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| AAA Advanced Home Inspections, Inc Newsletter September 2009 |
Having certain natural predators in your yard and around your home can be helpful in controlling pests before they get in.
Spiders, frogs, dragonflies, praying mantis, and birds help diminish pest populations on your property.
Ants
Ants are notoriously difficult to control once inside the home. They build a nest centered around their queen and quickly
send out scout/worker ants to seek out food and water supplies. When you see one or two seemingly displaced ants on
your countertops or floors, this is what they are doing.
Once food or water is discovered, they lay a chemical trail back to the nest. This is when the trouble starts. In an
amazingly short amount of time you may see hundreds, if not thousands, of ants winding their way into your house
picking up and bringing back bits of food and droplets of water to supply the nest.
Because of their size, it only takes a miniscule opening or crack in a wall, floor, door, or window frame to allow ants in.
Using the right repellant at the right place, however, can stop them in their tracks. Following are common remedies:
Vinegar. Wash countertops, cabinets, and floors with equal parts vinegar and water to deter ants.
Flour and Borax. Mix 1 cup flour and 2 cups Borax in a quart jar. Punch holes in the jar lid. Sprinkle the contents around
the house foundation. Keep Borax out of the reach of children and pets.
Bonemeal or powdered charcoal or lemon. Set up barriers where ants are entering. They will generally not cross lines of
bonemeal or powdered charcoal. If you can find a hole where ants are entering the house, squeeze the juice of a lemon
in the hole or crack. Then slice up the lemon and put the peeling all around the entrance.
Pennyroyal, Spearmint, Southernwood & Tansy. Growing these plants around the border of your home will deter ants and
the aphids they carry.
Spiders, frogs, dragonflies, praying mantis, and birds help diminish pest populations on your property.
Ants
Ants are notoriously difficult to control once inside the home. They build a nest centered around their queen and quickly
send out scout/worker ants to seek out food and water supplies. When you see one or two seemingly displaced ants on
your countertops or floors, this is what they are doing.
Once food or water is discovered, they lay a chemical trail back to the nest. This is when the trouble starts. In an
amazingly short amount of time you may see hundreds, if not thousands, of ants winding their way into your house
picking up and bringing back bits of food and droplets of water to supply the nest.
Because of their size, it only takes a miniscule opening or crack in a wall, floor, door, or window frame to allow ants in.
Using the right repellant at the right place, however, can stop them in their tracks. Following are common remedies:
Vinegar. Wash countertops, cabinets, and floors with equal parts vinegar and water to deter ants.
Flour and Borax. Mix 1 cup flour and 2 cups Borax in a quart jar. Punch holes in the jar lid. Sprinkle the contents around
the house foundation. Keep Borax out of the reach of children and pets.
Bonemeal or powdered charcoal or lemon. Set up barriers where ants are entering. They will generally not cross lines of
bonemeal or powdered charcoal. If you can find a hole where ants are entering the house, squeeze the juice of a lemon
in the hole or crack. Then slice up the lemon and put the peeling all around the entrance.
Pennyroyal, Spearmint, Southernwood & Tansy. Growing these plants around the border of your home will deter ants and
the aphids they carry.
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