16 tips to keep ants out of the house, simple and safe for your health

Recently, uninvited guests have appeared in your family - "ants" make you feel uncomfortable, and you just want to "kick" them out of the house immediately. This obsession called ants also causes all members of your family to "suffer" from the toxic chemical smell caused by insecticides. However, instead of using medicine to kill ants, you can refer to the following 16 simple tips to repel ants, which are both effective and safe for your health.

1. Lemon repels ants very well

Get rid of ants in the garden, on the yard and on the floor with lemon. Ants are very afraid of the smell of lemon, so they will quickly leave if you drop lemon juice on those places. Or every time you clean the floor, you just need to mix the juice of 4 lemons (ground with peel) with 2 liters of water to clean, your house will definitely be free of ants and other insects.

16 tips to keep ants out of the house, simple and safe for your health Picture 1 Repel ants in the house simply and effectively with just a few lemons.

2. Use vinegar to kill ants

Vinegar is a safe and useful solution that many people love to use to repel ants. The use of vinegar is to damage the ants' sense of smell and destroy pheromones. Experiment by spraying a diluted vinegar mixture on a group of "marching" ants. When separated from the scent marks, these ants immediately break down and begin to wander without direction. , it is guaranteed that after about half an hour the ants will be gone. Of course, the mixture will evaporate over time and needs to be reapplied daily to maintain effectiveness.

3. Repel ants with pepper

Ants are very afraid of pepper, just sprinkle a little pepper on the kitchen counter or other places where ants live and you will quickly see them disappear. Now let's disperse their nest.

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4. Use salt to effectively kill ants

To prevent ants from entering your house, especially ants, sprinkle salt in their path. When they see salt, the ants will hesitate and move away.

5. Kill ants with cornstarch

Cornstarch is a food that ants are quite "interested in", but in reality ants cannot digest it, meaning it will die after eating cornstarch. Thus, this ingredient not only has the effect of making ants 'run away' but also effectively kills ants.

16 tips to keep ants out of the house, simple and safe for your health Picture 3 Using cornstarch to deter ants is one of the safest ways for families with children.

6. Use orange peel

If you don't like the smell of vinegar, the scent of orange peel is a great alternative. You put orange peels with a little water in a blender to make a thick mixture, then use this mixture to spread on ant nests or places with ants. They will not dare to show their faces out of the nest when they see the scent of orange peels.

7. Chalk also kills ants

Ants will not cross a chalk line, this may seem unbelievable but reality proves to be true. Substances in the powder disrupt the insect's pheromones - the scent signals the ant uses to communicate with other members of its 'territory'.

The chalk will break up the ants' scent trails and cause them to disperse.

You just need to draw a chalk line or pour a line of chalk powder around areas where ants often invade or food sources that ants often visit such as cabinets, kitchens, trash cans, etc. The carbonate - wax in the chalk will chase away the insects. The most difficult opinion.

8. Use chili powder

If you're tired of these annoying ants, you just need to use chili powder to spread on the ants' paths. The spicy smell of chili powder will make the ants evacuate immediately.

9. Use flour to repel ants

It may not sound right at first, but flour is also a quite effective way to say "goodbye" to ants. You just need to sprinkle flour in the area where ants live or you can sprinkle it in places where food is kept. Although flour does not kill ants immediately, it is certainly effective. It is also cheap and environmentally friendly, so it can be a safe and long-term option for use in your home.

16 tips to keep ants out of the house, simple and safe for your health Picture 4 When there is the smell of flour, ants will not come near it.

10. Use kerosene

Kerosene is like an "antidote" to ants, so apply a little kerosene to the legs of tables, chairs, beds or place a bowl of kerosene in the corner of the wall. When ants see kerosene, they will "understand" and retreat from your house.

11. Use double-sided tape to trap ants

Ants often crawl up candy boxes, sugar jars, food. in your house. To trap and prevent ants from crawling into it, you can use double-sided tape around the item you need to "protect" from ants. When ants enter, they will be stuck in the 'trap'. This is a very simple and great trick to help ants stay away from your food.

12. Repel ants with garlic

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Garlic is a familiar spice that is always available in the kitchens of most families, but not everyone knows its use in repelling ants. Place 1 or 2 peeled fresh garlic cloves near where ants often appear. You will see that after that no ants will appear. When the garlic cloves dry out, replace it with another garlic clove to keep away the annoying ants.

13. Repel ants with peppermint essential oil

Not only does it help relax, but peppermint essential oil also has the effect of hindering the ants' ability to communicate. This causes ants to no longer recognize where they have gone and quickly disappear.

Spray a solution of peppermint essential oil and water (mixed at a ratio of 10 drops of mint to 200ml of water) around places where you don't want ants to appear. This little tip not only helps your home have a pleasant fragrance but also helps keep ants away.

14. Trap ants with borax and sugar

Put 3 spoons of sugar and one spoon of borax into the cup and mix well. Divide this mixture into small plastic containers and pour in a little water to thicken the mixture. Punch some small holes in the body of the boxes for ants to crawl into.

15. Use safe ant killing gel from Korea

Zaps ant killer bait imported from Korea, safe for users. Ant killing gel has the ability to kill many types of ants such as: black ants, fire ants, wind ants. Just using a small amount can destroy the entire ant nest.

Each 30g tube of Zaps ant killing gel can be used 30 - 50 times, easy to use. The product helps effectively eliminate ants in the family. Each tube of ant killing gel is currently sold at TipsMake at a reasonable price of only 100,000 VND.

16 tips to keep ants out of the house, simple and safe for your health Picture 6 Image of Korean Zaps ant killer gel tube

16. Some other effective ways to prevent ants

1. To keep ants out of your house, keep your home area clean, especially avoid dropping leftover food that contains a lot of sweet substances - ants' favorite food. You can store leftover food in the refrigerator to avoid ants.
2. Garbage is a place where ants like to live because there is a lot of food that can be exploited. Please empty the trash regularly to effectively prevent ants.
3. Cracks in the house are favorable conditions for ants to build nests, so fill them so that ants do not have a chance to reach your home.
4. Pouring boiling water into the ant nest or using baking soda to attract ants is a good way. When ants eat baking soda, their abdomen will swell and they will die. In addition, you can also set traps to trap ants without using toxic chemicals that affect human health.

With just a few simple tips to repel ants above, you will see immediate results, no more obnoxious ants dare to come to your house, kitchen cabinets or your family's dishes.

Wishing you success with these 16 tips to repel ants!

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Isabella Humphrey

Update 08 June 2024