How do I get rid of ants indoors without dangerous chemicals?
Feb.19, 2011 in
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I have a crawling/cruising baby and ants that come in around my patio door. She likes to stand up against the door and look out but I don’t want her eating ants or poison!
February 20th, 2011 at 1:37 am
Try a steamer it does not contain an chemical but kills ants immediately. But you may need to use chemicals outside once you have sourced where they come from.
http://www.epestsupply.com/ants.htm
Good information, but ignore their “only buy from us, other stuff doesn’t work” line. Retail ant traps work fine and are a lot cheaper.
http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/t-tips/bugs/ant.htm General ant information
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/index.php Simple Green
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February 20th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Put ant baits OUTSIDE the door for them to chomp on. In the meantime, spray Fantastic all along the trim and door opening, to remove the chemical scent trail that ants leave for each other. Also–and I know this from experience with five children–don’t let your little one leave sippies full of juice around. The ants that are driving you nuts are called sweet ants, and like their name suggests, they can find sugar anywhere. Get the carpets cleaned, and put water in the sippies instead!
http://www.epestsupply.com/ants.htm
Good information, but ignore their “only buy from us, other stuff doesn’t work” line. Retail ant traps work fine and are a lot cheaper.
http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/t-tips/bugs/ant.htm General ant information
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/index.php Simple Green
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February 20th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
An easy way would be to replace the weatherstripping in the door if it needs and caulk any cracks around the door to keep them from coming into the house. No danger to baby that way.
http://www.epestsupply.com/ants.htm
Good information, but ignore their “only buy from us, other stuff doesn’t work” line. Retail ant traps work fine and are a lot cheaper.
http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/t-tips/bugs/ant.htm General ant information
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/index.php Simple Green
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February 21st, 2011 at 1:36 am
Cayenne Pepper or any spice rack hot pepper type thing. Sprinkle it around the house and the ants will not cross it. I guess it either burns them or they try to eat it and don’t like it.
http://www.epestsupply.com/ants.htm
Good information, but ignore their “only buy from us, other stuff doesn’t work” line. Retail ant traps work fine and are a lot cheaper.
http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/t-tips/bugs/ant.htm General ant information
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/index.php Simple Green
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February 21st, 2011 at 9:37 am
The little Raid ant baits worked miracles in my house. Are there places nearby that you could put them where the baby couldn’t get hold of them? I know they are safe to use around food, but you wouldn’t want her to putting them in her mouth.
Diatomacious earth (the kind for landscaping, not for pool filters) works wonders to keep ants out and there is no poison in it at all. You use it outside by making a straight line with it along the edge of your house with no breaks. The ants can not crawl over it (it’s gross why they can’t). Another thing you can use the same way (by making a barrier the ants can’t cross) is cayenne pepper (I use it around the sides, corners, and back of my cupboards), but you wouldn’t want your daughter getting into that either!
Spray ants with Windex (or whatever window cleaner you use) and do not clean them up for a little while. The other ants see that their coworkers are dying in your home and they won’t want to suffer the same fate (it actually works).
There’s a book called Tiny Game Hunting that has great ideas for natural pest control.
http://www.epestsupply.com/ants.htm
Good information, but ignore their “only buy from us, other stuff doesn’t work” line. Retail ant traps work fine and are a lot cheaper.
http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/t-tips/bugs/ant.htm General ant information
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/index.php Simple Green
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