There are more than 10,000 species of ants in the world, and more than 600 species of ants have been identified in China. The common ants in daily life are generally small yellow family ants, road ant, bowback ant and so on.
For children, observing ants nesting outdoors is a good opportunity to observe nature, but if ants nest at home, it is not a fun thing.
Once ants nest indoors, they begin to harass our normal lives, contaminate food and water, and spread a variety of pathogens. Heated rooms, such as bedrooms and kitchens, have the potential to attract ants to nest. They often lurk in depressions, such as in narrow crevices, decaying planks, around sewers, etc.
Therefore, it is very important to prevent ants from invading the room. So how to effectively prevent ants from entering the room or killing ants indoors? Today I recommend a few tricks to you:
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1. You can use glass glue, vaseline, etc. to seal the gaps above the windows and door panels in time, block the cracks in the wall or wood board due to aging, and clean the dead corners such as sewers in time;
2. Irritating liquids such as mint water, vinegar, alcohol, etc. can be sprayed on the path where the ants may move, interfering with the ant's sense of smell to prevent the ants from entering the home;
3. It is also possible to use a lingering insecticide to spray the surrounding area of the building with a boundary retention spray. Ants trying to invade the room are killed when exposed to insecticides and are intercepted outside;
4. Clean up kitchens, cabinets, toilets, garbage rooms and other places in time, reduce the food source and water source of ants, do not provide ants with the required living environment, and strictly prevent ants from being brought indoors through school bags or handbags.
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1. The place to check indoor ants is usually around the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room, balcony appliances, furniture, potted plants or washstands.
2. Checking for ants generally starts from three points: indoor and outdoor signs of ants, such as the path of the ant; key locations where ants invade, such as cracks or holes in doors, windows, or walls; and tracking ants to find the location of the nest, such as gaps behind radiators or heating pipes.
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1. According to its habits, the ant will first release a "scout" to explore the unknown area, if there is a single or small number of ants in the home, kill it in time and wipe the path of the ant with alcohol to cover up the traces of the ant.
2. If the nest is found in the daily test, it is necessary to use insecticides such as pyrethroids to infuse the nest in time, or use insecticides around the nest for residual spraying, to ensure that the queen in the nest is killed, once the queen is killed, it is difficult for the colony to maintain.
3. In the daily anti-ant, you can also use ant killer bait, it can be used in different environments, and most ant species are effective, play a role in reducing population density and controlling the nest, to replace the ant glue bait in time to ensure the effectiveness of the bait.
If the ant infestation in our home is really uncontrollable, it is recommended to ask a professional, such as a pest control company (PCO company) to help deal with it.
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