Sugar ants...?
Question:My place is infested with those black sugar ants. I have tried everything, we have sprayed the house, i read somewhere to clean with vinegar to avoid them coming back. i have tried many different things, i keep all sweet things in containers, all food sealed closed. Does anyone know of any way to get rid of these ants?
Answers:
Borax is the key here. I have used it without any powdered sugar and it works well. Also, sprinkling a "barrier" of the Borax around the foundation outside your home will help keep any crawling insects out.
Maybe you have a Sweet house or you might be a Sweet person. You know how people be saying you are so sweet.
You can mix equal parts of (20 Mule Team) borax and powdered sugar, sprinkle around where they come in (don't let pets get it!) I also just read that if you can get the "original" real (blue) Dawn liquid dishsoap, you can mix it with water, spray it on surfaces and deter ants.
Try Sweet and Low artificial sweetner. Sounds crazy but it's deadly to ants. I discovered this by accident when boered at work we put some down for an ants nest outside our store cos we wanted to watch them work. Sure enoough they swarmed over the stuff taking it back into the nest. By the end of the day they were all dead and the nest never came back.
Ants don't care for mint or citrus, cloves or bay leaves, so think orange peel, peppermint tea, lemon juice, ground cloves, etc. If you can plant mint around the foundations of your home, you may deter them from entering. Vinegar has the same acid as citrus, so use it to clean with and ants won't feel welcome. (It probably erases or overpowers the odor trail other ants have left for them to follow.)
Clean bench tops and cupboards down really well, and then wipe down with a clean damp cloth that has a few drops of essential peppermint oil on it, you may need to apply a few drops of oil a couple of times.
Ants hate the smell of it and it is also environmentally friendly, and safe for humans and children, and no residue powders etc to clean up. And the big bonus is that the room smells fresh and minty. I also want to add that you can put the oil on a cotton ball after cleaning and put in the areas you have ants and that should help too...replace once the smell is gone.
I hope this was helpful,Good Luck! :)
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