Common Ways To Keep Ants Away from Your Home

With the warmer temperatures setting in you will start to see more and more pests emerge. The pests that enjoy and need the warm weather come out in the spring and can be a problem all the way through the summer. One of the pests that are a real problem for people are ants. They are a pesky pest that invades homes and outdoor barbeques all summer long. They are aggressive in the fact that they are constantly working to collect food for the queen and the colony. They don’t let much stand in their way and if there is something in the way there are always more ants coming. The ants cannot be treated on the spot because of the massive amounts of ants that live in a single colony. The best way to deal with an infestation of ants is to get them at the source. That can be difficult and the number one rule with any pest is to do everything you can to prevent a problem before it starts!

Eagle Pest Services Offers Some Great Tips To Prevent Ants From Invading Your Home this Spring & Summer

Clean With Vinegar to Keep Ants Away: If you want an all-natural way to keep ants away, a great way to do that is to use vinegar. You may already know that vinegar is a great way to clean your home but it is also is ant deterrent. No one wants to use straight vinegar on the surfaces in or around their home so you want to make a solution. The solution should be two parts water and one part vinegar. You can have this mixture on hand to use when needed. Use it on surfaces that ants might otherwise be attracted to such as kitchen surfaces. Ants hate the smell of vinegar and when it is on the surface it will break the scent trail that they follow.

Coffee Grounds Repels Ants: If you are having trouble with ants all over your property you want to do what you can to keep them away from your home. That means that you need a way to stop them from getting too close. There are some ways you can do that and using coffee grounds is a great solution. If you know that ants are making their way in at a particular spot you want to use the coffee grounds there specifically. You can grind them up and sprinkle them around the entrance of your home and in your garden or where ants are found. This works the same as vinegar because the ants don’t like the smell of the coffee and will stay away from it which may lead them running from your home.

Seal Up Gaps to Stop Ants & Other Pests from Coming In: It may seem like a never ending battle to deal with ants and how they enter your home but it is necessary. The best way to do that is to take some caulking and seal up any gaps around your home. This is a great way to stop them from getting in.

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