10 Eco-Friendly Ways to Get Rid of Ants ( Google 中文翻譯只作參考 )
Did you know that ants walk on a secreted track? Ants secrete pheromone trails that other ants perceive with their antennae. Certainly explains why when we see one ant, we see a hundred others! The pesky ants that we find in our homes, swarming around our trash bins or showing up uninvited to our backyard barbeques and picnics are species that forage in groups. A forager ant finds food and marks a chemical trail on its way back to the colony for other ants to follow. Altering, breaking or eliminating that chemical trail is key to getting rid of these pesky visitors.
Here are 10 tried and true, Eco-friendly solutions to choose from:
1.Mix a mild 50-50 solution of white vinegar and water in a spray bottle and spray on their tracks and onto any visible ants.
2.Wipe down counters and cupboards and any other places where you've spotted ants with the same white vinegar and water solution.
3.Place crushed dried herbs such as red chili pepper powder, paprika, peppermint, mint and sage in areas of entry and around house foundation.
4.Cinnamon is effective when spread on their path and points of entry.
5.Dried cloves or clove oil work especially well as this will not only drive the ants away but kill the ants.
6.Soak a piece of twine in citrus, lemon or pine oil and stretch across an area where you want to prevent ants such as around trash/recycling containers or at the bottom edges of doorways leading to the house.
7.Fill a small jar with ¼ cup borax and ¼ cup sugar. Add water to completely fill the jar. Punch holes in the lid and screw onto jar. Place jar where you want to attract the ants. (Warning: label the jar as POISON and treat it the same as any other chemical you would keep out of the reach of children and pets. Borax is toxic if ingested.)
8.Ants do not like the taste or smell of cucumber. Place small amounts of cucumber in areas affected by ants, this will drive them away.
9.Salt is effective when spread in areas where you want to prevent ants.
10.The above methods will not kill the queen or the colony. If you prefer to eradicate the colony, find the nest and pour boiling water into it. An average of approximately 3 gallons of boiling water will be necessary.
Ants thrive on sugary and starchy food substances. In order to help keep ants out of your home in the first place: keep all surfaces clean and wiped down, keep floors swept and carpets vacuumed, seal all food in airtight containers and keep sink clean at all times.
Using these Eco-friendly measures, you'll surely free yourselves of pesky ants without the use of deadly sprays and chemicals.
你可知道，螞蟻走分泌軌道上？螞蟻分泌的信息素是其他螞蟻感知與他們的觸角。當然解 釋了為什麼當我們看到一隻螞蟻，我們看到了一百人！ 討厭的螞蟻，我們發現在我們的家園，蜂擁圍繞我們的垃圾桶或顯示出來不請自來到我們 的後院燒烤和野餐是覓食的群體種。一個覓食螞蟻找到食物，標誌著化學踪跡的道路上回 到殖民地其他螞蟻跟隨。塗改，破壞或消除化學踪跡的關鍵是擺脫這些討厭的遊客的。
這裡有 10 個嘗試和真正的，生態友好的解決方案可供選擇：
1.Mix 白醋和水的噴霧瓶溫和 50-50 解決方案，並噴上自己的軌道，走上任何可見的螞蟻。
2.Wipe 下來櫃檯和櫥櫃和其他任何地方，你已經發現螞蟻具有相同白醋和水的溶液。
3。地方碾碎幹香草，如紅辣椒粉，辣椒粉，薄荷，薄荷和鼠尾草在進入的領域，圍繞房 子的地基。
4.Cinnamon 是有效的對他們的路徑和入境口岸傳播時。
5.Dried 丁香或丁香油工作特別好，因為這不僅會帶動蟻走，但殺死螞蟻。
6.Soak 一塊麻線的柑橘，檸檬或松樹油，橫跨要防止蟻如圍繞垃圾桶/回收容器，或在門 口通往房子的底部邊緣的區域。
7.Fill 一個小罐子， ¼ 杯硼砂和 ¼ 杯糖。加水至完全填滿的罐子。打孔在蓋子並擰到瓶 子裡。將罐子要吸引螞蟻。 （警告：標記的水瓶中解毒，並把它與任何其他化學，你會 遠離兒童和寵物接觸不到的地方硼砂是有毒物質，如果攝入。 ）
8.Ants 不喜歡黃瓜的味道或氣味。將少量的黃瓜受螞蟻地區，這將他們趕出去。
當您要防止螞蟻地區蔓延 9.Salt 是有效的。
10。上述方法不會殺死王后或殖民地。如果你喜歡根除殖民地，發現巢，倒入開水進去。 大約 3 加侖的沸水平均將是必要的。
螞蟻茁壯成長含糖和澱粉類食物的物質。為了幫助保持螞蟻你的家在首位：保持所有表面 的清潔和擦拭，保持席捲地板和地毯吸塵，密封所有的食物在密閉容器內，並保持水槽清
潔在任何時候。
使用這些環保措施，你一定會討厭螞蟻的自由自己沒有使用致命的噴霧劑和化學品。