Boric acid against ants in the garden and in the apartment

Ant baits based on boric acid: effective methods

The easiest way to use boric acid is to simply sprinkle the powder in areas where ants appear, for example, under cabinets or baseboards in the kitchen.
Insects will definitely appear in these places in search of food, and will bring poison on their legs and body to the nest. To make the pest feast on the poison, make special aromatic baits. A lot of different products that every housewife has in the refrigerator are suitable for their preparation. Such options for exterminating ants are good because the bait will be transferred directly to the nests, which are most often located in places inaccessible to humans.

Recipe with egg (with yolk)

The smell of egg yolk is great for attracting ants. To prepare the bait you will need 1 packet of boric acid and 2 boiled egg yolks.

Mix the ingredients and form small balls from the resulting mixture. Place poisonous treats in ant habitats and wait for the results. Usually, using yolk balls, the entire ant colony will die within 2-4 weeks.

Do not exceed the amount of powder used in the recipe. If there is too much boric acid in the bait, the mining ant will not carry the ball to the nest, but will die on the spot. As a result, the relatives living in the nest will not feast on the poisoned “delicacy” and the colony will be exterminated longer.

Recipe with sugar

As you know, ants love sweets, so granulated sugar or powdered sugar is perfect for preparing bait. Mix a few tablespoons of sugar with a packet of boric acid and sprinkle it in the ants' habitats. The insects will definitely try the “delicacy” and will soon die.

Recipe with minced meat

Meat and its juice are excellent at attracting insects, so they are often used as an ant-attracting substance. Minced chicken, pork or beef is suitable for making bait. You will need 100 g of meat delicacy and 2 bags of boric acid. Mix the ingredients thoroughly until the acid dissolves in the meat juices and roll into small balls. The smaller the lumps, the better. Foraging ants will bring them to the nest, thereby poisoning other relatives.

Potato recipe

To make potato balls you will need:

• several boiled potatoes;
• 2 boiled egg yolks;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar;
• 1 sachet of boric acid;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of melted butter.

As in previous bait options, combine the components and mix. Roll the resulting mixture into balls and place them on the ant paths.

How to make liquid bait

Liquid baits are usually prepared using sugar syrup.

You can pour the liquid into small containers or apply it to the floor surface directly in the ants' habitats. Simply dilute 10 g of boric acid powder and 2 teaspoons of sugar in one glass of warm water and treat the surface.

If you have access to the pest's nests, you can prepare a more aggressive remedy by replacing warm water with boiling water. After mixing the ingredients, immediately pour the hot syrup into the nest and wait for the result.

Yeast mixture recipe

This method is considered one of the oldest. Before making, prepare small containers for bait, for example, plastic bottle caps. You will also need 1 tbsp. spoon of yeast, 4 tbsp. spoons of sugar and a little water.

Dissolve the yeast in water, and then add sugar and 1 packet of boric acid to the resulting dough. Pour the aromatic poison into containers and place them in the ants’ habitats.

Bait recipe with glycerin

Boric acid is highly soluble in glycerin. Based on it, you can make a liquid poison and spray it from a spray bottle in the habitats of ants.

Dissolve a packet of boric acid in a glass of water and add 2 tbsp. spoons of glycerin. Use the resulting mixture to treat all surfaces in the kitchen, after removing all food and kitchen utensils.

You can also make bait balls from glycerin and boric acid. To do this, prepare a soft mass by mixing:

• 2 tbsp. spoons of glycerin;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
• 1 teaspoon honey;
• 1/3 teaspoon of boric acid;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of water.

Place the finished balls in all possible habitats of ants.

Recipe with honey, jam

Any sugar-containing products, such as honey or jam, are often used as bait. Their smell attracts insects well.

Pour some jam into a small bottle or jar and leave it on the floor. Treat the surface and neck of the bottle, as well as ant paths, with a solution of boric acid. Ants will definitely be attracted by the smell of sweets and will go in search of food. Along the poisoned road to the aromatic delicacy, boric acid will fall on the legs and bodies of insects, which will lead to their death.

Dry ant traps with boric acid for the garden

Dry traps are used only in gardens and vegetable gardens. Their main disadvantage is the need to frequently repeat the procedure. The main ingredients of such baits are dust-like products: flour, soda or ash. On the street, the poison is scattered near an anthill, but in the house dry dust will scatter everywhere. Since the traps contain a preparation containing boron, such “house dust” can be hazardous to health.

How to kill ants with boric acid and cornmeal

Maize attracts ants by its smell alone. But if they gnaw holes in the grains, then they can eat the flour in its ready-made form. How dangerous such a “dish” is for ants is a controversial issue. Theoretically, the flour should swell in the insect's intestines and kill it.

In practice, it is better to play it safe. The chances of death from overeating are much less than 50%. But you can guarantee that after running through the flour, the ant will stain the bristles and will be forced to clean them. When using a mixture of cornmeal and acid, the latter will probably also end up on the insect's body. When cleansing, it will inevitably swallow a dose of poison.

10 g of acid is added to 100 g of corn flour and the mixture is scattered near the anthill. The procedure must be repeated at least once every 2 days: the flour swells from dew and loses its “killer” properties.

Comment! Rain can completely wash away the trap.

Ant bait with boric acid, powdered sugar and rice flour

Almost an analogue of the previous recipe, but instead of corn flour they use rice flour. Powdered sugar is also added to the mixture. It is very hygroscopic and easily adheres to the chitin of insects. As long as the powder is dry, the ants can carry it into the nest. Sometimes baking soda is added here. The use of the mixture is the same as in the previous recipe.

An ant caught in the “dust” will be forced to cleanse its body and will inevitably swallow poison

How to poison ants with boric acid and soda

A fairly simple way to prepare poison for garden ants. Mix 100 g of baking soda with a packet of acid. Sprinkle the powder on the anthill. Water to ensure better contact of chemicals with the soil.

Comment! Baking soda is an antidote for boric acid poisoning.

A mixture of boric acid and ant ash

Similar to the previous recipe, but wood ash is used as an alkali. For 1 kg of ash you will need 30 g of acid. The application is the same as in the previous method. You don’t have to water it, but wait for the rain and sprinkle the mixture directly in front of it.

How to feed plants with boric acid

In most cases, spraying with boric acid is used. “Three pillars” of foliar feeding:

• evening time;
• warm cloudy weather;
• fine spray.

When spraying a plant, do not get carried away: “dew” on the leaves and branches is a sign to stop. Dripping should not be allowed.

Watering the soil with a solution of boric acid is acceptable for emergency assistance to the plant (this mainly applies to potatoes and strawberries). You need to water the plant from a watering can and strictly at the root, so that the drops do not fall on the plant itself.

Boric suspension in its pure form is not used in the garden - there is a risk of burning the plant or, conversely, “losing” the fertilizer in the soil.

Boric acid for tomatoes (tomatoes)

Typically, tomatoes are fed with boric acid solution three times. The first time - before flowering, when the buds have already formed (1 g of powder per 10 liters of water, consumption 1 liter per 1 sq.m.). Then boric acid for the ovary is applied during flowering (no less than 10 days after the first, the concentration is the same), and the final feeding occurs at the fruiting stage.

At the very beginning of the fruiting phase, tomatoes can be fed with a mixture that includes ash, iodine and boric acid. The feeding is prepared as follows:

1. in 5 liters of boiling water, dilute 1.5-2 liters of wood ash and 10 g (1 sachet) of boric acid, mix thoroughly, cool, then add water to the solution to make 10 liters;
2. pour 1 bottle of iodine into the solution and leave the mixture to infuse for a day;
3. Before use, dilute 1 liter of infusion in 10 liters of water to obtain a working solution.

Application rate: 1 liter per bush. Such fertilizing will not only speed up fruiting, but also increase the resistance of tomatoes to late blight.

Boric acid for cucumbers

Cucumbers are fed according to the same scheme as tomatoes, the solution concentration is 0.05% (5 g of boric acid per 10 liters of water). Boron improves the taste of cucumbers, stimulates the formation of ovaries and the development of fruits. This microelement also improves frost and drought resistance of plants, and also helps strengthen the root system of cucumbers.

Fertilizing strawberries with boric acid

The first feeding is carried out in early spring: 1 g of boric acid is dissolved in 10 liters of water (previously filled with a small amount of hot water) and 1 g of potassium permanganate, and the strawberry beds are watered, using the solution for 30-40 bushes. The second feeding is carried out before flowering, at the stage of bud extension. Plants are sprayed with a mixture prepared according to this recipe:

1. prepare an extract from wood ash (pour 1 glass of ash into 1 liter of boiling water, stir and leave for 24 hours, then strain the infusion);
2. in 10 liters of water add 2 g of boric acid (previously dissolved in a small amount of hot water), ash extract and 2 g of potassium permanganate.

Consumption – 0.3-0.5 l per 1 bush. This solution is also used for obvious signs of boron deficiency in strawberries.

Some useful tips

The advantage of this powder is that it works equally effectively for many insects that appear in a person’s home. The most popular are recipes based on yolk, potatoes and boric acid. Since cockroaches and ants take food to the nest for their relatives, the fight against these insects becomes much easier.

To increase the effectiveness of insect control in an apartment, you need to:

• Place as many balls or containers with bait as possible. In this case, it is necessary to detect the ant trail, which will simplify the task.
• It is better to update the product regularly, at least once a week.
• Take measures to ensure that there is no free access to water and food. If you do this, then such an apartment will never be of interest to either cockroaches or ants. Do not leave leftover food on the dining table after eating, especially sweet food, as this will definitely interest the ants.
• Cleanliness in the house is a guarantee that ants and other insects will not take root in the apartment. At the same time, you also need to monitor the microclimate in your home. High humidity attracts many insects and ants are no exception.

When the bait with yolk or potatoes dries out, it becomes harder for the ants to pinch off particles of the product in order to take it to the nest. Therefore, you need to monitor the condition of the bait and, if necessary, prepare fresh balls and place the dried ones in place.

Baits based on boric acid have been used for a long time, but it should be noted that reviews of such means of combating ants are only positive, which indicates their effectiveness. Although a negative side can also be noted - it has a long duration of action, compared to toxic drugs in the form of aerosols, gels, etc. The use of toxic substances is not always justified, since they negatively affect the health of humans and domestic animals. This is especially true in cases where allergy sufferers and infirm family members, as well as children, live in the apartment.

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Boric acid: safety measures and first aid for overdose

Boric acid is classified as low, 4th hazard class, which means it is harmless when it comes into contact with human skin in small quantities. But nevertheless, safety precautions should be observed when working with chemicals: baits and solutions should be made using gloves and work clothes, which must be changed after carrying out pest control activities, and thoroughly wash your face and hands with running water and soap. Placed insect baits should not be accessible to children or pets. The boric acid preparation should be stored away from food, drinking water and medications.

Boron, the main component of boric acid, can accumulate in the human body because it is poorly excreted by the kidneys. An overdose of the drug is manifested by acute poisoning with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, peeling of the skin, decreased temperature, convulsions and shock. At the slightest suspicion of an overdose of boric acid, you should immediately seek qualified medical help.

Fighting ants with boric acid - what is the secret of success?

The negative effects of boric acid and its salts on the human body were discovered only at the end of the twentieth century. Everything went much faster with the ants. After all, the death of an insect occurs a couple of hours after contact with this substance or its derivatives.

After all, any anti-ant remedy with boric acid, “swallowed” and assimilated by a representative of this type of insect, paralyzes the nervous system, after which relatively quick death occurs. The drug acts on females, males, and workers, paralyzing the nervous system of both “house” and “forest” ants.

In a word, any poison with boric acid from ants is a highly effective weapon of mass destruction, which can destroy both individual individuals and entire anthills.

Boric acid against ants in an apartment - is it dangerous?

A person cannot avoid contact with the drug - a poisoned insect will crawl anywhere. In addition, the extermination process itself begins with the dispersion of crystalline acid or salt throughout the house or apartment. That is, some particles will remain on the floor, walls or windowsill even after thorough cleaning.

True, this will not lead to serious harm to the health of an adult - toxic acid is introduced into the preparations in microscopic doses. However, a child or allergy sufferer will feel clearly unwell.

Therefore, despite their widespread use - acid or borax for ants are sold in any pharmacy - such drugs must be used very carefully, following the recipe and rules for handling toxic substances. Simply put: if you don’t want health problems, call professionals from the pest control service.

Simply put: if you don’t want health problems, call professionals from the pest control service.

From cooperation with a pro you will receive the following benefits:

• Precise localization of the ants' habitat - the poison will be applied only to the right place, reducing the risk of accidental contact with a dangerous drug.
• The exact dosage of the drug - with the help of boric acid, you can remove not only ants, but also cockroaches, bedbugs and even fleas from your home, but for this you need to know the recipe and rules for using the substance. You will kill a couple of thousand “hares with one stone” with one shot.
• Guaranteed neutralization of triggered bait. They will help you remove the ants with boric acid, after which they will rid you of the remaining poison.

In short, cooperation with professionals will allow you to get rid of harmful insects without any consequences for your health.

How to get rid of ants with boric acid - rules of application

There are two techniques for “feeding” poison to ants:

• The method of throwing a toxic substance onto the “path” and in the habitat.
• Bait method.

The first method is simple - you scatter the poison where you recently saw ants. After all, these insects move along “trodden” paths. Therefore, when faced with an obstacle in the form of a mountain of acid, they will be poisoned with 100 percent probability. The advantage of this technique is its ease of implementation - boric acid from red ants or their black “relatives” is bought at the pharmacy and scattered on the floor, under the baseboards, near the trash can or in some other place.

The disadvantage of this method is the open use of a dangerous drug - acid particles will scatter around the room along with a draft (or sticking to house shoes), after which they will enter the body of a person or his pets, which is extremely undesirable.

The second technique is implemented in the following way:

• You form a bait by binding the drug to a shell that is safe for your health.
• After this, the bait is introduced along the “paths” of the ants.
• When faced with bait, the ant will “drag” it to its “place of residence” - into the anthill.
• Having consumed the bait, the ant will poison itself and infect all its “neighbors” with poison. After which a real epidemic will begin in the anthill.

As you can see: this method of control is more effective, since it affects not one individual, but the entire colony. And from the point of view of personal safety, the poison in the shell will be much preferable to the pure substance.

Preparing bait

Using boric acid poison is quite simple. It can be used in the form of dry or liquid baits. There are several popular recipes for getting rid of ants using boric acid:

1. The simplest is dry bait. To prepare it, you need to mix boric acid with sugar in equal proportions and scatter the powder in favorite places and on insect paths. Boric acid and sugar against ants are a universal remedy. It is enough to make a similar mixture several times, and the persistent ants will disappear from your home.
2. Against large or overgrown ants, which often happens in the country, it is good to use a recipe with minced meat. The bait is prepared as follows: add boric acid powder (1 tsp) to a few tablespoons of minced meat and mix thoroughly. Small balls are formed from the resulting mass and placed on the path of movement of the ants. The same balls can be prepared with minced fish.
3. Minced meat balls and eggs help get rid of ants well. The proportions of acid and delicacy in the bait remain the same. In addition to food, ants are looking for sources of water, so it’s a good idea to lay out balls or scatter powder near sinks, faucets, and the trash can. This recipe cannot be used if there are animals in the apartment.
4. In a similar way, you can poison ants at home, using, for example, boiled potato balls. Also, such bait can contain boiled egg yolk, honey, cookie crumbs with glycerin, jam, etc. At the dacha, you can place bait balls not only in houses, but also on the ground, near walls, next to ant paths. This product will prevent ants from entering your home.
5. It is much more difficult to remove winged ants; they are not attracted to dry bait, and liquid bait is used with great success. The poison recipe using boric acid against ants is also not complicated. Pour a small amount of water into a saucer and dissolve boric acid powder with sugar or honey in it. This solution will help remove not only ants, but also other harmful insects.
6. The liquid bait can be modified - the syrup should be diluted in a small container and poured into acid around this container. Boric acid, sticking to the insect's legs, will enter the anthill and affect the entire colony. It is easy to prepare this remedy, and the fight will be directed against all ants at once.

By strictly following the recipe, preparing poison with boric acid for ants, you can get rid of an unpleasant neighborhood and prevent the settlement of new clans in a fairly short time.

How not to meet uninvited guests or insect prevention

To prevent ants from appearing in the house, you should constantly keep the kitchen and apartment clean, and do not leave leftover food in open places:

• after eating or preparing food, thoroughly wipe the table and work surfaces in the kitchen to get rid of stains and crumbs;
• It is better to store products, especially sugar, tightly sealed;
• Wash your sink, stove, and kitchen cabinets regularly;
• do not keep open sweet foods that are attractive to ants;
• if pets live in the apartment, constantly change their water, it is better to place bowls with food on stands.

By following these rules, you will protect yourself from the appearance of insects, and you will not have to fight uninvited guests. Otherwise, you risk becoming a victim of an invasion of domestic ants, and the fight may drag on for a long time.

Ways to get rid of ants in a house or apartment

Any housewife, after some time in the vicinity of ants, falls into a fighting rage: insects spoil food and do not distinguish between the kitchen table and the trash can. While shuttling between them, uninvited guests can carry various diseases. What to do if ants have settled in your home?

The main task when fighting these insects is to give the poisoned bait to the worker ant so that he will carry it to the queen - the queen of the colony. Sprays and fumigators are powerless in this case; they destroy only those ants that are located directly in your house or apartment. The colony may be tens of meters away from you.

The most effective way to get rid of ants is to destroy their queen using toxic substances

You can try to scare the ants with the smells of mint, pepper, cloves, garlic and onions, and wormwood. However, cunning insects are very reluctant to leave their homes, so repelling may not work.

Ants are very original in choosing a place for a colony - it could be baking foil in the kitchen, a closet with bed linen in the bedroom, an old photo album or video cassette, even a computer mouse and iron!

Ultrasonic repellers are completely useless here, and calling professional exterminators will cost you money. How to get rid of parasites without special expenses? A proven remedy - boric acid - will come to the rescue.

The problem of ants appearing in the home

Ants are insects that live according to a clear hierarchical pattern. Their colonies are extremely numerous and are controlled by the queen ant, whose main activity is breeding the larvae of new individuals.

The worst thing is that near the average apartment there can be from three to ten such nests. But if we are talking about a vegetable garden, then the number of anthills there is completely difficult to guess.

House ants living in apartments and heated inhabited houses multiply very quickly. In one month, the number of inhabitants of one anthill can increase by several hundred.

Boric acid from ants: effectiveness of the substance

It is not known who first used boric acid in the fight against ants. But the experiment turned out to be quite successful and took root among the people. And even the emergence of new insecticides could not displace the old method, proven over the years.

Reviews of the use of boric acid against ants indicate that this particular substance helps to completely get rid of parasites. True, this process will take a lot of time: on average, it will take three to four weeks.

Description and application of the powder

In appearance, it is a white crystalline powder, which has no characteristic taste or smell. Boric acid is extremely poorly soluble in water. It has strong antiseptic properties. Do not confuse boric acid and borax. From a chemical point of view, these are two different substances, although both drugs are based on boron. But if the crystalline salt, called “borax,” contains 11% boron, then the acid contains as much as 17%.

The drug is in demand in various fields of activity. Boric acid is used to feed and disinfect plants. The component is part of antiparasitic and antimycotic therapy. In production, in workshops, and in warehouses, boric acid poison for ants is most often used. And in pre-war times it was even used to treat wounds. But they realized it in time.

Many are sure that boric acid is harmless to the human body. A number of studies have suggested the opposite. The substance is classified as hazard class III. Human kidneys do not remove the toxin well, and it gradually accumulates. Workers involved in the production of boric acid are diagnosed with chronic pathologies of the respiratory and digestive systems.

Facts about "house" insects

To understand the effectiveness of boric acid in the fight against parasites, you need to know the enemy in person. House ants are different from forest ants. They are smaller in size and do not bite, although they can cause severe irritation and allergies in pets. Remember the basic facts about ants that will allow you to properly combat parasites.

• Large colonies. Ants live in colonies of several thousand insects. In any colony there is a queen - the queen of ants, who is busy producing offspring. Those individuals that run along your table or wall are called workers. Their main task is to find food, carry it into the house and feed the queen along with the offspring. The colony functions as long as the queen is alive.
• Water drops. Ants simply need fresh water. Therefore, they often inhabit rooms where the plumbing is faulty. Parasites perceive dripping taps and wet pipes as a persistent “invitation to visit.”
• Leftovers. Pests feed on any leftover food, meat, and fish waste. They especially love sweets: sugar, honey, jam.

The best protection against the appearance of ants in an apartment is high-quality repairs that eliminate cracks and high-quality plumbing. Never leave food on the table, and always cover the trash can with a lid. Following these rules will minimize the risk of ants appearing.

Operating principle

To get rid of an ant nest, it is enough to destroy the queen. However, this is not so easy to do. After all, the nest is carefully disguised from prying eyes, and the queen herself never leaves the “kingdom.” This is where the white crystalline powder, odorless and tasteless, comes to the rescue. Boric acid affects ants in four ways.

1. Causes poisoning. Penetrating into the digestive tract during swallowing food, the acid gradually corrodes the internal organs and, drawing out water, leads to dehydration.
2. Causes paralysis. The toxin affects not only the digestive tract, but also spreads throughout the nervous system. This leads to paralysis, which occurs a few hours after intoxication of the parasite.
3. Deprives the ability to reproduce. Boric acid affects the reproductive system. If an ant survives in such extreme conditions, then it is forever deprived of the ability to have offspring. As a result, population degeneration occurs naturally.
4. Infects the entire colony. This process occurs in several ways. Worker ants bring contaminated food to the nest. In addition, they carry the smallest particles of acid into the “kingdom” on their paws. And the last way of possible infection is eating dead relatives.

Why are ants dangerous in the garden?

As a result of the vital activity of ants, the soil is enriched with individual elements, the population of caterpillars is reduced, and the soil becomes looser, allowing oxygen to pass through better. This is good for plants. However, there are more negative consequences from the presence of ants in the garden than positive ones.

The main problem that will certainly arise after ants appear on the site is aphids. Ants and aphids are companion insects. Ants feed on the sweet substance produced by aphids during their life processes. Therefore, they take care of it, hiding it in an anthill for the winter and transferring it to fresh plants. It is impossible to get rid of aphids, which can destroy the entire plant and leave the farmer without a harvest, without driving the ants out of the area or destroying them.

Other troubles that accompany the appearance of ants in the garden are:

• Damage to plant roots when ants construct underground passages.
• Turning into dust the bark of trees and the walls of outbuildings, the chips of which serve as building material for the ants.
• Destruction of part of the harvest of berries and fruits, damage to some flowers by the ants themselves, who have an inveterate sweet tooth.
• A large concentration of ants around the bushes, which prevents the farmer from caring for vegetable crops.
• Occupation by ants that originally settled in the vegetable garden, both the garden and the garden house.
• The ability of ants to greatly annoy pets and even humans by biting them. Ant bites are not only painful, but can also cause severe allergies. They are especially dangerous for young children.

The reasons listed above are enough not to rejoice at the appearance of ants in the garden, but to take urgent measures to get rid of these hardworking pests.

How to use the drug in the house and in the garden: bait recipes

Boric acid can be used against ants in the house in different ways. The easiest way is to pour the powder onto napkins and place them where the insects were noticed. In the kitchen, powder layouts must be placed near the garbage bin and behind the baseboards.

Without a doubt, ants will appear in these places when they are looking for something to eat. Another way to get rid of annoying insects is to prepare a tasty “potion” for them. There are a lot of different baits using boric acid. Let's look at the most popular recipes for their preparation.

With borax

Borax, boric acid powder and granulated sugar are poured into a bowl in equal proportions. The mixture is thoroughly mixed and spread in small portions in places where ants often appear.

With egg yolk

Hard boil 2 eggs. Peel them and remove the yolks. Mash them in a bowl with a fork. Add half a teaspoon of boric acid powder to the yolk puree and mix thoroughly. Form small balls from the resulting mixture and place them in places where insects often appear.

They will definitely pay attention to them, eat them with pleasure and take them to their relatives

With powdered sugar

This is the simplest dry bait. For every 2 spoons of powder, take half a spoon of boric acid. A similar sweet poison scattered on napkins will help solve the problem of how to get rid of ants in the kitchen.

With sugar syrup

This recipe is quite simple. It is easy to remember, if only because the proportions of the ingredients in it can be any. Combine water, sugar and boron powder in a saucepan. Place the bowl over low heat until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved. Pour the syrup into shallow containers and place it in places of ant pilgrimage.

With yeast

Dilute fresh yeast in a small amount of water until creamy. Add a spoonful of honey to the yeast mixture and stir. Spread the resulting paste in a thin layer on a saucer, which can be placed near the trash bin.

With minced meat

This recipe is especially appetizing since meat is the favorite product of these arthropods. Prepare a couple of tablespoons of minced meat from the leftover meat. Add half a teaspoon of ground borax and boric acid to it, mix everything thoroughly. Make small peas from the resulting mass. Place them in 2-3 pieces in places especially visited by insects. The smell of fresh meat will attract many food lovers.

With glycerin

Pour 2 tsp into a ladle. glycerin diluted with 1 tbsp. l. hot water. Add 1.5 tbsp sugar to the resulting solution. l., honey 1 tsp. and boric acid 1/3 tsp. Mix the mixture thoroughly and place the ladle on low heat. When heating, stir constantly until sugar, honey and boric acid are completely dissolved. The bait prepared according to this recipe does not deteriorate and does not dry out for several months.

Recipe for fighting garden ants

Such baits are perfect for poisoning ants with boric acid in residential areas. But this drug helps fight annoying insects not only in apartments, but also in the country. It would seem, why poison hardworking ants in the garden or vegetable garden. The fact is that they can build their anthill in any often most inappropriate place, for example, in a garden bed or in a greenhouse. After this, plants stop growing near the ant “dormitory”. You can fight garden ants as follows:

1. Prepare 1 glass of boric acid solution.
2. Add a tablespoon of granulated sugar to it.
3. Mix thoroughly until the sand dissolves.
4. Pour the liquid medicine into the ant's nest.

Ant poison made from boric acid in a liquid consistency is best suited for the garden plot, since it is much more effective than a powdered preparation.

Proportions - how to dilute it and prepare it at home

Before you learn how to dilute boric acid, it is important to determine the accumulation sites or entrances to the anthill. In this case, you can use the drug pointwise, which is more favorable and safe. If this is difficult, it is best to place traps throughout the garden, but in this case other insects, birds and small animals may also suffer, so it is best to consider traps of a closed type and with small entrance holes. Also, ammonia can be used not only against ants, but also against aphids.

Features of the use of boric acid:

• The product can be toxic to humans and pets, so limit access to the garden or place it in remote places inaccessible to children.
• Containers for poison must be disposable . When it is no longer needed, it should be thrown away or burned.
• When working with the solution, you must protect your respiratory system, eyes and skin . In case of contact with mucous membranes, rinse with plenty of water. If you feel worse, go to the hospital. It will also be useful and interesting to learn about how to treat an apple tree against ants and aphids.

Despite the relative harmlessness, you should not get carried away with such processing. Boric acid can accumulate in fruits, so the solution is used spot-on.

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If the anthill is located among thickets of garden or vegetable crops, the best option would be to set traps.

For an area completely populated by ants, such recipes will be ineffective. In this case, it is better to call a team of exterminators or use specialized preparations yourself.

An effective insect repellent

To get rid of unexpected guests as quickly as possible, you need to choose the most effective method of exterminating these insects, ensuring the safety of family members

Chemicals are treated with extreme caution

The desire to exclude the possibility of poisoning becomes a priority, and therefore folk recipes are studied first. One of the main ingredients for preparing “treats” for an army of crawling predators is rightfully boric acid.

Boric acid is a transparent, odorless and tasteless powder. It is an antiseptic and is sold in pharmacies as a disinfectant in the form of a solution or powder.

The relative safety of boric acid for humans makes it attractive for use in pest control. Availability and low price increase the rating of the product for those who are interested in spending money on a table for those you want to get rid of.

ATTENTION! Being a recommended antiseptic, boric acid has a number of side effects, which are mentioned in the instructions for use. Carefully study the consequences of taking and using the drug before using it. How does boric acid work? This substance attacks ants from three sides:

How does boric acid work? This substance attacks ants from three sides:

1. It affects the nervous system, disrupting its functioning. As a result, causing paralysis of the entire body.
2. Destroys the chitinous shell, which performs the function of a skeleton (that’s why experts call it: ecoskeleton). Without such a foundation, the remaining parts of the body die.
3. Sterilizes individuals, depriving them of the ability to reproduce.

Very important is the fact that the drug affects the entire hierarchical chain of the insect caste:

• females;
• males;
• working individuals.

It is difficult to find the location of the nest in an apartment; it may be a cavity in a concrete partition or ceiling. It may seem that in the garden or at the dacha, this is easier to do, since it is quite easy to detect an anthill. But an anthill is also a nest; it is known that the depth at which the colony is located is several meters. And in a country house it will not be possible to mechanically get to the uterus and its guardians.

This problem is easily solved with boric acid. It is known that food obtained by representatives of a huge family of ants is delivered to the nest by individual individuals. There the distribution takes place between all family members. Thus, by offering the ants the right poison, the problem of access to the queen and her defenders can be solved.

In order to make a decision on choosing a drug to kill ants, you do not need to find out which order or family they belong to, where they came from and what they eat.

The described means are equally effective on all types of ants:

• black;
• redheads;
• indoor;
• gardening

The effect of the active substance spreads throughout the colony the faster the greater the number of individuals who have received their portion of the drug.

What is boric acid?

Large concerns for the production of chemical means for exterminating household insects offer a variety of gels, sprays and traps with a targeted effect on ants. However, in houses and apartments where small children live, the use of powerful insecticides is undesirable. It is also not recommended to use chemicals in gardens where crops for food are grown. In this case, using boric acid-based compounds would be an excellent alternative to killing ants.

This product is sold through the pharmacy chain either in the form of a crystalline powder or in the form of a solution. It was widely used in medicine in the mid-twentieth century, as it was considered the best antimicrobial agent.

A weak solution of boric acid is also used as a foliar feeding of plants, which makes it possible to use this product to kill ants on a personal plot without fear for the crop.

Boric acid is odorless and highly soluble in water, ethanol and glycerin.

How does the product affect ants?

Boric acid has a most destructive effect on the ant's body. After an insect has eaten a certain amount of bait mixed with this drug, irreversible changes occur in its body.

Acid corrodes the intestinal walls, quickly leading to severe intoxication and dehydration, which directly affects the functioning of the central nervous system. Soon the ant begins to go blind, lose orientation in space, and necrotic ulcers form on its chitinous shell.

The ant's body is protected by an exoskeleton (a durable chitinous shell), but boric acid can penetrate it and lead to the destruction of the insect

If an ant has eaten a sufficient amount of poisoned bait, it quickly becomes paralyzed. 1 mg of boric acid is considered sufficient.

Boric acid is a contact-intestinal poison for ants, so if at least one inhabitant of an anthill tries the bait, then he will certainly bring at least a small amount of the toxic substance to the nest on his legs and shell. In addition, forager ants often leave a tasty-smelling product as a trophy, which contributes to the immediate infection of the entire ant community.

If an ant individual, having eaten bait with the addition of boric acid, loses mobility and dies in the anthill, then its relatives eat its body, become infected with the poison and eventually also die. Thanks to such a high efficiency of using this product to kill ants in a residential building or on a personal plot, fighting them will not take much time.

The appearance of ants in the house

With the onset of cold weather, warm-blooded insects such as ants begin to look for a place to live for the winter, so they begin to move into houses and even apartments. If you rarely see ants in the house in the summer, then in the winter they can often be seen in the kitchen.

The most common reason for the appearance of ants in the house is food that was left unattended or lying around somewhere in a secluded place. Therefore, under no circumstances should you leave uneaten food on the table, especially sweets, since they will definitely come and feast on them, and this also applies to crumbs that may remain on the floor after lunch. It is necessary to monitor the cleanliness of the apartment, and always clean as needed; you can even use a product with antibacterial properties on the dishes and floors.

A rare, but still common reason for the appearance of ants in an apartment is their relocation; this happens if, for example, your neighbors began to get rid of these insects with various repellers, then the ants begin to look for a new refuge, where to settle, so ask if yours has been bothered neighbors about this problem and warn about it.

After we have identified the reasons for the appearance of ants, which must be eliminated, we can begin to fight them. Below is a step-by-step recipe with a photo using boric acid, for these methods to work, just follow the instructions and proportions.

How to get rid of ants in the kitchen

The kitchen is a room especially loved by domestic insects that feed “at the same table” with humans. Ants are not averse to sharing the remains of a human meal.

We have all encountered them in nature - in the forest and in the country, but there is another type of ant - those that prefer to create colonies in residential premises. We are talking about pharaoh ants.

If not for the research interest shown by Carl Linnaeus, they would never have ended up in Europe.

They were discovered during the opening of an Egyptian tomb. Once in England, the ants then colonized Europe and Asia.

It is not difficult to distinguish a forest ant from a house ant. Domestic ones are smaller and have a lighter color.

How to drive away ants with scent

A humane and environmentally friendly option for destroying the ant population is to use natural odors that repel these insects. The biological technique involves the use of plants to the aroma of which pests react nervously. The following vegetables, spices and aromatic herbs have the ability to repel insects:

• tansy;
• mustard;
• parsley;
• tomato tops;
• garlic.

Insects are afraid of strong odors. Tansy flowers are scattered in places where individuals are concentrated. Dried stems of the plant work well. For 800 gr. tansy needs 10 liters of boiling water. The composition is left to stand for two days. Then boil for 30 minutes. Add 50 g. laundry soap and sunflower oil. This is a good measure to protect garden trees and shrubs.

Sprinkling the area with mustard powder also has a good effect. Fine spice particles clog the respiratory tract of pests, which causes them to escape. Parsley will help remove pests from the cultivated area. The pungent smell will force the colony to move. Tomato shoots are effective against black ants. This is explained by the presence in their composition of a substance toxic to insects - a glycoalkaloid.

Traditional recipes for ants

In addition to boron, gardeners also use other means and methods to kill goosebumps.

The area with ants is dug up, ash and ammonia are added to it. This mixture gives off a strong smell and gives goosebumps to the bodies, and they leave the place.

Fact! Mixed wood ash with lime gives off an odor that the ants do not perceive and leave. Since these insects do not like strong odors, foods such as smoked fish, garlic, and parsley can force them to leave this area.

To protect tree trunks in the garden from these pests, they need to be wrapped with tomato tops and parsley. Interestingly, there are few of these pests in greenhouses, because tomato greens give off a smell that they do not like.

The ammonia solution is highly praised by the people. 1.5 tablespoons of ammonia diluted in 10 liters of water are poured under the plants. The ants will leave this area because of the smell, and it will be like fertilizer for the crop. The main thing is not to pour it under all the plants.

A strong saline solution must be poured into the ant underground passages.

According to folk stories, goosebumps do not like strong saline solution poured into ant underground passages, and they also cannot stand the smell of vinegar.

Another folk recipe is infused wormwood or garlic in water. The infusion is heated and poured into the burrows or placed in open containers on the way closer to the anthill, and the insects leave their home.

You can hang or stick into the ground near the ant house dried parsley, garlic arrows, and wormwood collected in bouquets. Then the insects will leave this place.

Note! But the most effective way is to excavate an anthill and pour boiling water into it. The goosebumps die, and the remaining goosebumps leave the destructive area

Insect damage at home

Ants are by no means harmless. Firstly, they multiply quickly, and if they are not eradicated, the entire living space will quickly turn into an anthill infested with insects. You can forget about observing the standards of home hygiene and cleanliness.

Secondly, as the ants multiply, they begin to seriously disturb their owners. They even penetrate the beds of children and adult household members; they do not bite people, but they can cause very unpleasant sensations.

Thirdly, when ants come into contact with food, they can cause an infectious disease. Traveling throughout the house, including places where garbage accumulates, they carry pathogenic microorganisms on their paws and abdomens. Ants also drag food closer to the anthill; mold and mildew often grow in places where it is stored.