ANTS MANAGEMENT
1.If you observe line of ants making its way through the house and building, follow it figure out its starting point or nest.
Ants may enter the building through a window pane, flooring cracks and or even vegetation like tree or shrubs near the windows and balconies.
2.Keep food specially nuts and biscuits in tightly sealed containers. Nuts husk left anywhere else may attract more ants.
3. While using baits, ant food preferences may vary between carbohydrates, fat and protein and also different species got different feeding habits. If one type of bait does not work, switch on to the other type.
4.Manage the swarming ants by vacuuming them up along with some oily nuts or biscuits.They can also be washed away with any detergent water.
5. Eliminate the scent of the trail by washing the premises, once the ants have been removed with soapy and warm water.
6.Permanently seal the point of entry by caulking windows and cracks
COMMON TIPS TO REPEL ANTS CONTROL IN HOUSES
Sticky taps
Use of sticky tap around the attractant ornamental plants and side ways keep the ants away to reaches the targeted premises.
Use of Baster
Borax solution in water mixed with sugar to be applied by the common baster to reach the targeted area, cracks and corners properly. Pesticide can be applied to the local nesting site by the baster, reduces use of chemical and less hazards to the targeted species and environment.
Common chalk
If you want to avoid entry of the ants inside your house or specific site that draw lines over the flooring. Ants will not cross these line as they are repelled by calcium Carbonate.
Use of flour
Just like chalking use of common floor also avoive the entry of most of the species in door.
Use of lemon and Oranges
Lemon/Orange juice mixed with water is good ants repellent. You can use the mixture on to the nest or runways. Floor chemical with lemon or orange scent prove to give you some good result in ants repellent and management.
Pepper/ Table salt /Herbs spices
Use of pepper, table salt and herbs spices used as a natural repellent against the many species of ants for many years, the idea is till in practice and proved to be good IPM pest control strategies.
Use of Talcum powder
Application of talcum powder repel the ants to spreads around if applied near to the ant nest. As precaution if applied in the corner reduces the solo ants roaming indoor and also enhance the sanction of vacuum cleaner to suck up the roaming insect with dust.
Use of Vinegar
Ant hats the smell of vinegar to application of vinegar to the house or shops entry points, picnic spots and children playing area reduces the population density of ants and hence reduce the use of toxic pest control chemical.
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