The most effective ways to combat ants in an apartment

Ant signs

Our distant ancestors knew how to treat all living beings with respect. Even the smallest ones. A couple of hundred years ago, no one would have thought of stirring up an anthill or laying out poison for its inhabitants who had climbed into the house. It’s hard to believe - these little creatures were respected so much that they didn’t dare use swear words in their presence! The ants were used to determine the weather, guess how severe the winter would be, and judge the wealth of the home. And some of the old signs are still relevant today.

How do ants affect pets?

The house where they are found does not just have to be pets. Insects bite, causing itching and burning in pets. Ants are carriers of infections and cats and dogs are more likely to become infected from them. Such infections subsequently lead to serious illnesses. Small ones crawl into the ears and nasal passages of animals, which causes discomfort and irritation. They eat food from a bowl, after which the pet finishes the food and becomes infected with various infections. All these factors negatively affect the health of pets, their behavior and mood.

Why did ants appear?

Nowadays, an invasion of ants into an apartment is considered an unpleasant event. Actually, that's how it is. Is there a housewife who would agree to have crowds of small insects scurrying around her kitchen in search of food?! However, once upon a time everything was completely different, and ants in a village hut were considered, if not the most welcome, then still kind guests. At least in the sense of acceptance.

In the house

• The belief says: if insects appear at the doorstep, guests will follow them. Most likely, in a large group, so the owners won’t be bored. And be upset too - the ants at the threshold will make sure that only friendly visitors cross it.
• Time passes, but there are still no guests? Then wait for the news. According to signs, they will be exceptionally good.
• If uninvited little tenants made their way into the house itself, wealth should immediately come there. But with an important condition: do not offend the ants! An ancient tradition strictly prohibits expelling them from the house on your own and suggests waiting until autumn - by then the insects should disappear on their own.
• Ants crawling on the bed are a bad sign. For a person whose sleeping place was taken so tactlessly, this portends a serious illness or injury. However, if you like to drink tea with crumbly cookies in bed, don’t be surprised by the appearance of bugs.
• An anthill on the porch of a house or in its immediate vicinity is considered a symbol of family prosperity. If insects do not cause you unnecessary trouble, leave it where you saw it.

If there is food nearby, multi-legged scouts will find it

With all due respect to your ancestors, do not take omens too seriously. Sometimes the ants that have bred in the house do not bring news about money and friendly gatherings, but a story about a careless housewife who does not like cleaning. If the floor in your house is full of crumbs, sugar from a bag is spilling in the cupboard, and you live in a private house, it is difficult to expect that insects will not come to visit.

In car

If little workaholics are trying to build their own anthill in your car, this is due to three things:

• To the money. Especially if you spend a lot of time behind the wheel and your car is your home.
• To the troubles. According to some interpretations, the accumulation of ants in one place foreshadows useless fuss and many minor problems.
• To an accident. There are no signs in this regard, but it is not difficult to guess what the bite of even such a small creature on a busy highway will lead to. So no matter how afraid you are to break old traditions, you still need to remove the ants from the car. Moreover, for the most careful and humane there are “bloodless” methods: for example, using the pungent smells of garlic, mustard or elderberry.

How to get rid of ants in the garden

Various methods are also used to protect garden crops from ants, and the most effective of them look like this:

• sprinkle the anthill with salt, and also scatter it along the “paths” and places of greatest concentration of insects. Add a few elderberry leaves and wild mint to make life miserable for ants;
• add 400 g of laundry soap and 2 tbsp to a 10-liter bucket of water. carbolic acid, as well as 10 tbsp. kerosene. Thoroughly dissolve the soap and mix the composition. Water the anthill, tunnels, and also the bases of the trees along which they crawl with the resulting mixture. After 2-3 such treatments, the ants will prefer to move to another place;
• mix dried and crushed oregano herb with sulfur in a 1:2 ratio, dig up the ground in the place where the ants settled and fill in the prepared mixture. You can also scatter stove soot near the ant colony;
• if the ants have just begun to form a colony, they can be caught with a simple bait - to do this, soak a sponge in a sugar solution and when the ants run onto it, immediately dip it in boiling water. Do this several times until the insect population is minimal;
• One of the relatively “humane” methods is the forced eviction of ants. At dusk, when all the insects have returned “home,” take a shovel and dig out the entire anthill in two or three times. Quickly transfer it, along with its inhabitants, into a bucket and take it outside the site, preferably into the forest. Pour boiling water over the hole;
• Traditionally, in open areas, ants are repelled by the smell of garlic cloves, tomato tops or parsley leaves, ground cinnamon and other pungent aromas.

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The easiest way to lure ants is in fragrant and sweet traps.

Sometimes ants move into the house and begin to destroy food supplies in the home. To combat them, you can use the following methods:

• Place bait consisting of 50 ml of water, 5-6 g of borax (tetraboric acid salt) and 50 g of sugar in places where ants accumulate;
• Those with a sweet tooth love jam – especially raspberry, cherry and strawberry. Add 20 g of fresh yeast and 5 g of boric acid to 500 g of jam. The ants will happily pounce on the delicacy, but it will most likely be their last - most of the individuals will die within 2 days;
• Since chemicals cannot be used in the apartment, you need to use products that are safe for humans, but unpleasant for insects. For example, such as sunflower oil, elderberry, tomatoes, wild mint, cloves, wormwood and garlic;
• take a piece of old yellowed lard (100-200 g) and fry it on all sides. Leave the lard on a plate near the ant passages. Believe me, rarely is any product capable of repelling small pests so strongly;
• Boric acid against ants has been proving its effectiveness for several years now. It paralyzes the nervous system of insects and they soon die. It is enough to soak several pieces of sugar in boric acid and leave them in this form in an open place. Or you can use 2-3 tsp. dry minced meat and soak them with 1 tsp. boric acid.

Sugar soaked in boric acid is the best remedy for ants

If you find it on yourself

• Most signs with ants talk about money, and this one is no exception. If a little hard worker decides to climb up your leg, fall on your face or touch any other part of your body, the signs will guarantee you financial income.
• If an ant crawls on you and doesn’t bite you, straighten your shoulders and be proud: according to legend, you are a very good person.
• The ant not only ran over your body, but also managed to bite you? It's time to think about your behavior.

What places in the apartment do ants inhabit?

They can settle in any inaccessible places - under the tiles in the bathroom, in the floor, between boards, in electrical appliances. They sneak into any cracks, the main thing for them is dark and hard-to-reach places where they can establish a nest and store food. Unlike other species of pharaohs, the ant does not build anthills, but creates a nest in a dark place. What chemicals can be used to remove ants from apartments? You can use a variety of insect repellents in your apartment, the main thing is to strictly follow the instructions and recommendations. Sprays, gels, baits, traps and pencils contain chemical elements, so when using it you must wear a protective suit and gloves. It is better to take your pets out for a walk or move them to another room, and ventilate the room thoroughly after using the products.

Crawled out onto the road

Even science recognizes the ability of ants to sense weather changes.

• But even avid skeptics trust this sign. It is not connected with otherworldly forces, but with the sensitivity of small insects to weather changes and says the following: if ants fuss, flicker and run out onto the road in a crowd, a thunderstorm will soon arrive, and a very strong one.
• If a crowd of ants without warning burst into the corridor and scurry along the floorboards, a big cold snap is coming. Forest workers are looking for somewhere to wait it out.

Got hooked on the grave

For ants, there is freedom in the cemetery: they are less disturbed here and are “fed” with gifts left on the graves. Therefore, firstly, there is nothing supernatural in the appearance of insects. And secondly, even if you are in the most mystical mood, consider the appearance of ants as a good sign: just as these wise creatures do not build their homes next to bad people, they do not settle on the graves of evil people.

However, their appearance bodes well for the living, too, so try not to disturb the ants. Unless, of course, their number has outgrown all conceivable boundaries.

How do we kill ants?

The most important thing when carrying out this process at the dacha, in apartments and private houses is to eliminate the queen that lays eggs. To do this, you need to find and destroy the anthill. In urban environments, this often becomes impossible: the lair is located between walls or in another hard-to-reach place. In this case, the use of chemicals would be optimal.

These are very tenacious insects, so it is better to entrust their extermination to professionals who have special means for pest control. Ant extermination services use powerful drugs. The poisoned bait must be placed on the so-called “ant paths” - their main routes of movement. Insects can eat poisoned food or carry the poison into the anthill on their legs.

Step on an anthill

Under no circumstances should you harm wise and hardworking creatures!

All beliefs agree on one thing: a person who destroys an anthill will be haunted by misfortunes. But what if you were gape, didn’t notice him in the tall grass, or just stumbled unsuccessfully? Is it really impossible to ward off a bad omen?

• First of all, shake off the ants so as not to be severely bitten - these small but brave insects will fiercely take revenge for damage to their home. The Slavs even had their own saying for such a case. It was necessary to ask the alarmed kids not to bite and threaten to trample their entire family, led by the ant king, in revenge.
• If dancing among insects and shouting threats at them is not your thing, skip straight to the second part. Try to carefully correct the damaged part of the anthill, and then quickly leave. In this case, there is a great chance to avoid trouble, because you did not wish harm to anyone.

Do you think that times have hopelessly changed and today no one would think of breeding ants in the kitchen in the hope of illusory profits? Not at all. There is a way to combine ancient legends and science. Just start yourself an ant farm. Insects will go about their usual business; you will have a lot of fun watching the lives of these truly incredibly intelligent creatures. But the money in the house will not be transferred - the signs promise this.

Who are ants?

This is a family of insects from the order Hymenoptera. They are known to the common man as hardworking insects and forest orderlies. They live and move in huge columns, where they have a clear division of responsibilities. The queen or queen is responsible for reproduction. She finds a male and mates with him, after which she sheds her wings and settles down to breed offspring. If the queen does not produce offspring well, she can be replaced with another. It differs from other ants in its large size because it consumes more nutritious food. Males die almost immediately after mating with a female. The majority of the colony consists of worker ants, who decide to eliminate the queen if fertility declines. They obtain food, take care of the queen and protect and build the anthill. Worker ants are females that are not fertile.

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Good day! Dear practitioners, please help me clarify the following questions. My grandfather died 10 years ago, in the spring of 2001. Almost immediately, a large anthill appeared on his grave, which we have been trying to remove for 10 years without success. In addition, when we came to the cemetery not far from my grandfather’s grave, we saw animals or birds several times, and in the summer, bumblebees and other insects were constantly circling. As I understand it, my grandfather’s grave is active. A couple of years ago, when they were cleaning a grave, someone found an egg buried in the grave, which was thrown into a landfill. I have never practiced magic, and I found out by chance that my grandfather’s grave is considered active when I was looking on the Internet for ways to destroy an anthill. After that, I re-read many articles on this topic, but some questions remained. If you don’t mind, I kindly ask you to answer a few of my amateurish questions. 1. Did I understand correctly that it is impossible to destroy an anthill? But during the cleaning of the grave, this anthill is still disturbed and partially destroyed. What should I do? 2. Is it necessary to bring a memorial to the grave? We have never done this, we only bring flowers, but I always remember my grandfather in church, on his birthday and death day I order a memorial service, and when I visit church I always light a candle for the repose. 3. Do I need to do something and somehow additionally remember my grandfather because, apparently, someone is working on his grave. 4. There is no cross on my grandfather’s grave. My grandfather was baptized, he had clergy in his family, a funeral service was held for him after his death, the grave was sealed, but when they ordered the monument, they were not in quite adequate condition, and they simply forgot about the cross. There is only a small iron tablet with a cross, name and dates, which is stuck into the ground on the back of the monument. Is it necessary to change the monument and complete the drawing of the cross, or is an iron plate with a cross enough, and can this factor influence the fact that the grandfather’s grave is active? 5. Can I get any benefit from this? Can I ask my grandfather for help in some matters, in my personal life, in material well-being. If yes, then please tell me how to do this correctly so as not to cause trouble. I am an amateur in such matters, but I understand perfectly well that working with a cemetery requires great knowledge and skills. Can I directly contact my grandfather using conspiracies, or can such actions bring upon me the wrath of the owners of the cemetery. During our lifetime, my grandfather and I had excellent mutual understanding and love, he was dearer and closer to me than my parents, and I was his favorite.

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Venice! My opinion is that you are very lucky.

My grandfather's grave is active.

Can I ask my grandfather for help in some matters, in my personal life, in material well-being.

Sure you can. You can ask for anything. For example, about punishing enemies, and not just about all sorts of benefits. You can talk about protection and strength too.

There is no need to destroy it, because... it is an indicator of activity. The ants will die out and there will be no outlet for grandfather’s energy.

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Sure you can. You can ask for anything. For example, about punishing enemies, and not just about all sorts of benefits. You can talk about protection and strength too.

Dragonfly, please tell me how to ask. You need to come to the cemetery, you need some incantations, or you can use your own words.

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1. A grave with an anthill is a clear sign that the spirit does not find peace, it itself is not working “if the ants create a mess, the grave on the left will be a restless spirit, then the grave on the left of the anthill will have great power.” To identify this grave, simply stand facing the anthill; the grave to the left of it is suitable for performing powerful rituals. But there is another warning: if the anthill is located right next to the cross (monument), and appeared before a year from the date of death, then this is a sign that they will drag the whole family to the cemetery. and for this you need a lecture. 2. The commemoration is an ancient pagan custom, a ritual of buying off a spirit from the gods. This is according to your desire and belief (if you are a Christian and go to church with remembrances, you should not do this). 3. what they say “working grave, active”, etc. this does not mean that they are already working on it and this is its sign, it is simply a place of power, an outlet of active energy. Your grandfather needs to be remembered, but remembrances for sins should be made first of all by children (if they are alive) and only then by grandchildren. 4. A cross or monument does not affect the activity of the place. Firstly, to calm your own heart, you should put up a cross (or a monument with images of a cross), but the main thing is that the entrance is closed. Secondly, if the deceased himself does not ask anyone for this, do not disturb the anthill, but to calm the spirit, it is good to bring small children to the grave of the ancestor, organize a cleanup day with the whole family (do not swear under any circumstances!) and so that the children will remember him . 5. At the very beginning you wrote that you have nothing to do with magic. So you don’t need to do what you shouldn’t do. Everything has its own. Because only people who are in charge of this matter need to work in the cemetery.

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Witchcraft on the grave

The basis of such rituals is a recent burial, up to 40 days, when the soul of the deceased is still close to the body.
It also happens that witches come to the cemetery in search of a funeral procession and, while grieving relatives say goodbye to their loved ones, they can either put something in the coffin, or, conversely, take something. What to do if traces of someone else’s presence are left on the grave of a loved one, obviously not with good intentions?

If you find objects at the grave that were not brought there, under no circumstances take anything or touch it. If a witchcraft ritual was performed at this place, then the witch takes her ritual things, such as candles, animal skulls, books and others, with her. At the grave she can only leave the so-called ransom for the deceased, that is, a sacrifice that she gives to the deceased as a sign of gratitude. It could be anything - money, a doll, a bottle of alcohol, a deck of cards, a bouquet of flowers.

• Some healers advise not to do anything with such things and leave everything as it is, justifying this by the fact that this is a gift to the deceased, and the thing no longer belongs to this world.
• Others advise sprinkling the object with holy water, picking it up with a newspaper or dustpan, and then throwing it into running water.

Whatever method is chosen, in any case it is necessary to order a prayer service for the repose in the church (under no circumstances light funeral candles in your home) and remember the deceased.

In the vocabulary of witches and sorcerers there is such a thing as an active, or living grave. Near such a burial there is increased growth of plants, activity of animals and insects, very often there are anthills near such burials. Why is this happening?

If there are signs of an active grave, this may mean that magical rituals are regularly performed in this place. Practitioners of black magic use them to “bind” the dead to this world in order to use their capabilities. As a result, the spirit cannot rest and continues to be in the world of the living in the capacity in which it is needed in magic. Usually the witch thanks her otherworldly assistant - she regularly cleans the grave, plants flowers, and brings gifts.

To help your loved one go to another world and prevent warlocks from disturbing his spirit, the following actions are necessary:

• Under no circumstances should you cast any spells or anything else on the grave yourself; you do not know what you are dealing with and your actions can harm both yourself and the soul of the deceased.
• If the deceased has children, they should be the first to remember, light a candle for the repose and order Sorokoust in the church.
• On the day of remembrance or the date of death of your relative, bake a pie and distribute it to strangers for commemoration;

Invite a priest to consecrate the grave; faith and church are the most effective methods against the effects of black magic.

Sign: ants have appeared in the house - should I drive them out?

I tried for a long time to eradicate the ants at the dacha, but nothing worked. Until I caught my grandmother in the act: she followed me and secretly collected the traps I had laid out and poisonous “treats” for the scoundrels. She explained her actions like this: “It’s useless to argue with you, and you can’t chase goosebumps based on signs!”

Seeing my “scary eyes,” she took out her notes, which she had kept for about thirty years. The huge ledger contained recipes and lyrics of folk songs, but most of all there were superstitions for all occasions. “I checked everything personally, they all come true,” said the grandmother with such pride, as if she had not collected them, but had invented them herself.

What chemicals are used against ants?

You can also kill insects using chemicals. Aerosols. They are considered the fastest means of fighting insects. It is recommended to use if a nest of ants is detected, after spraying in the apartment, ventilate the room; Gels. Their effect is not so fast, but quite effective. The gel contains an agent that attracts ants. By absorbing the gel, the insect becomes infected and transmits the infection to others; Chalk. Acts on the respiratory tract of the ant. Not as effective because the ant needs to directly walk along the chalk path and inhale the particles. This product is more suitable for preventing insect control; Traps. They contain an insecticide that is harmful to ants.

Ants in the house: are they good?

Most folk signs treat these insects, if not with joy, then at least with respect.

• Ants settled near the threshold . This means that long-awaited guests from afar will soon appear in this house. Or maybe this is how fate marks out a home in which guests will appear constantly! The second interpretation of this sign: ants near the threshold is good news.
• Ants on or near the porch . This is a sign that your family will prosper. You should not touch the anthill, so as not to cancel the effect of the sign.
• Ants live inside a house or apartment . This is a good sign - the owners will soon get rich. But only if you do not offend insects. Are they annoying? Be patient - in the fall they will all fall asleep, and you will have a rest from the importunity of the little “tenants”.

There is one more sign regarding house ants. Superstitious people say: ants are family creatures , and they carry this energy into the home they choose for themselves. That is, in the house in which these insects settle, quarrels may subside, infidelities will end, and family ties will become stronger.

• Ants often crawl on the bed . And this is already a bad omen: insects show that the owner of this bed will soon be seriously injured or ill, and not with a banal runny nose, but with something serious.
• The ants suddenly ran out into the corridor and were running along the floor . This sign warns of a sharp cold snap. Think about what vegetable or garden crops on your site need shelter. The sign about ants running out onto the road has a similar interpretation: insects anticipate a thunderstorm and are looking for reliable shelter.

It is also believed that ants do not like it when people swear or say swear words in their presence. In order not to frighten off the wealth that the ants bring, one should not use foul language in the room where they have settled .

What if you find a little hard worker on yourself?

It doesn’t matter how it got on your body - it fell on your head from the ceiling or high furniture, it climbed up your leg from the floor - in any case, this sign promises you a cash flow.

It also matters whether the little “climber” bit you or not . If bitten, this is a warning that you have a very bad character. Think about your family - they won’t bite, but they will probably suffer from your constant mood swings. If an ant ran over your arms and legs for a long time, but never bit you, you are a good person.

But what do scientists and doctors say about domestic insects (including ants)? A brief overview of small apartment “tenants”, as well as information about the real benefits and harms of these insects, is here:

How to deal with ants in the garden

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Ants are most annoying while they are in the garden. If you want to know how to kill ants, use a few proven methods:

• To scare away ants, place a rag soaked in kerosene under each fruit bush. You can sow calendula next to currant and gooseberry plantations - it attracts ladybugs, which actively eat aphids;
• tie the tree trunk with cotton wool or wool soaked in a carbolic solution. Also create a “protective ring” of soot and linseed oil the width of your palm;
• Attach bottles of sugar water to the branches and lubricate their necks with syrup or anise oil;
• if the ants have settled at the roots of the tree, use ordinary or bleach. Sprinkle quicklime on the ant heaps and pour water over them. A 20% solution of carbolic acid will also put insects to flight;
• Indirect attacks on ants should be done when fighting aphids. Dip the tips of the branches into a bowl of soap-salt or soap-ash solution and rinse there. Such a “shower” corrodes the skin of the aphid and it becomes unviable.

To prevent ants from running through trees, use hunting belts soaked in kerosene

Other ant signs

Ants on the site

As in the case of domestic, apartment ants, this sign says: the owner of the land on which the ants have settled will soon make a profit . And esotericists add: an anthill in the yard (especially a large one) is a mental shield that protects the yard from evil, negative energy coming from outside.

You can also find out what the weather :

• if they rush very quickly around the yard or along an anthill, or suddenly hide in broad daylight, it means rain;
• if the ants build an anthill too high, the winter will be very cold;
• If during a thaw you stick a stick into an anthill and insects begin to climb on it, you can hide winter things, and if the ants ignore the stick without crawling onto it, the thaw will soon turn into frost.

Insects have settled in the car

This is a rather contradictory sign. It must be interpreted based on the habitat and actions of the mosquitoes:

• if they run all over the car, it means money;
• settled in one clear place and does not spread to the rest of the car - to trouble;
• They often get behind your wheel and bite you - this means an accident.

Ants in a cemetery, on a grave

Some people call the grave a “house”, considering it the last dwelling of a person. Is it good to know that such small, numerous “guests” have settled in the “house” of your beloved grandfather without permission?

Yes! This is a good sign. The fact is that ants will not live in the house of an evil person - the same applies to the grave . If small workers build their anthill on a grave, it means that someone good is buried in it.

These ants also promise good things to the relatives of the deceased, so there is no need to drive them away from the cemetery. Of course, if the anthill does not grow to unimaginable sizes, preventing the living from paying respects to their dead...

What ants can appear in summer cottages?

The most common species living in summer cottages are black garden and red forest.

Black garden ant or black lasia. Reaches a size of up to 4 mm, has a black or gray color. Like many other species, they move in a large column. The lifespan of males is several months, that of workers is several years. The queen of this species lives up to 28 years and ranks first among insects in terms of life expectancy. Since honeydew is their favorite treat, they find plants where aphids live to get their dose of dew. Sometimes they can drag it with them into an anthill so that sweet food is nearby and they can have a snack at any time. They build their garden anthills in rotten stumps or old fallen trees, under stones.

Red forest is similar in appearance to black garden. Reaches a size of 1.5 cm. Males have a darker color, females have a dark red body color and are smaller in size. The lifespan of workers is up to 6 years, and females can live 20 years. A distinctive feature is the presence of a toxic liquid in the abdomen. The venom serves as protection against enemies and, with multiple bites, can cause an allergic reaction. Forest animals do not have hearing organs, but their sense of smell is very well developed. Nests are created in the ground or under stones, and they move, like the others, in large columns.

What do beliefs say about the destruction of anthills?

It’s one thing when an ant “settlement” grows somewhere in a deep forest. But what if these little ones have settled in your garden and are happily dragging aphids onto your plum trees?

Under whatever conditions you destroy the ant kingdom, whether you wanted to do it or did it inadvertently, prepare for misfortune .

If you entered an anthill by accident, take a step back and threaten the ants: if they decide to take revenge on you, you will return and trample all their offspring, led by the queen. After this, carefully retreat so as not to crush the insects that have become “homeless.”

How do you repel ants from garden beds in safe ways?

They prefer to settle in summer cottages, which are rarely irrigated. The area must be put in order: the grass is mowed, the weeds are removed, the trees and the ground around them are treated with lime solution. If you plant plants that emit odors around the perimeter of the site, the ants will not enter. When planting, it is important to keep a distance to avoid dense thickets. Insects do not like the smell of lavender, lemon balm, mint, rosemary, wormwood, chamomile, dill, parsley, and cilantro. The method of planting plants around the perimeter of the site is absolutely safe and effectively helps in scaring away unwanted guests.

Let's summarize

• Popular rumor considers ants to be useful and necessary insects, and does not recommend killing them by destroying anthills on the site, nor removing them from the house. It is believed that if these small insects appear in the house, the family will live peacefully and will soon become rich.
• There are also negative ant signs. For example, if babies crawl on the bed, the person sleeping on it will get sick or injured; if they climb on a person and bite him, it means that he has an evil soul; if they bite the driver in a car, they warn of an accident.
• Ants settling in a cemetery or on a grave are considered a good omen. This suggests that the deceased was a very good, kind person.

Well, if signs and superstitions don’t scare you, and you still decide to get rid of house ants, this video will tell you how to do it:

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How do you repel ants from berry bushes?

Known sweet tooths can destroy the entire crop of currants or strawberries if measures are not taken in time. By eating sweet fruits, they transmit fungal diseases to plants. Planting mustard, wormwood, lavender or tansy around the berries will help save strawberry bushes. The smells of these herbs repel ants and reliably protect the fruits. If you don’t want to plant plants, you can spread the dried bushes around the area, this will also serve as a barrier for ants. To protect the trees on which sweet fruits grow, it is necessary to begin caring for them in early spring. Gardeners often use the so-called “belt”. For the “belt”, ordinary double-sided tape can be used, which is used to encircle the trunk; the ants crawl up to it and stick. They have no chance of getting to the top and tracking the fruits. Rope coated with Vaseline also works. In addition to establishing barriers, trees are sprayed with special infusions of wormwood. The most important thing is that such measures should be regular; you should not wait for the ants to seriously settle on the site.