Comments on: How to Get Rid of Ants Safely

By: JC

JC — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:10:49 +0000

Any objections to creating little bottle cap baits and tossing them UNDER the house? Seems like that would keep them from coming IN the house…. Thoughts about that?

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:59:11 +0000

Ha ha ha. This story at the top of the page is so funny along with all the other ppl who have posted in regards to it… My friend had an all of a sudden ant problem one day. I came to her house and we decided to look up safe ways to get rid of these little suckers since she has a crawling lil boy.. WE ARE GONNA TRY THIS GREAT IDEA!!! ASAP!! I hope it works, and what better way to kill ants than this safe method especially since we have children.. Its like a silencer on a gun pugh!! ha ha ha die!! +) Thanks again!!

By: kt

kt — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:09:49 +0000

I’ve read that ant poison also works on earwigs which have infested our lawn. I’m going to try the boric acid method to see if it works on them. Thanks!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 May 2011 20:38:12 +0000

Thanks i’ll give simple green a try hope it work for the outside ones.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:02:46 +0000

Let me try your method. thanks!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:15:15 +0000

I seen in this movie once that if you put lavender out that repels scorpions.

By: Monika

Monika — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:01:58 +0000

We’re infested with these little buggers. Up until now I have been spraying them with a ammonia based window cleaner and they die on the spot. Within a few hours there are more then there were in the first place. I can’t begin to tell you all the household remedies i’ve used before coming across this site. I will tell you that cinnamon is not the way to go cause I swear one of them gave me the Ok sign as he was leaving his little footprints in the dust. Tomorrow it’s Borax and sugar..WATCH OUT YOU LITTLE SUCKERS I’M GONNA GET YOU NOW!!

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:47:12 +0000

I am trying this mixture as we speak! within 5 minutes they were all in the mixture. I am patiently waiting to see if it works!

By: big daddy frank

big daddy frank — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:42:21 +0000

quick throw the sprays away, while very toxic in an enclosed space, if it makes you cough or eyes water it is toxic to you…

above all do not spray anything on them they will just find another entry point in your home. your main objective is to kill the queen and “queen ants live two years or more so you might be killing the worker ants the queen will produce more alot more….

age old method 3 dollar method, step one find a dollar store now adays they are almost every where. two by the following items boric acid power, small can of peanut butter, honey
most dollar stores have the little bear honey thats all you need

when home mix the following 3table sps pb.
3table spoons honey 1tbs boric acid powder.

mix well to a drizzel small amouts along the forage trail i call it the ant super highway.at this point you might want to keep the wife and kids away because evey ant in the nest is going to after that bait it will take two or three days to get to the queen then you will see the ant super highway slow down to a one lane road then nothing. please pass this along to freinds you know money is tight for all of us right now. and it is time for americans to work together god bless

By: GiGi

GiGi — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:47 +0000

I agree with you. Wood loving ants are a bit different I’ve learned. It’s amazing how they can eat their way through to tunnel their way to wherever they’re moving to.

By: GiGi

GiGi — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:54:38 +0000

Just moved into a brand new home we had built to find we were infested with ants coming out of tiny pinhead size holes in the kitchen baseboards and sprayed for them with a store-bought product. Within a few days, they started coming out of the electrical outlets in the kitchen and we srayed there as well. Now, they’re coming out of the baseboards in the upstairs master bedroom and from under the carpet on the stairway. We hired an exterminator company that said they were “acrobat” ants, part of the carpenter ant family and every time we sprayed for them they just moved to another part of the inside of the walls. The exterminator company advised us to watch where they go in/out and vacuum them up, then call them to come out; however, we’ve had a steady rain since that day and it’s been too wet to treat for them. Anything I can do in the meantime? The boric acid mixture sounds like a good idea. Can anyone tell me how to find out if the wood used in the construction of the home could have been moist when it was framed up-maybe rained and didn’t get dried out?

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:55:39 +0000

My problems is..I sell rv’s and they are parked on the pavement and the ants are everywhere..What could I use?

By: matt

matt — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:11:20 +0000

i just had carpenter ants in my house. a mixture of 1cup of water, 2 cups of sugar, and 2 table spoons of boric acid got rid of them over night. after the first ant found the bait, it went back to the nest and after about 10 minutes every ant in the nest was eating on the mixture. they ate so much i had to keep putting more out for them while i stood there watching them all kill themselves. i first called a large exterminating company for help and they told me it would cost about 600.00 dollars. the boric acid, a 1 quart bottle cost less than 10.00 dollars. what a joke. this method works

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:12:21 +0000

Scorpions? eek!!! ahhh how about you move?

By: Lise

Lise — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:06:24 +0000

Hmmm… my problem is more carpenter ants than this kind of ant – they’re more interested in devouring the remains of the shingle siding that’s underneath my aluminum siding than they are in the compost bucket.

And, unfortunately, I think boric acid, cornmeal, planting mint around the house, Simple Green, etc are pretty ineffective against them *sigh*