• Look for any holes or entryways and start from there:
Those ants have to come from somewhere, so better start checking out your kitchen for any cracks or holes and plug them up. It is important that you keep your house tight and hole-free to prevent entry not just for the ants but for other, potentially more dangerous pests such as cockroaches or even rats. On a more technical scale, holes and cracks also weaken the structure of your kitchen and your house, so that's another incentive to have them plugged up.
• Keep food in containers and keep your kitchen clean:
Household ants are foragers by nature. They forage for a food source and when they find one, they make a trail on the way back to the colony. This trail is followed by other ants and when they head back to the colony, they do the same thing, reinforcing the trail. When they've exhausted the food source, no new trails are marked and the scent slowly dissipates.
Household ants are foragers by nature. They forage for a food source and when they find one, they make a trail on the way back to the colony. This trail is followed by other ants and when they head back to the colony, they do the same thing, reinforcing the trail. When they've exhausted the food source, no new trails are marked and the scent slowly dissipates.
To prevent this, put your food in airtight containers and place them in refrigerators to stop the foraging of the ants. Be sure to clean off any food scraps or stains. Also, make sure your kitchen is spotless and clean. When ants don't see any food in your kitchen, they will go and find other places to forage, hopefully somewhere out of your kitchen and house.
• Use peppermint oil:
Some people claim that peppermint oil is effective in keeping away ants from the kitchen. First, find out where the ants are coming from. Most probably, they come from a hole or a crack in the wall, or maybe even from the electric socket. Once you find where they're coming from, wipe the whole area with peppermint oil. Use a cloth to kill the remaining ants with the oil as well. You can also mix peppermint oil with water and use it to spray on existing ants as well as on the area where they're coming from. Ants hate peppermint oil and they'll try to get as far away from it as they can.
Some people claim that peppermint oil is effective in keeping away ants from the kitchen. First, find out where the ants are coming from. Most probably, they come from a hole or a crack in the wall, or maybe even from the electric socket. Once you find where they're coming from, wipe the whole area with peppermint oil. Use a cloth to kill the remaining ants with the oil as well. You can also mix peppermint oil with water and use it to spray on existing ants as well as on the area where they're coming from. Ants hate peppermint oil and they'll try to get as far away from it as they can.
• Look for alternative household ingredients that are useful against ants:
Do you know that some items in your kitchen can be used as ant repellents? Try mixing white vinegar with some water and then just squirt it in places where ants congregate or go. The vinegar should drive away those ants. Vinegar is non-toxic to your pets and the smell will go away after a few minutes.
Do you know that some items in your kitchen can be used as ant repellents? Try mixing white vinegar with some water and then just squirt it in places where ants congregate or go. The vinegar should drive away those ants. Vinegar is non-toxic to your pets and the smell will go away after a few minutes.
Black pepper can also be used to get rid of ants. Just sprinkle it where you see them gather as well as in places where they originated. Like vinegar, black pepper isn't toxic and is completely harmless.
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