Get rid of ants in the home, without the use of poisons.
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Ants In The Home
Ants
Ants have been around since time began, and have survived on their own without our help. If the ants stay out of our
homes, no problem, they probably are beneficial in some way, but when ants invade our space, it is time to act.
Ants and Corn Flakes!
Ants cannot digest corn products, and because ants love sugar, they will eat corn flakes (corn flakes have sugar). They
will gather up all that you give them and pack it off to their nest. When the ants feed on corn flakes, some now, some
later during the winter, they die, they cannot digest corn! End of story, less ants now and by spring time ---NO ANTS!
Period!
Prepare the Corn Flakes
Buy the cheapest bag of commercial corn lakes at the grocery store, they work as well as the expensive ones, make a tiny
hole in the bag to let the air out, place the bag on the floor and walk all over it until you just have a bag full of small
sawdust size corn flakes. Spread the corn flakes where ever you have an ant problem, in the home, outside around trees,
the lawn, house and yard.
An added benefit of feeding the ants, when ants find an abundance of food outside the home, they have no reason to
enter into your home, in search of food.
An advantage of using corn flakes is the bait is delivered into inaccessible areas, where the nest is, and the ants do all the
work in getting it there, corn flakes are safe for children, pets, and birds.
Insects In Kitchen Cupboards
To keep ants and insects out of kitchen cupboards, place whole cloves in small containers like a bottle caps, and place it
towards back of shelf. All insects hate the smell of cloves. This keeps your cupboards nice and spicy smelling.
Ants in The Home
Ants enter the home because there is food available for them. Empty pop cans and bottles left around have small
amounts of pop within them. Ants love sugar. Candy left around and empty glasses with juice all have the same effect.
Partial eaten honey and jam sandwiches are regarded as real treats to the ants.
I once read an article about a women who "struck a deal" with the ants, she would feed them outside the home, if they
would stay out of the house. The ants agreed and never entered the home again. Just goes to show, the ants go where
the food is or put another way, or stay where the food is!
When insects enter the home, spiders also follow the insects, a source of food for them. When this happens, you have
another problem on your hands!
Remove anything near the house that could attract ants. Overripe fruit, and anything with sugar will attract ants. Plug up any cracks or open spaces that could allow easy access into the home.
How Ants Find Food
Ants go in search of food, and when they find it, they return to the nest and let the other ants know where the food is.
Ants leave scent trails (pheromone) for the other ants to follow.
Ant Homes
Some ants nest in the soil, others under sidewalks, rocks, and any wood that has started to rot, like old logs.
Food Stuff That Ants Do Not Like
Ants do not like cinnamon, vinegar and black pepper
Household Product
If you need to deal instantly with an over-run of ants, spray the ants with Windex, a common household glass cleaner product, it kills them instantly.
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