How to Get Rid of Ants

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How to Get Rid of Ants ~ Lockergnome s Doing It

Use a can with a small amount of soda to lead them away, wait a little while. Once they are around the can, I simple create a circle of gasoline and the ground and then light it for the ‘back to the future’ affect.

This is more of a scare tactic.

[...] Just as an aside, I’ve also made this work with lemon-scented cleaner; apparently ants hate that lemony fresh smell. What are some ways you’ve gotten rid of ants? Thoughts to comments or to tips at lifehacker.com.— Wendy Boswell How To Get Rid Of Ants [Lockergnome's Doing It] [...]

Baby power, chalk dust — good because non-toxic.

Does anyone know if these substances deter earwigs from entering the house?

Good tip, but an even less messy tip is a spray bottle filled 50/50 with water/rubbing alcohol. This will kill them fairly quickly and leave no residue, stronger mixes seem to kill quicker. Granted it may not be as good a deterrent as the baby powder.

We figured this out when my wife was pregnant and the cheap apartment we were living in got infested with ants.

Lets see $0.50 bottle of Rubbing alcohol vs. $5 can of raid, plus no toxic residue or odors and leaves a clean surface…

Just put cloves of garlic around where the ants are coming in they will soon disapear.

Borax mixed with icing sugar. They eat that stuff up, and carry it back to the nest. Borax is fairly non-toxic, and generally pet (larger-mammal) safe.

Orange Mate spray (http://orangemate.com/). Kills them and deters them. Also keeps your cat off that shelf that holds your priceless antique vase…they hate the smell

Try Diatomaceous Earth — you can find it either online or even at natural food places.

Basically, the stuff is made up of crushed diatoms — for ants, its like walking through a field of glass. The D.E. punctures their outer shell, causing them to die due to dehydration.

Interestingly enough, the stuff is completely harmless to humans or pets — in fact, its often added to feed to kill parasites in farm animals.

[...] Just as an aside, I’ve also made this work with lemon-scented cleaner; apparently ants hate that lemony fresh smell. What are some ways you’ve gotten rid of ants? Thoughts to comments or to tips at lifehacker.com.— Wendy Boswell How To Get Rid Of Ants [Lockergnome's Doing It] [...]

OK, (Sorry, but I don’t know what a URL is!! I’m still kinda new to this)

I don’t have a big problem with ants, I see a few here & there, but not unlike my neighbor, she has lots & lots of small, very small ants, my sister has millions of anats, the very small ones,just for an experiment, she left a pop can in the middle of her living room on a table, it was a table with a built in lamp, so it was a little higher than a regular coffee table…but the next morning, the can was completly covered with these itty bitty ants, and to date, she can’t leave any food, her cats food, nothing out. She has tried to bomb underneath her trailer, that didn’t work, she has sprayed, no go. She has a hugh fish tank & 2 cats, does anyone have a fool proof way for getting rid of these bugs, with out harming the pets. I read about the baby powder, do you have to put that out around the whole trailer, or just where they are coming in at? Also, if you stop them at the one place from getting in, won’t they come in another place? I’m sure my neighbor would love some info, the exterminator she has don’t seem to be doing a very good job!! Another thing,like roaches, will they leave her home & come over to mine?? Please say no, they don’t travel like that!!!! Thank You for all the help that I may be receiving.
Linda