6 How To Evict Ants From Home With Natural, Easy And Effective Materials

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JAKARTA - Ants can quickly storm the house and will continue to appear in large quantities if they find food sources. Fortunately, there is a natural expulsion method to eradicate ants without using chemically-based ants. Here are six easy and natural ways to get the ants out of the house or yard, reported by The Spruce, Friday, January 5.

Prevent ants by taking the rest of coffee grounds and sowing around large areas of ants to prevent these animals from arriving. This is a temporary method that needs to be repeated or combined in other ways, as the potential for coffee grounds weakens when drying.

Ants don't like the smell of coffee and will try to leave a coffee place. This method will force ants out of the nest. So you need to mix it with other methods to get rid of the ants completely.

These two materials only function to eliminate small numbers of ants. You simply spray a solution of vinegar or atsiri oil and then lap it with a towel. These two ingredients not only kill ants, but will also remove the traces of the ants left by the ants to give food signals to their friends. If they can't invite their friends, they won't want to come back and will look for other sources of food.

Black pepper, red pepper, or powdered cayenne chili can be used to ward off ants because of their spicy aroma. The three home materials can be sprinkled on poles and cooking utensils.

Peeled orange peels to repel ants from their nests. You can also use other citrus fruits such as lemons or graphefruit. Orange peels contain toxic acid oil called D-limonene which can kill ants. By placing the skin in places where many ants are hit. You cover the tracks and smells of food sources that make them interested and prevent ants from coming back.

Put the baby's powder on the path that is usually passed by the ants. Disbursing the powder will not kill the ants, but only divert the smell. Unless the powder is sprinkled directly above where the ants nest.

Bedaxes work in two ways. Its strong smell can remove the traces of ants. Even, it can make ants sit down if it is poured directly onto the animal. Because the main ingredients, talk, will seep through the ant's respiratory hole.

Peppermint is a natural insect expulsion that effectively drives ants and other insects, such as mosquitoes. A total of 10-20 pempermint drops can be mixed with two glasses of water in a spray bottle. The mixture of the two can be sprayed onto a pole or window base and let it dry up.