Homemade Ant killer

[Nancdaught]

This is really cheap to make and really does the job.

Ant Killer Recipe
1 teaspoon boric Acid (you can get this at Wal Mart)
6 tablespoons sugar
2 cups hot water (this water must be really hot)
Mix ingredients and pour over cotton balls (cotton out of med's bottles works too)
Put mixture in cottage cheese containers with lids and poke holes about 1/8 inch up from the bottom.
Don't worry if you have more ants the first couple of days after third day ant problem should be gone.

BE SURE TO PUT THIS WHERE CHILDREN OR PETS CANNOT GET INTO IT.

this stuff really does work.


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[cata5]

Thanks for the tip to use a cottage cheese container! I hadn't heard about that. Does this kill all types of ants?

[Nancdaught]

I don't know about all types of ants but does get rid of the little black ants.

[ftmom]

I read in a magazine- spray windex on them....

[TeresaD90]

I'm assuming the little black ants are sugar ants? I get a ton of them every spring. I'm thrilled to find a cheap way to get rid of them. My neighbors will be happy too. Thanks!

[cujo0123]

I have heard of a similar ant killer. You use the same container but instead of boric acid and sugar you use bleach and sugar. I guess the effect is the same.

[Mychl]

Windex works and pledge orange wood polish works and carpet spot remover works too, but it doesn't keep them from coming back!!

I sooo appreciate this "recipe" because I was going to be searching for something so I can get rid of them!!!

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[wayne22660]

I was wondering, wouldn't grit just do the trick? An ant's body is made almost entirely of water. Grits are food that soak up water. When an ant eats these grits, his body gets all the water soaked up out of his little body and dies.

We have fire ants here in NC. They are really bad and bite and sting. I think I will go to the store now and get a bunch of grits. Sounds like a good idea!!! Thanks.

[mfergy]

Thanks for the tip. I will have to try it.

[senatorgran]

I used to take a kettle or boiling water to ant hills when I was a kid. I really enjoyed it- what a little sicko I was!

[rafala]

i haven't gotten around to getting trying the bleach and sugar yet but the windex is working great! i keep spraying them and they stop right in their tracks and it keeps them gone for a little while. Great tip on that one. Thanks

Karen

[katlnhats]

Originally Posted by rafala

i haven't gotten around to getting trying the bleach and sugar yet but the windex is working great! i keep spraying them and they stop right in their tracks and it keeps them gone for a little while. Great tip on that one. Thanks

Karen

Hi,

Yep, ammonia will get them everytime Meaning windex....

Kat

[katlnhats]

Originally Posted by senatorgran

I used to take a kettle or boiling water to ant hills when I was a kid. I really enjoyed it- what a little sicko I was!

Yeah, but I bet it worked, right? LOLOLOL

Kat

[katlnhats]

Hi,

If you don't actually want to kill them but just want them to go away; you can always use peppermint essential oil mixed w/water in a spray bottle. Fill a spray bottle (16 oz or so) with water and add a tablespoon of peppermint essential oil to it and spray away. Ants hate peppermint and there's none stronger than the essential oil.
"Note - this doesn't work on fire ants, but I never found anything that did!"

Kat