How to Get Rid of Ants

Here's a way to get rid of ants without the use of filthy pesticides!

While this isn't exactly a 100% guaranteed way to rid yourself of ants forever, it will keep them out for awhile. Just repeat the process every now and again and they'll be out of your hair. :]

*Note: This method is not recommended if you practice Jainism or a similar religion, such as PETA. :]

Step 1 Materials

For these projects, you may need some or all of the following:

1) Soapy water (hot water + liquid soap in a spray bottle)
2) Caulking

Comments

[triumphman]

Simpler, easier way- cardboard square, honey drops in the middle, Boric Acid Powder moat around the honey. The ants crawl over the Boric Acid to the honey, get sticky, they crawl back over the moat, the Boric Acid sticks to them, they take it back to the hive and everyone dies! Simple! Make as many as you need for corners, under fridge, appliances, etc.. Cost is minimal. Boric Acid Powder(32 oz.) is $1. in the Dollar store!

[Dewfactor]

Thank you! I will be buying a spray bottle today!

This is very useful because it's non-toxic: with a newly-walking junior explorer in the house, I've rejected every other solution I've seen because in ridding ourselves of the ants, we could've poisoned our boy -- not a positive outcome!!

[Lady Steampunk]

Awesome, Ive been thinking about using caulking around my house but it would take a lot since they have hives in the house it seems. So far I just use black pepper to throw off their usual trails to my pet's food and such.

[stallione]

the best way to get rid an ants is to spray it with a laquer thinner that use in paint

[sharlston]

another good way is: pouring oil into there nests pouring gasoline into the nests and set it on fire or use ant poison

[i make shooting things]

i know another way. find a large entrance to hive. boil water. pore boiling water into hole 2 times a day for a week. (i havent tried it but i dont see why it wouldnt work.)

[A good name]

You have got to be kidding. If you don't know that it'll work then don't talk.

[jimmydean]

Try adding a little borax to the water, that way it's a double whammy!

[RedFlash]

And then add some sugar and it's a triple whammy!

[trafficpest]

Borax does work for some others ideas check
http://trafficpestsolutions.com
I have a site with insect control information

[jack8559]

Borax might be a very temporary solution, but boric acid which sounds like it would be the same thing is a very different chemical and works a LOT better. This stuff is about 10 dollars US per pound, but you only need to use a couple teaspoons to treat a very large area. As an added bonus it also kills cockroaches and other bugs too and is about the same as table salt as far as being poisonous to humans goes. A pound of this stuff will literally last several years if not your lifetime, depending on how much you cover and how often you use it.

[i make shooting things]

P.s/random much, love prayers of the refugee

[jimmydean]

Me too.

[jimmydean]

Not only would you destroy the trail, you clean whatever you are spraying! Cool!

[emuman4evr]

Yes this should kill those blasted ants in my room.

[no vid KNEX freak]

sucks for u

[Labot2001]

Oh, how polite >=P

[clank1108]

Finally, because I'm allergic to ants.

[GorillazMiko]

Heh, funny Instructable!

Even though you were very funny throughout the Instructable, this does work, right?

_{Hehehe, the hole part is always funny.}

+1 rating.
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[Labot2001]

Lol, thanks! Yeah this method really works... it's just that it works so well that I didn't have any real ants to take pictures of (seriously!)

[ac1D]

NICE!!!

[arnoldt]

LOL, really like the pictures of the ants.

[hiflyer]

Nice - I like no chemical solutions for pest control

You can also try diatomaceous earth as it is quite safe - basically small dirt particles that they can't process, so no problems with pets / kids!

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=diatomaceous+earth+pest+control