Ants!! Help!!

Sugar poured outside, at the door, usually keeps them out of the house. Of course, if the sugar is washed away, you have to do it again. It always worked for us. The idea came from an older woman who had kept sugar at her doorstep whenever she had the problem. I tried it and it seemed to work for me.

Did any of those suggestions work for you? I just started getting ants in my kitchen yesterday. I guess we all have different kinds of ants too. Mine are pretty big and black and they go after the sweet stuff. I tried cinnamon last year and it didn't seem to work for me. Only if I poured a ton of it on top of an ant! Someone said cucumber peels scare them away, but I just wound up with dried up cucumber peels stuck to my floor and the ants were still around. When they are in the sink, dishwashing liquid kills them. But if I kill a bunch of them I look a minute later and all their friends came!

There are a few things you can try... Put chilli powder down round the outside of your house as the ants won't cross it. Have a look for the nest and pour boiling water on it kill all the ants. Put a jar outside with a little honey in it.They'll be 2busy with that to come in!You can also mop the floor with about half liter of water mixed with two to three drops of lavender essential oil. That will keep away ants away too. If ants enter the house from the windows, use chalk around the window frame. You will be amazed to see how they move away from any chalk lines!

oil of tansy works pretty well on black ants in particular..but one of the things i've found works best for me is spraying the foundation line outside with ace hardware's version of raid. i transfered all the stuff like cereal and flour into tupperware from the box also and that cut down them invading quite a bit.

Hello dear barbiegirl. I used to have the invasion of ants as well long time ago. It is usually caused by some sweet things, like white sugar falling onto the ground, that cause them to come into the house. Have you ever checked about this to make sure that they will be gone if the floor is mopped again with no more sweet flavor on the floor? Thanks.

I tend to get them in my house too. When I see them I squash them and them throughly clean that area just in case there was something sticky that they were attracted to. If I can find the nest outside I tend to pour boiling water over it to kill them as I have children so cannot put poisn down. Another thing they do not like is talcum powder as it sticks to their feet.

sprinkle cornmeal near wher you see them. The ants can't digest it. They take it to the hive and it kills the hive! takes 3-5 days!