Homemade, easy and effective tricks, to avoid ants at home
Gabriela Maestre
The heat and moisture of the summer encourage the appearance of very diverse pests.And although some are more dangerous than others, there is undoubtedly an insect that can be really upset by how our houses invades, and even our food, with total peace.We talk about ants, a really important animal for the biodiversity of the planet, but that can come to be a persistent problem when it sneaks into our space.
In Spain there are about 300 species of ants, some of which come from other continents.As explained from the anti -imex pest control company, most of these insects live in the field, but often invasive species cannot compete with natives for resources and move inside buildings, where they have more facilities forsubsist.
Ants find in our homes the optimal conditions to settle.Here they have a good air conditioning, corners to build their nests without being detected and, above all, many food remains to collect.Once they appear, they are very difficult to complete.Therefore, the best strategy we can follow if we do not want to live with hundreds of them is prevention.
1.Close the step: Eye to the cracks!
Because of its size, they have it very easy to sneak at home through cracks, but it makes it difficult to pass them is not complicated either.It is enough to use silicone or plaster to seal the holes through which they could enter.At the same time, this takes away spaces where they could otherwise establish their nests.We must especially check the cracks of the kitchen, although they can also be installed in any room and parade from there in search of food.
two.Kill them with hunger: no crumbs!
That is another of the fronts that we must monitor.To avoid pests, we must ensure that they do not find a power supply in our homes.This can be complicated, since the explorer ants take advantage of their smell to detect food and orient themselves, so that they always know the path they must follow.In addition, although they feel predilection for sugary substances, they are worth any type of organic matter.
The key to not appear is very simple: maintaining good cleaning at home, looking mostly in the kitchen and dining room.After meals, you have to make sure there are no remains anywhere.That is, you have to sweep and pass a cloth on the different surfaces where we use food routinely.And in this area we do not forget the appliances;Passing the broom under the fridge or withdrawing the crumbs inside the toaster can save us future invasions.
3.Monitor leftovers and water leaks
It is also convenient to wash the dishes at the end of eating, since leftovers can attract ants to the sink, where they would also find water.Along the same lines, it is important that we make sure to repair water leaks if we have them, because moisture can be another claim.
4.The sweets, in hermetic containers
Continuing with food, we must control the places where we store it with special attention.You have to clean the shelves and cabinets occasionally, especially if we have shed any food.And those most striking things for ants, among which sweet products such as sugar or honey, we should store them in closed, hermetic containers.However, let's not forget that they can eat anything, so garbage cubes should be emptied frequently.
If despite our efforts, one day we find a row of these insects walking through our kitchen, there are ways to expel them again.The most direct are to contact pest control experts or buy and apply the most appropriate insecticide.But there are also effective homemade methods, in case we want to kill them.
1.Vinegar
In the same way that ants love sugary foods, they do not support the smell of vinegar.Mixed with water in equal parts, you can sprinkle through the usual passages, and we will see that the number of explorers is drastically reduced in a very short time.Vinegar also being so strong eliminates the smell traces that guide them, so it is difficult for them to detect the path they continue inside our houses.It is one of the multiple uses of vinegar that you might not know.
two.Lemon
Something very similar happens with lemon juice.If we sprinkle the soils with a pair of squeezed citrus fruits, the ants will also disappear.Only in this case our home will smell much better than with vinegar.
3.Mint smell bags, coffee beans...
In general, we can eliminate ants with certain striking odors.Herbs and spices such as mint, bay leaf, garlic or even coffee beans can help us of homemade repellent.We can spread them outside the house if we know why areas enter, as home pesticides.But if we are not sure, we can put any of these ingredients in fabric bags and save them in drawers and shelves, as is done in cabinets with antipolilla products.
4.Chalk and talc powders
Chalk and talc powders also serve to scare away these insects.The most efficient way to use them is to spread them at the access points, since if we try to mark their entire route, we will surely end with a dirty house through the dust.
5.Bicarbonate with sugar
Finally, it will also work for us to mix sodium and sugar bicarbonate equally.This mixture is harmful to ants, so they will flee from it when they detect it.Throwing it through their passage areas, insects will leave our home in a very short time.
