Having ants running around your house is not only annoying but unhygienic as well. These ants carry along a lot of germs and they can contaminate your food. Others like carpenter ants can cause serious damage to wooden material in your house. Harvester ants are also a threat to humans as they can bite and cause allergic reactions.  Getting rid of ants can be quite a daunting task but with the tips outlined below, you can tackle the problem easily.

 

 

  • Identify the colony and the queen

To get rid of ants, you need to first eliminate the ones that you do not see. Ants live in colonies and the ones that you see crawling around your house search for food to take back to their queen. The queen never leaves the nest and her job is to continue laying more eggs. This is why it is pointless to eliminate the ants in your house if you have not destroyed their colony first.

To identify the colony and get the queen, follow the trail of the ants to see where they are coming from. You cans also set up ant baits on the trail. The workers will take the bait to the queen, she will feed on it and eventually die. When the queen is dead, future populations of ants are eliminated.

 

  • Keep the house clean

Ants keep coming to your house to get food and water for survival. The bread crumbs on the floor, the leftovers on dirty dishes, and the food spills make your home attractive. As such, ensure to keep your house clean, particularly your kitchen. Wipe off food spills and do not leave dirty dishes undone for too long. Also, cover food so that they do not come into contact with it.

 

  • Seal around the windows and doors

Ants require a tiny space to get into your house. If you want to get rid of ants completely, seal the cracks and crevices on the walls of your house. Check the entry points of cable and wires into your house and ensure that there are no spaces that ants can use to get in.

 

  • Use lemon to get rid of ants

Using lemon juice and peels is a simple home remedy for getting rid of ants. Pour the lemon juice or place the peels on the areas where the ants get into your house. You can also add the lemon juice to water to wash the floor of your house. The citric acid contained in lemons helps to destroy the chemical trail left by ants.

 

  • Table salt

Spreading salt on the entry points of ants is an effective way to get rid of ants. They love sugary things and salt repels them. You can also dissolve salt in boiling water and spray it on all the areas that are infested with ants. Additionally, pouring the salt solution into the ant’s nest is another great approach to getting rid of them. This will help in destroying the colony and even the queen. To completely get rid of ants using this method, you need to do it repeatedly.

 

  • Vinegar

Mix equal portions of water and vinegar in a spray bottle.  Spray this mixture on the areas that ants are present and even in the ant nests. The catch with using vinegar to get rid of ants is that that the vinegar smell puts them off. As such, once they sense the smell, they will move out of the house or their nests. For best results with this method, use the vinegar solution repeatedly.

 

  • Pepper

Aforementioned, ants love sugary foods. To get rid of them, spread pepper on the entry points and other areas that have ant infestations. You can also pour the pepper in the anthills and destroy their colonies.  As stated earlier, before applying any method to get rid of ants, you first need to destroy the colony. You need to kill the queen to end the population of the ants. Otherwise, you will be doing zero work.

 

 

While there are several DIY methods to get rid of ants, it is always important to seek the services of professional pest control experts. They have vast information about ants’ species and can apply the best solutions to give a permanent solution. At Imagine Care, we have highly skilled and experienced technicians who can help you exterminate ants completely. Our services are affordable and we are at your service as and when you need us.  If you want help to get rid of ants, contact +254737898884, +254759292158, +254789231328, +254742448334, or drop an email to .