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Ants in the kitchen
Hi
I live in a FL home and on my kitchen surfaces a huge colony of ants has settled !!
is there a way i can get rid of them without poisoning the kitchen surfaces?? and is it expensive
the ants are small and brown they're tiny and look like regular ants in mini form they dont sting or anything but they get everywhere in food too! help please
thanks in return
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i think it might be a little bit expensive for an exterminator,but why not pick up some ant spray at the store, spray that on the colonie and then wipe it with a wet, damp napkin. and then spray again and let it sit. if does not drie clean up with water and cloth.
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There's biodegradeable ant killer that you can buy fairly inexpensively at most stores. Once they're gone, clean your counters frequently to get rid of food residue. I've also heard that drawing a line of chalk keeps ants away because they hate the smell or something. If you can't get rid of them, call an exterminator. You don't want an infestation.
-LM
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I have heard vinegar sprayed on surfaces can help.
I found a site with quite a few cheap an non toxic
things you might try. Here is the link. Good luck!
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Instead of calling the exterminators, which can get very expensive, you can just buy an ant killer. It should look something like a hairspray bottle, and it works like one, too. You just lightly spray the ants, and they die immediately. The spray is full of chemicals, and if you are going to use a lot I would definetly open up the windows and let it air out. I would suggest leaving the kitchen for an hour or so. Then just wipe the ants, and you can go over it again with a wet washcloth to wipe away the chemicals. Also, go outside and look for any cracks in the walls that ants got through to your kitchen. Spray those, but don't wipe them.
A more natural way to do it, is also a spray, but it doesn't have any harmful chemicals: its made up mostly of oranges. You just spray the ants, and they die. This stuff takes a bit more sprays to work, and the ants take longer to die, and your kitchen will smell like oranges for a week, but it isn't as toxic as the spray mentioned above.
To prevent the ants from coming back, keep you food sealed in airtight jars, bags, and containers. Kill any ants that you see in your house: they are ants the colony sent out to search for food. If they find anything, then prepare for another ant attack.
~Maria, 16
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I'd consider an exterminator. What I usually do, is, I'd get some windex and spray them! It doesn't matter what kind. You should also try to trap them in one place or have other people help so then they won't crawl all over the place to escape. If it's only one/a few ants than you should just squish it with your finger, but I don't like that so I get a lil piece on paper and do it. After you kill most of them, get/buy some disinfectant wipes and wipe the surface where you killed them and it should get rid of the germs and leave it clean! I've had a lot of ants in my house before like a couple times and this should work! (Pesky ants xP) Hope this helps!
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