfaces that the ants come into contact with. In the household department you will find "Mashenka" chalk, as well as the Raptor, Reid and Clean House powders.

Traps

Such funds differ in their high efficiency, as well as safety for pets and people. There are poisonous, adhesive and electric traps, and they differ in the type of impact. For example, the glue in the center has a fragrant bait, and when walking towards it, they are covered with an adhesive substance.

Ants come to smell food and stick to the surface. Poisonous traps have a bait in their core, but it is poisonous, and this insecticide slowly begins to poison the hunter, and then all of his relatives.

Repeller on ultrasound

Such devices emit special radio waves that can affect the nervous system of the pest. Against the background of stress, the insect stops feeding and multiplying, and because of this, it leaves a place comfortable for living. The use of such repellents is controversial, since it is believed that the waves are not able to affect the nervous and sensory nervous systems of ants.

Microcapsules

Before using the substance, it should be diluted in water.Next, you need to spray all surfaces where insects are. The product is unique in the sense that it turns into microscopic poisonous capsules after being sprayed. The same ones stick to the chitinous coating of ants and the insects themselves transfer the poison to the nest, which is why they die as a whole colony.

Folk remedies

Most of the remedies help scare away, not get rid of ants in a private house.

Nevertheless, the bulk of the methods proved to be effective for destruction of . In addition, such drugs are much cheaper than chemicals and can be bought at any pharmacy or store, and they are not as harmful to human health or even harmless at all.

Fragrant plants

Substances that smell strongly can repel insects forever. Ants cannot tolerate strong odors, so small bunches of fresh and dry herbs of wormwood, tansy, mint and lavender should be spread out in insect habitats. Plants should be changed periodically as the fragrance wears off.

Spices, spices

Not at all spices, esters and spices with a bright smell will also be worse. You can use lemon, cloves, garlic, bay leaves, and a variety of dry peppers. Apply any of the products to the paths of the ants and renew from time to time.

Boric acid

This acid is harmful to ants. Its action can cause paralysis and intoxication of insects, and after the individuals die.

The product can be used without dilution, and in the form of a fragrant bait that the miners will bring to the nest and infect others.

Lures made from minced meat

The meat smell attracts ants very well, so you can make poisonous baits based on it. For example, balls of meat and boric acid. For cooking, you will need ground pork, poultry or beef. 50 grams of minced meat should be mixed with 1/2 sachet of acid powder, make small lumps and spread around the perimeter.

The ants will be attracted by the scent and will begin to carry treats to themselves, where they will soon die.

Tremors

When wet, this substance becomes larger, which is detrimental for ants, since when it enters their digestive system it will begin to swell and cause injuries to the insect that are incompatible with life. You need to prepare a mixture of yeast, water and 1 tsp. jam or honey, and it must be thick, and then you need to spread everything out in places where ants accumulate.

Vinegar

Standard table vinegar will strike the ant twice, because it acts not only as a substance that repels with a powerful smell, but and as an insecticide that corrodes the chitinous cover upon contact.

If you know how to get to the nest, simply pour undiluted liquid into the nest.If you can't find a den, dilute the vinegar with water and spray the paths of the ants and the surfaces where they were seen.

Oils (essential)

The method with essential oil will help and get rid of ants in the country house, and just scare away. It will also help freshen the air. Dissolve some oil in water and scrub the floor with solution or spray on the surface with a spray bottle.

For direct exposure, it is required to pour undiluted oil inside the anthill.

Manka

This croup swells when getting into a humid environment, so it will injure ants if they eat a couple of grains. Even if the insect does not die, it will greatly increase in size and get stuck in the passageway, thereby blocking the delivery of food to the queens. Add some sugar to attract insects to the cereal.

Vaseline

This remedy is more prophylactic.

It does not affect insects, but acts as a barrier, because ants are unable to move on sticky and slippery surfaces. The substance should be applied to the sides of dishes, drawer walls and other vertical surfaces.

Eggshell

Raw egg shells can be used as an ant trap. To do this, you need to carefully open and remove the insides, but leave some protein on the walls. Next, spread the egg traps around the house.

The ants will be attracted by the squirrel scent and will begin to crawl into the shell, but they will not be able to get out. To improve the effect, use the method together with other means.

Geranium and orange peel

This method is ideal if you have small children. The fact is that such substances are completely harmless to humans, but they repel the ant with a strong smell. The crusts should be spread out in the affected area and replaced with new ones as they dry.

Geranium also repels insects, and can exterminate midges, cockroaches and wood lice.

Tar

Suitable for pest control in the area near the house or in the garden. The tool helps to scare away other pests, such as midges, aphids and bears.

There are several ways to use tar:

1. Gauze or bandage, which are dipped in the substance, will be required for wrapping trees.
2. Apply the product to the bark of the tree.

3. Shrubs can be sprayed with a solution of tar and water, 5 tbsp. l. for 10 liters of water.
4. Spread sawdust soaked in tar on the bed.

As soon as the smell disappears, you can repeat the procedure.

Mustard powder

Insects hate the smell of mustard, so they try to escape as soon as possible. Please note that using the powder in your home is undesirable as it can irritate the respiratory tract. Processing is carried out in a garden or room where you will not be for a long time.

Kerosene

The substance will help at the first contact.An effective option would be to pour the solution directly into the anthill.

For cooking, take 1 tbsp. l. kerosene and 1 liter of water.

Lime, ash, pepper, urine, sugar syrup, soapy water, and coffee grounds are also excellent methods for getting rid of ants in a private home.

Preventive measures

Naturally, it is easier to prevent the appearance of pests in the house than to fight them.

For prevention, you should:

• Do not leave products in the public domain.
• Dispose of trash in a timely manner and keep the dishes of cats and dogs clean.
• Sweep crumbs off the floor and table immediately.
• Check that there are no gaps in the kitchen walls and in the bathroom.
• Time to clean the house.

Ants in a private house are commonplace, and you can get rid of them with the help of improvised means or purchased chemicals. The complete destruction of the colony is possible if you properly prepare for the process and follow all the recommendations.