What's the best way to get rid of ants inside the house?
Answers:
Have you tried cleaning?
Other answers:
bomb ur house.
bomb ur house.
Aardvaark. (Ant-Eater in laymen's terms.)
Burn the house down.
Stop throwing sugary foodstuff inside Ur house!!
Get a can or Raid Ant spray.
Here's a few good links to check out at eHow.com, which is great for some down-to-earth information.
1. Stop an ant invasion
2. Get rid of ants naturally
3. Rid your home of ants
4 - 6. Tips from other folks on all of the above, totally about 87 more tips!!
Somewhere in there you should find an answer that works for you. Hope you can and good luck!!
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go to the store and get raid for insects that will help
Bug bombs, get them at Wal-Mart.
there are these little traps that look like circular pinwheels. they really do work.
bleach water. You need to get the scent trail off. The ants will leave a scent trail so the other ants know where to go. Fin the place where they are cpoming from, spray...and then spray anywhere you see them walking. This worked for me.
according to indian mythology go n give some eatables like flour in muddy places
Pour boiling water and bleach down there little tunnels till they melt and if that dosnt work get a can of deodrant and a lighter and flame the little beggers
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Seriously, take black pepper and sprinkle it along the trail the ants use. The pepper burns them and they won't be back because they don't like it. It worked wonders on the ones on my counter top in the kitchen.
put loads of sugar in the garden
each year i get ants in my kitchen. i have learned to track them to their point of entry and spray bug killer there. that has always stopped them. jmc
believe it or not, soapy water! works i swear! used to get ants from leaving sodas on my wondow sill all the time.
chinese chalk works best. i had the same problem until i used it.
At Home-Depot, they have the ant "traps" they go in and eat the food that is provided. They bring it back to the queen and the whole colony dies. I have used them in the past and they were very effective. I have even used them outside. The one that was best had a clear container and an orange fluid inside. I don't remember the name tho. Good luck.
put qa line of chalk around your house
spray down the inside with bleach water by where they are crawling
Garlic got rid of the ones in my house, but it smells funny.
You didnt specify where or what kind of ants so its hard to give you helpfull info on control.
Most any detergent based cleaner will kill them but might spread them to other areas due to the repellent nature of cleaners. If you have a professional exterminator that can come out soon i would advise to wipe them away with a damp paper towel or rag if you have to use the area. otherwise let the professional handle it. A proper ID will help the exterminator choose the best treatment.
Give them an eviction notice. LOL Try coffee grinds, or bay leafs if you are afraid of the sprays but they are your best choice.. Find where they are entering the house and pot ant traps there as well as spray.. Be sure to keep your kitchen clean and take the trash ou every night no matter how full the bag.. Use caulk to plug the holes the ants enter through, but spray first maybe even for a few days before you block the hole.. Good Luck
Use a sweet gel bait. Look for the way they trail and put the gel in areas for the ant to find easy. This will take a while and you may see a lot more ants coming to eat. But this will eliminate the colony or colonies.
I have heard that you take a washable marker and draw a line out to the door because they follow lines.
I noticed them in my house to near my sink and coffee pot- I am going to spray. Ant and Roach killer , clean up good, and spray at back door sill.
you should get a powder its name is ant powder it really helps i used it as well its cheap and it comes in a blue bottle. you should get it , it really works.
Wipe the area down with bleach, bleach will destroy whatever scent that attracted them in the first place. Then my best suggestion is to buy some of the "home defense" spray for the home, you can use it inside and out....... spray it outside around windows and doors and then inside. Its good for all insects.
The best way is get them really drunk and then theu will have to go out side and take a pee; simply then close the door behind them..simple.
Oh hang on I thought you said how to dogs out of the house...