Ive been being PLAGUED by the scourge of summer: ANTS! Ive looked up a means of treating this plague to get them to go away, and Im posting the recipe here. I dont want to use anything toxic to my pets! Lysol spray kills them, but thats just temporary, and only those that the spray hits. Ill let you know how it works! Recipe to Make a Homemade Ant Bait Ants make a naturally aromatic path for those behind them to follow that enables them to easily rediscover the way back into their Holy Grail (the food supply in your home). These paths might be either obvious and evident or completely hidden from sight; however, these little guys are able to pursue these paths with no trouble at all. Cleaning away all these pathways will certainly confound these varmints thereby making it more challenging to locate their much-loved stashes. Giving them something that they can take back with them to eradicate the entire colony will help, too. Prep Time: 5 minutes Ready In: 5 minutes Ingredients 8 tbsps boric acid 2 tbsps jam, jelly, or honey 2 tbsps bacon grease or peanut butter 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tbsps molasses 1 tbsp active dry yeast 1 tbsp granulated sugar Directions For ants after sugar, add two tablespoons of boric acid and jam, jelly or honey to a bowl. Mix well until a thick paste forms. Put it on a plate, a piece of regular paper or a covered container with holes poked in it. If you notice the ants taking to this mixture all too well, adjust the Boric acid. They arent dying; they are just getting a sugar high. For another sugar-loving ant mixture, add two tablespoons of boric acid and powdered sugar to a bowl. Mix the ingredients well and leave on plates throughout your home. As a third delight for ants after sugar, add two tablespoons of boric acid to a bowl, molasses, yeast and sugar. Mix together well and place on plates throughout your home or in covered containers with holes poked in them. For ants after proteins, add two tablespoons of boric acid and bacon grease or peanut butter to a bowl. Mix the ingredients well and place on plates throughout your home. The initial line of protection is making sure your home is undesirable to all of them. Always clean up spills and splatters right away and wash off counters, kitchen tables as well as stovetops on a regular basis leaving behind zero crumbs. Sweep floors frequently. Dont keep grimy dinner dishes throughout the house or even in the kitchen sink. Always keep dry goods (like flour, cereal, sugar, and oats) in airtight storage containers. Take out the trash consistently and also rinse out all of the food packages and soda containers before adding to the recycle bin. Despite the fact that a messy location will certainly draw them in, having all of them in the house doesnt necessarily indicate youre a lousy housekeeper.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:27:33 +0000
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