What is the best way to kill ants?
Question:I don't need environmentally-friendly stuff. Citrus, who cares!? I want something toxic, something that is better than my best option: burn the whole house down. Hell with this ants entering my domain! They are everywhere, even inside my PC!
Answers:
If they are that bad inside your home, then call someone to do it for you. They have better pesticides than we can buy ourselves.
Ant killer.
use hot sauce and peppermint oil mixed. i swear!
Go to your local feedstore/hardware store (if you have one) and buy this stuff called DemonWP. It kills spiders, ants, scorpians, cockroaches, you name it. And it is safe enough to use around cats and dogs. even use it in your house.
Go to Home depot and Get some real good stuff I forgot the name of it but you can some one there it is in a white handle type of bottle like antifreeze and it is actually white pellets aka food for the ants when they eat it and they love it they take it to thier Homes and within like no time they die from the Poison the Queen ant too since they take it all inside of thier homes and before u know it the antz r gone it works trust me
An exterminator is your best option. It sounds like you have an infestation. You could spend $50+ in products where as, an exterminator will come in and guarantee to get rid of them for a set price.
Ants are very difficult to irradicate.
Much luck.
I don't know which ants you are talking of but if you put some sugar or fluor or a cookie outside the house regularly, the ants won't bother to come inside the house. Tell them mentally not to trouble you and eat the goodies that you are keeping aside for them daily. See for a few days and you will find that they don't trouble you at all.
Ants are also living organisms and don't you think it is good to love all living beings?
If you are talking of white ants, you will need a different solution. What I wrote above works for black ants and red ants.
Mmm BEST way: magnifying glass.
Most EFFICIENT way: those little plastic things that the ants crawl into and die, haha.
Sounds bad. If you do it yourself, you need to make sure you get some sort of bait that the ants will take back to the colony/queen. Even a small infestation can take a week to resolve, but with how your situation sounds...maybe you should call in a pro (but get ready to pay some major $$). If it's as bad as you make it out to be, that is probably the best option.
Boric Acid is the "secret ingredient" in so many commercial treatments for insect control. You can get it at lowe's or Home Depot. The product roach pruf is boric acid.
This simple inexpensive, household chemical is deadly to all insects. It has been shown to attack their nervous systems, as well as being a drying agent to their bodies. Boric acid is a wonderful tool for controlling cockroaches in homes, restaurants and other buildings. It is effective in extremely small amounts and retains its potency almost indefinitely provided the deposit remains dry. Unlike many insecticides, boric acid has no repellency to insects and, consequently, roaches return to treated areas repeatedly until they die. Boric acid (100%) powder is odorless and non staining. Boric acid is deadly to cockroaches, but is low in toxicity to people, pets and other non target animals. It is also odorless and contains no volatile solvents.
Simply apply directly on carpets where pets frequently traffic or sleep at the rate of 1.5 pounds per 150 square feet. Work powder deep into fibers and mat. Any powder visible after application must be brushed into carpet fibers or vacuumed. Allow powder to remain for a period of three weeks to achieve maximum flea control in carpets.
Sprinkle around baseboards, under and behind refrigerator, stove, sink, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer. Also, sprinkle into openings around drain pipes and electrical conduits, and in cracks and crevices along baseboards and corners of cabinets, cupboards and closets. Insects walk through the dust, ingest it, and die within hours.
Ants :
This homemade treatment has worked very well on both carpenter ants and pharaoh ants.
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon of Boric Acid, 1 tsp of Sugar, 4 oz water, Cotton Balls.
Mix Boric Acid and Sugar in a bowl. This can be poured over a cotton wad in a small dish or bottle cap. Keep this from drying out for continued effectiveness. Place Cotton balls in path of Ants.
NEVER apply boric acid onto countertops or other exposed surfaces, especially those used to prepare food. Any visible residues should be wiped off with a damp cloth.
Used correctly, Boric Acid will produce results comparable to a professional exterminator.
Trt 'Terro' from Home Depot.
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