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.