Cloves to the Rescue
@just4him (307507)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
July 28, 2018 8:32am CST
Many years ago I had an ant infestation, and didn't know what to do, so I called my best friend and asked her. Ground cloves around the edge of counters was the answer. It worked, and I use it and recommend it today. Ants hate cloves, and it's poison to them, as I saw it in action before I moved out of my old home a couple years ago. It literally kills them if you pour it directly on ants. So, they avoid it all costs.
I was desperate this morning. My fly swatter got a lot of action. So, I decided to find out what would work against flies.
The Internet has answers for just about anything a person wants to know. Googling How to Kill Flies, gave me a lot of information. Some of which I couldn't use, some I can. The best and most effective of what I have on hand - lemon juice and ground cloves.
The information said to cut a lemon in half and poke it with whole cloves. I don't have whole lemons or whole cloves, however, I do have lemon juice and ground cloves.
I took a vase and put about a half inch of lemon juice in the bottom and poured ground cloves generously into the lemon juice and swished it.
I took the vase and set it on my printer/scanner and suddenly my office isn't buzzing with flies. In fact, they're moving very slowly. It shouldn't be long before my apartment is fly free. What a blessing that will be.
Cloves to the rescue once again.
Do you have proven methods of getting rid of flies and other insects? Thanks f or reading.
Picture mine.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 18
That is an interesting cure for the pesky things. Thankfully we have never had an infestation of ants but I will hopefully remember this if we ever do!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Jul 18
Nope nothing to share, well Mr. Clean got rid of the ants, I sprayed them and then wiped them up.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Jul 18
Thanks for the clove tips. I only know that ground cloves on toothache spots also come to the rescue. I will try it on ants and flies now too
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
30 Jul 18
@just4him And yep it really does if you rub the ground cloves into where it hurts!
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
28 Jul 18
Cloves and turmeric...both are helpful
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@just4him (307507)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jul 18
@amitkokiladitya I think it has. I have fewer flies this morning.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
29 Jul 18
@just4him yes..I hope cloves helped you
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@rebelann (111306)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Jul 18
I've been pretty lucky so far @just4him not too many flies, well, the house fly variety that is, but we do have flying insects which have kinda long skinny bodies and don't make any sounds.
I was at walmart and wouldn't you know I forgot cloves?? I'm going to have to start making shopping lists
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@just4him (307507)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Jul 18
You're welcome. I know it's working, but we seem to have an over abundant infestation of flies this year. They go down to almost nothing and then a little while later I have a new influx of them. I do have fly paper up as well and that's also getting a few of them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Jul 18
Very good to know, I will try to remember it for next time.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Jul 18
@just4him They use it Canadian Meat Pie and Creton, it is in our blood. lol
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
28 Jul 18
The small ants, apply Vaseline on their part especially the route they use to enter the house and they just disappear.
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
28 Jul 18
@just4him I have tried it and it worked really well.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
30 Jul 18
Good to know those little tricks, I can do that with gnats. Take a small cup, pour red cider vinegar in it, cover it with a piece of saran wrap and poke holes in it. Set on a table and they go right too it, once they crawl in the holes, they can't get out.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
28 Jul 18
Sometimes we use insecticides.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
28 Jul 18
@kepweng something like bug spray, tick spray and mosquito spray
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@just4him (307507)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Jul 18
@Jessabuma I don't have any on hand. This is working very well.
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@arunima25 (85690)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jul 18
Yes cloves are good to keep ants away. My mom and grandma kept cloves in the jar of sugar and sweets to keep them away. I too use the same trick.
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@arunima25 (85690)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jul 18
@just4him Some wisdom pass down the generations.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
29 Jul 18
Do you think a mixture of ground cloves and salt would work? Cloves are so expensive.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
29 Jul 18
I get very few insects in my apartment and usually a newspaper takes care of things. They don't like to be hit by a newspaper.
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@Freelanzer (10744)
• Canada
29 Jul 18
Many years ago cloves worked well for a toothache, As for flies, it is the trusty old fly swatter or those sticky films you put on windows .
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@just4him (307507)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Jul 18
Someone said that in the comments about using it for a toothache. It's good to know. I use the flyswatter too, as well as having some fly paper up.
@just4him (307507)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Jul 18
Cloves works real good on ants. They avoid it or die. I've heard baking soda works too as well as salt.
@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
29 Jul 18
I know this is about ants, but I have to say that the picture is so unusual. Where I live...people complain about those baby ants. I will have to share this information with with them.
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@Fliafaith (763)
• Nairobi, Kenya
29 Jul 18
Never knew this, this is great information
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