Have you ever noticed your house is roamed by those hideous little creatures called ants, especially during summer times? If not, then you must now!
Ants get attracted by the sweet and sugary smells of food and get repelled by the pungent smells of the same. So, if you are planning to secure your house from letting these little devious creatures enter your house anymore, then you must learn to use these amazing home remedies, which can easily be done and the ingredients required are always present in your kitchen.
It is pretty unhygienic to have ants inside the house in itself, let alone allowing them to roam around in your kitchen it totally gross. There are multiple pest control methods available but they can be as much harmful to you as they are to the ants. So, it is better suggested to use these 8 home remedies to get rid of ants from your home once and for all.
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1. CHALK
The presence of calcium carbonate in chalk makes it a great repellent for the ants to ban them from entering the house.
Simply spray the powdered chalk all around the house and the entering hole where ants come from and your problem is solved.
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2. LEMON OR LEMON PEEL
The strong and tangy smell of lemons repel the ants and using lemon will keep them away from entering the house.
Place lemons or lemon peels at the entrance area, where ants enter from and you can also use lemon in the water used for cleaning floors in the house.
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3. ORANGES
Just like lemons, the strong and tangy smell of this citrus fruit repels the ants from entering your house. Using orange will not only keep ants away but will also fill your house with a refreshing smell.
Take a few orange peels (grated) and mix them with warm water to form a paste. Spread this paste all around the house or at the entry points to where these ants come from. Wipe off the paste after a few hours if you wish to and you can leave it be.
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4. BLACK PEPPER POWDER
Of course, ants love sugar or sugary substances or the smell of them, but they also equally hate spices and most of all black peppers. So, using black pepper to sniff away these little troublemakers is an easy task.
Simply sprinkle black pepper powder at the entering points of ants and your problem is solved.
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5. SALT
This is an age-old remedy, generated by our ancestors, centuries ago. Using salt to keep away the ants from entering your house.
Sprinkling salt at the corners and nooks or the entry points of the ants, will keep them away.
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6. WHITE VINEGAR
The strong and pungent smell of white vinegar is unbearable for the ants. So, using pure or distilled white vinegar is possibly the best solution for removing ants from your house permanently.
Dilute equal amount of water and white vinegar in a spray bottle and add a few drop of essential oil if you feel necessary to use it. And sprinkle the solution all around the house and especially at the entering points to make them run away from the house and never come back.
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7. CINNAMON & CLOVES
Cinnamon and cloves have a great fragrance and when you will put these two ingredients all around your house and especially at the areas where the ants enter from, your house will be filled with a pleasant and sweet smell but will work as an ant -repellent.
Take a few cloves and cinnamon and put at all the places where the ants enter from or possibly could enter from.
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8. PEPPERMINT OIL
Peppermint oil is known to be a natural insect repellent, whether it is used to repel spider, mosquitoes or ants. Ants generally avoid the mere traces of peppermint, let alone bare the smell of it while entering the house, or being inside the house.
Mix 10 drops of peppermint oil and water and put it in a spray bottle. Now, sprinkle the mixture all over the house and especially in the nooks and corners to avoid spiders along with ants.
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