How to Fight Ants in an Apartment: A Simple Method
Ants in an apartment are a real disaster. The fact is that any other insects are much easier to get rid of than ants.
Ants are distinguished by the fact that they live in entire colonies, reproduce very quickly, and you simply cannot breed them one by one.
Moreover, they are so small that they can crawl through almost any crack.
The best way to fight is to find the ant nest and destroy the queen. If there is no queen, there will be no one to reproduce and the colony will simply die. But finding the nest is not so easy.
Usually ants hide it in a secluded dark place and it is not a fact that it is located in your apartment.
Ants can also come from neighbors. Therefore, it is better to ask your neighbors if they have the same problem and fight together. Otherwise, after some time, ants can visit you again.
One of the effective ways to combat ants is homemade traps. They are made as follows.
You need to mix sugar with water and add boric acid and spread it along the paths where ants usually move.
Boric acid infects insects and ants easily transmit it between themselves. But such baits need to be made for at least two weeks in a row, otherwise there will be no effect. After all, you need to wait until everyone dies.
Another good way is to put a piece of meat in the place where ants gather. Soon a whole bunch of insects will gather on it, which should be carefully disposed of and scalded with boiling water.
Then you can put a new piece of meat. The thing is that in this way you can track where the ants are coming from. But this does not always work.
Chemicals are also an effective method, but they need to be handled correctly. In addition, you need to store all food in packaging so that there is no chance for a poisoned ant to interact with your food products.
If you have a large apartment and several sources of ant colonies, then only a special pest control service will save you.
It is expensive, but, as a rule, they will rid your home of annoying ants once and for all with the help of special solutions and devices.
To prevent ants from coming again, put dry bay leaves or garlic in secluded places where there may be small cracks.
Ants do not like these smells and will certainly not want to enter such an apartment.
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