If you dreamed of ants, expect success and prosperity. And if the ants visited you in reality - get ready for a great battle. Moreover, the enemy is strong, it is known that these insects are the most evolutionarily advanced family with a developed system of communication and division of labor.
Ginger domestic ants arrived to us from India in 1940 on ships with sweets and fabrics. It was believed that these were migrants from Egypt, and therefore they were mistakenly called Pharaohs. The second national name - ship, quite corresponds to historical data.
Effective insect repellent
To get rid of unexpected guests as quickly as possible, you need to choose the most effective way to destroy these insects, ensuring safety to family members. Chemicals are treated with extreme caution.
The desire to eliminate the possibility of poisoning becomes a priority, and therefore popular recipes are studied first. One of the main ingredients for the preparation of "treats" for the army of crawling predators is boric acid.
Boric acid is a transparent, odorless and tasteless powder.. It is an antiseptic and 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 pest control. Availability and low price increase the rating of the product, who are interested in spending money on the table for those who want to get rid of.
How does boric acid work? This substance attacks ants from three sides:
It has an effect on the nervous system, disrupting its work. In the end - causing paralysis of the whole body.- Destroys the chitinous shell, which performs the function of the skeleton (so experts call it: an ecoskeleton). Without such a foundation, the rest of the body perishes.
- Sterilizes individuals, deprives them of the ability to reproduce.
It has an effect on the nervous system, disrupting its work. In the end - causing paralysis of the whole body.Very important is the fact that the drug affects the entire hierarchical chain of the insect caste:
- females;
- males;
- workers individuals.
Placement of the nest in the apartment is difficult, it may be a cavity in a concrete partition or ceiling. It may seem that in the garden or in the country, make it easier, because the anthill is quite simple to detect. But the anthill is still a nest; it is known that the depth at which the colony is located is several meters. And in the house in the country mechanically to get to the uterus and its keepers will not succeed.
Boric acid solves this problem easily. It is known that the food, which is produced by representatives of the huge family of ants, separate individuals deliver to the nest. There is a distribution among all family members. Thus, by offering the ants the right poison, the problem of access to the uterus and its protectors can be solved.
In order to make a decision on the choice of a drug for the extermination of ants, it is not necessary to find out to which squad or family they are from where they came from and what they eat.
The described means equally effectively affect all species of ants:
- black;
- redheads;
- room;
- gardening.
The action of the active substance is distributed in the colony the faster, the greater the number of individuals received their portion of the drug.
Types of baits and their manufacture
The basis of the food of ants are protein and carbohydrates.Based on these scientific data, and you should choose the products from which you can prepare an effective insecticide.
Usually the basis for the bait choose:
- meat;
- eggs;
- honey;
- powdered sugar;
- potatoes;
- yeast;
- glycerol.
The accumulated folk recipes can be divided into two groups:
- liquid;
- dry.
It is easier for ants to bring a dry mixture rather than liquid to the nest. Therefore, you should focus on dry formulations.
Recipes means
Consider how to poison red, black and other ants, what recipes for this fit.
Meat based:- 3 tablespoons of any stuffing;
- 1 tsp (5g) ground drills.
Knead the ingredients well. To form small, the size of beans, balls.
On the basis of jam:- 1 glass of water;
- 1 tbsp of boiled or honey;
- 1 tbsp. l boric acid.
Recipe liquid bait from jam:- 5 g of boric acid;
- 50 g of sugar;
- 50 g of hot water;
- 1 tsp fragrant jam.
With glycerin:- 2 tsp. glycerin (sold in a pharmacy);
- 1.5 Art. l Sahara;
- 1 tbsp. l water;
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/3 tsp boric acid.
With honey:- 4 tbsp. l honey or sugar syrup;
- 1 tbsp. l dry yeast;
- 1 tsp boric acid.
With potatoes:- 1 large potato. Cook, pound.
- 1st.l. Sahara.
- 1 tbsp. unrefined vegetable oil.
- 3 yolks (hard boiled eggs).
- 1 tsp boron.
Mixed boiled egg:- 1 egg boil cool.
1 packet of boric acid.
- Grind the egg through a sieve and mix with boron powder.
Sweet water:- 5 g of boric acid;
- 50 ml. water;
- 50 g of sugar;
- ½ teaspoon fragrant jam.
Meat based:
On the basis of jam:
Recipe liquid bait from jam:
With glycerin:
With honey:
With potatoes:
Mixed boiled egg:
Sweet water:Long stored poison
- 2 tbsp. spoons of water.
- 4 tsp glycerin.
- 1 teaspoon borax or boric acid.
- 2 tsp of honey.
- 3 tbsp. spoons of sugar.
Cooking:
- Mix all ingredients.
- Dissolve on low heat.
The mixture can be stored for up to 4 months. Basically, storing the prepared mixture for more than 3-5 days will not work, products tend to dry out or deteriorate. Having prepared the bait, lay them in places where ants accumulate and on the way of their following.
If necessary, change the dried bait to fresh, change the diet of insects, try new recipes. This will preserve the interest of predators to the products offered, feed a significant number of insects and ensure maximum accessibility of the poison to all members of the ant family.
Prepare at home poison for the proposed recipes is not difficult. Observe the recipe and elementary rules for working with chemicals:
- use the seals, protective mask;
- wash your hands with soap.
We recommend to watch the video on how to get rid of ants with boric acid:
Terms of deliverance
The time you spend exterminating ants depends on several factors. One of them is the time of the destructive effect of the drug boron on the colony. One ant, in which the body got acid, will die within two hours. But to expect that the entire colony will die just as quickly is too optimistic.
Begin to fight insects, be patient. Remember that the nest can be located a few tens of meters from your apartment or plot. Delivery of poison prepared by you to the very center of the nest can take considerable time.
It is obvious that it will take more time to destroy garden ants, efforts and time, since the territory is open and it is almost impossible for crawling predators to access the alternative sources of food. Such protein food at the site is aphid.Extermination of ants involves the fight against aphids.
Conclusion
Each process has a downside. With all the simplicity and effectiveness of the use of drugs with boron, it should be remembered that there are moments to which you will have to pay attention:
- Before trying to feed the ants with cooked "snacks", they should be deprived of the opportunity to choose - what to eat. And this means that it is necessary to clean and eliminate the leftover food available for insects.
- Boric acid is a substance of hazard class III. Given that although a minor, but a side effect of the use of boric acid is present, it is necessary to ensure the safety of children, pets, family members with allergies or hypersensitivity to the drug.
You can buy the drug at any pharmacy without a prescription.. The average cost of a 10-gram package is 50 rubles (pharmacies www.piluli.ru, www.eapteka.ru). Some hardware stores also have this tool in stock.
No other drug has such a destructive effect on the ant's body. This allows us to hope that, while remaining in demand in such areas of human life,as photography, the nuclear industry, ceramics and others, the production of Lewis acid (also called boric acid) will not be reduced.
Boric acid does not cause addiction to the drug. If the ants did not die, then they did not try your bait. Continue to make and lay out in places of insects. Since the main reason for the appearance of ants (and reappearance too) is: unsanitary conditions, garbage, food debris, incomplete cleaning can attract the scavengers again. In rare cases, insects can be brought to the house with purchases or any items that were available and attractive to them.
Numerous sources confidently state that the most safe and effective means of fighting insects in the apartment and in the garden is boric acid powder (colorless crystalline substance). Its obvious advantages are:
- availability (can be purchased at the pharmacy);
- low price (price not higher than 50 rubles).
It should be noted that the effectiveness of this tool is greatly enhanced by compliance with generally accepted sanitary standards and maintaining cleanliness of the home.
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