Perhaps no garden or garden plot is complete without ants. After all, they can live almost everywhere: in the ground, in the wood, under stones. Many of them like to build their nests directly in the vicinity of a person, in particular, they can choose the floor or walls. Equally unpleasant is the neighborhood with both black ants and red ones.
In the fight against ants need to use specialized tools that will be safe not only for the earth, but also for humans, and even better - useful for plants, if we are talking about a garden plot.
In this regard, drugs that have in its composition of chemicals, under these criteria are not suitable. As for the traps that limit the access of birds and large insects to poison, the period of occurrence of the desired effect is very stretched.
- General information
- The mechanism of action of the drug
- Instructions for use
- Security measures
- Benefits of using
Few gardeners will agree to wait for the result for about a month, while watching how their crops perish. That is why the best solution to this problem is the means that you need to pour directly into the anthill and get an instant effect.The most popular and relatively inexpensive remedy for ants is "Anteater" - a drug, which will be discussed in this article. 
General information
"Anteater" - a remedy for ants, instructions for use of which we consider later in the article, is available in powder form and in the form of a liquid. The liquid is sold in bottles of 10 ml and 50 ml. There are also ampoules of 1 ml each. The price of such a drug is quite low, while a ready-made solution of 10 liters is enough for 5 square meters of land.
The mechanism of action of the drug
The drug uses insecticide diazinon, which is characterized by a pronounced contact-intestinal action.
There are two ways to affect ants.:
- contact directly with the substance or with an already infected individual;
- eating the poison itself.
When the substance enters the bloodstream of the insect, the process of cholinesterase destruction begins.
It is an enzyme that transmits signals to the muscles from the brain.
This leads to inhibition, the ant cramps, then full paralysis and, as a result, asphyxiation.
Instructions for use
Using the drug "Anteater" from garden ants according to the instructions is quite simple. For 10 l of water you need to take 1 ml of the product. First, the "Anteater" is dissolved in a small amount of water, thoroughly stirred, and then water is gradually introduced until it reaches the desired volume of solution.
Security measures
According to information from the manufacturer, the drug does not accumulate in the soil, does not harm birds and domestic animals.But for fish, the remedy is dangerous, so it should be used with caution near the “Anteater” reservoirs. It is allowed to spray the preparation of strawberries, potatoes, bushes, which are in the growth stage, but you should not use the product on the seeds or roots of plants.
Benefits of using
The main advantage of the drug "Anteater" among its counterparts - is the speed of exposure. It is not a bait or trap that waits for a victim for a long period of time. Means poured himself anthill.
The ant, which has only touched the substance, is already poisoned and, in addition to this, can poison other individuals that have not yet been affected by the "Anteater". The colony under the influence of "Anteater" becomes completely disoriented, it does not understand what to do - to save the laid eggs, to run away or to save the queen.
Just a few minutes after the anthill is processed, the first result will be noticeable. First, the ants become very active, then their movement begins to slow down, after which they fall and die.
The drug works for another 3 hours after application, which allows it to affect all individuals that at this time will return to the nest.
