In city apartments, various insects often start. And this can happen even if your house is clean and tidy, because they crawl from neighbors through cracks and cracks. One of the most unpleasant guests of a person are domestic ants. How to deal with them, you need to know in order to protect yourself from the consequences of their neighborhood.
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ant , also called the pharaoh, is a very harmful insect. Ants are omnivores and can simply be attracted to the smell of food in your kitchen. They are so small that a small gap is enough for them to get into your apartment, climb into a bread box or cabinets. In addition, they are able to carry different bacteria on the legs. The neighborhood of ants leads to other unpleasant consequences. They can damage the wires and electrical appliances, cause a
short circuit, spoil food and clothing, and just bite a person.
In apartment buildings, especially on the ground floors, house ants are often planted. How to deal with them? It is easier to prevent their appearance, because it is very difficult to remove these insects. Try to always keep the apartment clean, leave no food leftovers and take out the bin every day. Store all products in tightly closed containers. Never feed pets from the floor and remove crumbs on time.
But even in this case, you may have domestic ants. How to deal with them without the use of chemicals?
Ants can be scared away. They are afraid of the smell of wormwood, garlic, cloves and sunflower oil. You can also spread elderberry or catnip leaves on their trails . They recommend making traps from jars of sweet water in which insects drown. It is useful to regularly clean the floor with water and vinegar. You can scare them away and special industrial means, for example, by drawing on the perimeter of the apartment line chalk "Mashenka".
But these tools help if there are few ants, and they come from outside. But what if their nest is in your apartment? It is useless to look for it, to close the cracks too, since they will find another hole. They need to be completely lime. To do this, the poisoned baits are laid out, which the working ants take to the anthill, feed them to their brothers and,
the main thing is the queen.
The best remedy for domestic ants is boric acid. It is dangerous for insects, as it chokes chitin. Mix it with honey or sugar and place in secluded places where ants can get. You can add boric acid or borax powder to minced meat or mashed potatoes and make balls that are laid out on ant trails.
There are industrial poisons from ants. They come in the form of sprays, aerosols, gels and powders. You need to carefully read the instructions for their use and take into account that they are also poisonous to children and pets.
The most difficult to remove insect is domestic ants. How to deal with them when no means help? It remains only to call a special pest control service that will process your apartment. But often this is not enough if they remain with the neighbors, so you need to carry out the processing of the whole house.