Simple Steps Make Hard For Ants To Enter Your Home

Each summer many Albertans encounter ant’s problems, either frequently occupy the patio or deck or sometimes ants trail follow in the kitchen.  Ants are beneficial insects and play important roles in nature but they could be very annoying once inside your home. Some ants eat wood, others eat people food, and some feed on decaying plants and insects. In Alberta Carpenter and Little Black ants enter the structure to forage for people’s food. Fortunately, there are many simple steps you can take to resolve the problem once you know what kind of ant you are dealing with.

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Ants Control Tips;

• The most important step is, make it hard for them to enter your home. Use screens and door sweeps. Seal any cracks and crevices that ants may use to enter your home or where pipes go through the wall.
• If a potted plant has ants, consider creating a ‘moat’ barrier around them.
• Keep vegetation around the house trimmed so that ants can’t travel from shrubbery or branches to the house.
• Fix leaky pipes or clogged gutters, replace any moisture damaged wood and store firewood, where carpenter ants may nest, away from the home.
• Regularly empty and wash garbage cans and recycling bins. Clean up crumbs and spills, especially with sweet liquids like soda.
• If ants are already inside, consider keeping food in hard, sealed containers, not cardboard boxes or paper wrappers. Sweet food items like sugar and honey can also be stored in the refrigerator.
• Keep the counters clean, the floors swept, spilled sweets cleaned up, food put away. Fix leaking pipes. Vacuum regularly especially on the carpeted floor. Dispose of the vacuum bag right away.
• Vacuum regularly especially on the carpeted floor. Dispose of the vacuum bag right away.
• Wipe up ant trails with soapy water to remove ant pheromone trails.
• If you decide to use pesticides, try a lower toxicity product first. Always read and follow all label instructions carefully.