Question

Does anyone have any home remedies to get rid of ants in the house?  

Answer 1

I try the home remedy’s nothing worked for me but this one it worked great

Comments

@hunkydory these are amaze balls! They have outdoor stakes too

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@erose omg yes all gone  I’ll have to check outdoor ones

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These are amazing! Also not toxic to people and animals. If you have pets be careful of what you use. I know peppermint is a big no with cats.  

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@hunkydory yes!  

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Only stuff that's worked for us too!  

Answer 2

Pest b gone he will trace and find the nest and get them ! Lol .  

Answer 3

Peppermint is a good deterrent for ants!  

Answer 4

Borax and sugar water

Answer 5

I’m getting them like crazy too this year!  

Answer 6

Mom and Pop Pest Control Services, LLC we had them real bad til rod came out, found the nest and killed them all. Havent seen one since. raid just wasnt killing them all. they kept coming back

Answer 7

Neil Doucette here are some ideas for pest company

Answer 8

Like said above, peppermint is good to deter them, and borax/sugar water is good to place near where you believe their nest is to get rid of them.  

Answer 9

Peppermint works!  

Answer 10

Dish soap! And water spray it

Answer 11

Most people spray inside but I found spraying around the foundation outside kept mine from coming in. Plus I would vacuum or sweep before bed to eliminate any food on the floor.  

Answer 12

Ground Cinnamon worked. We had a ton this year.  

Comments

Worked for me also and it is natural

Answer 13

Peppermint and distilled vinegar

Answer 14

Peppermint for spiders too i put on cotton balls all around house.  

Answer 15

Baking soda  

Answer 16

Spread Cornmeal out.  

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@hypozeugma we do this. Works great

Answer 17

Then soak cotton balls and put out on wax paper or something and change every 4 days

Answer 18

Peppermint essential oil on cotton balls in corners where they come in and also same oil in spray bottle with water and which hazel to spray around windows and door frames

Answer 19

Yes! Sugar, warm water and Borax. Soak in cotton balls. It’s AMAZING! Recipes are all over Pinterest

Answer 20

Terro traps ants take poison back to nests. Works great.  

Answer 21

I’ve tried EVERYTHING. And the Terro liquid bait traps are the ONLY thing that’s worked for us. Took about 2 weeks but we haven’t seen 1 ant since

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@manageable75662 Yesss

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@manageable75662 I’m glad you mentioned that it took 2 weeks, I would’ve been on to the next strategy if I didn’t seem immediate results lol I’ll have to give this a try, thanks!  

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@manageable75662 where did you buy them? We just started getting carpenter ants two days ago ugh!  

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I ordered them on amazon I ordered 2 boxes of them and I think we went through just about all of them

Answer 22

Terro liquid has worked the best!. spraying outside pushed the ones on the house side in. Spraying inside only killed what ya see. The blue round tins with bait and the terro. We have dead ants everywhere. Terro is essentially sugar and borax but so much easier

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Add. after rain like this, our house would be a flood of ants. This morning I saw 1! This is the first year with terro. We get the bottle and not the bait containers. You put a bubble of terror on a little piece of cardboard (provided) and place it near your issue. They flood to it and that is unsettling, but there r fewer and fewer then just a bunch of dead ants.  

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Just dont be surprised if your dead disappear. This happened to us once, we set out the traps and there a bunch of dead ants by it. We were not able to clean it up right then, but when I went back about 45 mins. later, they were all gone. however never saw another ant in the house again lol

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@speculative5 yours apparently leave no troops one behind. Ours our less honorable.  

Answer 23

Another vote for Terro liquid!  

Answer 24

Home defense spray

Answer 25

Omg they are horrible this year! I blame all the rain!  

Answer 26

Hello, my husband and I own Mom and Pop Pest Control Services, LLC and I want you to be careful of the traps. They can bring in more ants. I know you are looking for home remedies, but if you want to use a company, please give us a call. 779-456-1855 or 779-456-1883. We would be happy to help, if these ideas do not work for you.  

Comments

@edna894 do you spray for mosquitoes per chance?  

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@squinteyed we do not.  

Answer 27

Baby powder did the trick for us

Answer 28

We use peppermint oil. I take a cotton ball of it and rub it across any line of movement for the ants, then for a week I leave the cotton ball in a corner. It has worked every year.  

Answer 29

Terro, . available at Walmart, Ace, etc.  

Answer 30

Our landscaper told us cinnamon

Comments

Agreed. We put cinnamon around our baseboards and it works great!  

Answer 31

Thank you all for your suggestions!  

Answer 32

Peppermint oil made into a spray works like a charm without any toxin exposure.