Household Insects - Ants
Ants: Prevention: Store food in airtight containers, Keep counters clean and dry, Caulk cracks and weather strip doors and windows where ants enter, Keep pet dishes in soapy moats.
Physical controls: Sticky Barrier, Teflon Barrier, Tree Wrap
Least Toxic Chemical Controls:
- Bait Stations: with boric acid, hydramethylnon,fipronil, or arsenic.
- Botanical Sprays: Mint, Cedar, Orange and other herbal oils.
- Borate-Based Insecticides: Borate liquid ant bait, Borate gel bait, Borate granular ant bait.
- Diatomaceous Earth (DE): Baited DE or DE with pyrethrin.
- Insecticidal Soap
- Pyrethrin
- Silica Aerogel
