Home Defence Ant Stop! Bait Station

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Place the station where you see ants run, if you see ants entering your home in different places remember that there may be more than one nest in the vicinity. Be sure to check the label of any aerosol insecticide you use, such as permethrin, bifenthrin, or cyfluthrin, to ensure that it is intended for indoor use. It is common for ants to swarm indoors once they discover a source of food,' says Nigel Bearman, CEO and Founder, Daily Poppins.

But if you want to be absolutely certain of ridding your house or garden of ants, one of the professional products on the market will offer a more foolproof solution. Very effective I bought these as replacements, having found them more effective for recurrent ant problems than the anticidal sprays, albeit not always as easy to reach the source of the problem. An older 2005 study shared that the pharaoh ant, which is a type of Monomorium ant, may be a cause of bronchial asthma and respiratory allergies. However, as a single queen ant can spawn thousands of eggs every day, and ant mounds can contain up to 200,000 ants.Ant Gone relies on the product having physical contact with the ants and killing them that way; therefore, it can be harder to get it to infiltrate a nest. And if your garden has outdoor kitchen ideas - or if you're hosting alfresco dining at any point - definitely make sure you're clearing away any leftover food.

The little blighters can get everywhere, contaminating food, biting and, most serious of all ant-based concerns, potentially playing havoc with your home’s foundations. Remember that ants are part of the garden ecosystem and are a vital source of food for other species, such as birds and amphibians. The active component is the insecticide permethrin, and the powder-based formula kills ants and many other unwanted insect variants on contact. Finding the nest, and treating it directly, is the most effective way to cause problems caused by carpenter ants. Offering six months of ant control, naturally care should be taken not to use Nippon Ant Powder in food prep or storage areas, and you should also keep it away from soft furnishings.Worker' ants collect the bait and take it back to the nest to share with other ants, including the queen. Spray the mixture anywhere ants congregate or originate from and look out for products with eucalyptus or mint, because ants hate those smells. The formula contains cypermethrin (CP), which is used as an insecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications, and as a result NOPE! While an aerosol spray (like Raid Ant Killer) can kill ants on contact, it may not affect the rest of the ant population that may be hidden out of sight. This is especially effective at removing scent trails that ants use to remember where they have found food.

But once you have taken steps to eliminate the ants and ensure that they do not re-infest your home, you will soon be able to control the problem. To stop ants from making homes in your plants, surround the soil with citrus rinds from lemons or oranges. Despite their similar names, the oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE) is different from lemon eucalyptus essential oil.

The worker ants, foraging for food, take the bait back to the nest where it is distributed to other ants in the nest, including the queen, to destroy the whole colony. This method works by confusing the ants sense of smell, however it can take a while to be effective. There are also neurotoxic sprays that also disinfect as they kill, and bait stations that you simply place in areas of ant activity – these are filled with a poisonous bait that ants find so irresistible they carry it back to the nest with them, killing them in the process.

The instructions advise piling the granules up near to the nest site where ants live, or mixing the granules with water and pouring the solution into the nest to kill the whole colony. They may be less likely to come in if there is no source of food, especially sugary foods, available to them.

Bait Station from Home Defence is a top seller; it also happens to be the very solution I use in my occasionally ant-prone home.