Seven species of ants cause problems for homeowners in Canada. Most don’t become pests until they get inside your home and are trailing across your countertop.
Fortunately, you can manage the ant populations around the outside of your home to prevent them from finding their way indoors, say the experts at Pest HQ, Ontario’s leading source of professional-grade DIY ant control products.
The experts have more than 100 years of combined pest control experience. They offered these tips:
Inspect and seal. Ants enter homes through cracks, crevices and gaps. Inspect the exterior of your home regularly – buildings degrade over time! – and seal entry points with caulk. Pay special attention to cracked caulk around windows doors. Also, where wires, HVAC and utility lines enter the structure. Explore more tips to keep ants out.
Manage vegetation. Cut back tree branches hanging over the roof and landscape plants touching exterior walls. Branches serve as ant highways into your home.
Eliminate nearby colonies. If ants are active outdoors near the foundation of your home, control the colony by securing Ants-No-More bait stations in the ground every few feet around the perimeter.
Fill the stations with an insecticide bait. Foraging ants will carry the bait back to the colony and share it. This kills the ant queen and all her workers. Get tips for using ant stations.
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Questions? Contact Pest HQ. Our experts can help you develop the best strategy to get rid of ants fast using proven DIY methods.
Read more:
The 7 kinds of ants that cause problems in your home
Strategies to get rid of ants outdoors
