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GETTING RID OF ANTS FOR GOOD REQUIRES A VARIETY OF METHODS

YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO KILL ANTS YOURSELF WITH THESE STEPS




Ants are one of the most common pests both homeowners and renters encounter,
leaving most to wonder how to get rid of ants. These tiny pests can be found
both indoors and outside and will survive where they find food and water
sources. Ant treatment must include proper sanitation in addition to an actual
pesticide treatment using a combination of professional grade outdoor and indoor
ant sprays and ant baits.

There are many different species of ants, including fire ants, sugar ants, and
tiny black ants. Not every ant control product is labeled to treat all ant
species, so be sure to identify which ants you are trying to treat before you
select a product.

The following steps will help you eliminate your ant problem:

Indoor Ant Treatment

 * How to Prepare Your Home for Ant Treatment
 * How to Use Indoor Ant Baits and Sprays

Outdoor Ant Treatment

 * How to Prepare Your Home for Ant Treatment Outdoors
 * How to Use Ant Sprays and Baits Outdoors

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Step 1


INDOOR SANITATION AND PREPARATION

GET RID OF WHAT ATTRACTS ANTS


Sanitation is definitely one of the most important steps to getting rid of ants,
and most ant treatment programs will fail if this step is skipped or poorly
implemented. You must eliminate what attracts ants, including as many food
sources and water sources as possible. Finding and sealing areas that the ants
are using to gain entrance into the structure is also important.
1A

ELIMINATE FOOD SOURCES FOR ANTS INDOORS

Roaches need food to survive - make sure you get rid of what is nourishing the
roaches in your home. Begin by eliminating as many food sources as possible.
Keep the kitchen area clean, especially the area under, behind, and alongside
appliances that are often neglected for long periods of time. Daily wipe down
appliances, especially the stove, counter tops and cabinets with warm, soapy
water to manage crumbs and spills. Clean out and wipe down cabinets, taking care
to vacuum food crumbs from cracks and crevices. Keep foods in tightly sealed
containers, including pet food that may be stored outside. Keep garbage stored
in cans or receptacles with tight-fitting lids. Take out the trash often and
clean the can with ammonia on a regular basis to control odors and mildew.
Getting rid of food sources is one of the most important parts of an Ant control
program. Sanitation of your kitchen and other areas of your home requires
dedication and hard work, but is necessary for an ant-free living space.



 * Clean Kitchen Appliances. Ants in your kitchen can live off grease and food
   spills under and behind your appliances. Clean under and behind the stove,
   refrigerator, microwave, toaster, dishwasher, and around and underneath the
   sink.
 * Empty and Clean Cabinets. Crumbs and food spills from stored food products
   provide a buffet for ants. Clean to eliminate this food source.
 * Keep Food in Sealed Containers. Ants are small enough to get into cardboard
   packaging or loosely closed boxes and bags. Store food in metal, glass, or
   hard plastic sealable containers.
 * Limit food consumption to one room of the house. Keeping all food and eating
   in one area of the home will eliminate crumbs and food spills and it limits
   your infestation to one area of the house.
 * Clean the kitchen thoroughly each night before bed. Ants come out to feed at
   night, so cleaning the kitchen each night will leave nothing for foraging
   ants to eat. Wipe down kitchen countertops, wash all dishes, clean floors
   well, and put away all food.
 * Vacuum or sweep all other non-food areas of the home every few days. Picking
   up stray crumbs and ant feces, skins, body parts, and egg sacs - which
   contain pheromones that attract other Ants to the same areas - will help keep
   your home clean.
 * Empty pet food containers overnight, or cover tightly.
 * Keep garbage cans clean and covered.

1B

ELIMINATE WATER SOURCES FOR ANTS INDOORS

Ants drink water. While it's difficult to get rid of all water sources, you need
to eliminate as many as possible.



 * Fix leaky plumbing and sweating pipes.
 * Before going to bed, dry all sinks, tubs, and showers completely and plug the
   drains.
 * Place wet dish rags and sponges in an airtight plastic storage bag overnight,
   place them directly in the washing machine, or hang them outdoors to dry.
 * Pet water dishes should be emptied and dried at night and refilled in the
   morning.
 * Empty drip tray from under the refrigerator.

1C

ELIMINATE HARBORAGE AND ANT ENTRY POINTS


By eliminating potential hiding and nesting spots ants will find your home or
structure less attractive. Ant colonies can number from a couple of hundred to
many thousand ants per colony. That means failure to seal entry points can allow
new ant colonies or ant subcolonies to re-infest your home.



 * Seal cracks and crevices around window frames and door frames, around
   baseboards and other places where you have noticed ants entering the
   structure with caulk or another suitable material.
 * Seal holes around cables pipes and wires with copper mesh or another suitable
   material.

Step 2


USE INDOOR ANT BAITS AND SPRAYS


Now that you have completed the sanitation and preparation, you can start the
process of applying products to eliminate the current ant infestation. We
recommend using three key products to effectively get rid of ants:



 * A non-repellent aerosol ant spray insecticide for use around doors, windows
   and baseboards.
 * Two kinds of ant baits for use in cabinets, on counters, near sinks and other
   places where sprays would not be appropriate:
   * a protein-based bait, and
   * a carbohydrate-based bait



This combination of products will help get the ant infestation under control
much more quickly than using any one product alone. We include these key
products in our indoor ant control kit to make product selection easier for you.


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Advion Ant Bait Gel - Single Tube
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2A

INDOOR ANT BAITING

Ant baits are a very affordable and very easy to use product to get a handle on
ant infestations! This video will highlight the different areas that are safe to
place ant baits on the inside of your home or business. Ant bait is an excellent
way to get a handle on indoor ant control. Indoor ant bait typically comes in a
gel form or already packed into a bait station. Other ant baits come as a kit
where you can put the bait into the station yourself. Bait stations are
recommended to keep bait fresh and off of household surfaces. Place bait in
areas where activity has been noticed. These may include: in kitchen cabinets
and on counter tops, behind, next to, and under the stove. Near sinks or drains,
around pipes, cords, and cables that come out of the wall. Behind and under
bathroom fixtures. Around the medicine cabinet and vanity. Make sure not to
place the bait directly in the way of an established trial or on the ants
themselves. This will cause the ants to avoid the bait. You should check the
bait placements once a week and replenish as needed until you are no longer
seeing any ants. And it’s that easy with the expert help from Do My Own Pest
Control dot com. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more instructional
and product videos.
Place bait in areas where ant activity has been noticed. It's important to avoid
purposefully putting the bait in the middle of an ant trail or on the ants
themselves: this will make the ants avoid the bait and make the baiting
ineffective. Instead, put the bait near ant activity or next to ant trails. To
help keep ant bait fresh and off of surfaces we recommend placing the bait in
the bait plate stations provided in the kit. Some examples of places where the
bait can be placed are:



 * In kitchen cabinets and on counter tops.
 * Behind, next to, and under the stove.
 * Near sinks or drains
 * Around pipes, cords, and cables that come out of the wall.
 * Behind and under bathroom fixtures.
 * Around the medicine cabinet and vanity.



You should check the bait placements once a week and replenish as needed until
ant activity has stopped.


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2B

SPRAYING FOR ANTS INDOORS

With tons of ant sprays on the market, we give you the scoop on the best one to
use. This video will also teach you how to properly and safely use indoor ant
sprays to kill unwanted ants crawling around your home or business. There are
times during the ant life cycle when baiting is not the most effective method of
control. For example, when ants are in a nesting cycle, or if they already have
a steady and safe supply of food, they will not be very attracted to ant baits.
That is why we recommend using a non-repellent ant spray to supplement your ant
baiting program. A non-repellent spray is an insecticide that the target pest is
not able to detect. Instead, the ants will wander over the treated surfaces,
picking the poison up on their bodies and then carrying it back to nesting areas
to spread to the colony. Non-repellent ant sprays are super easy to use. Simply
insert the straw applicator included with the spray can, and apply a steady
stream directly into cracks and crevices in areas where you have noticed ant
activity. These may include: along baseboards, under and along appliances,
around window frames, door frames, and where utility cables, pipes, and wires
enter the structure. You should begin seeing fewer live ants 2 to 3 days after
your first thorough application. And it’s that easy with the expert help from Do
My Own Pest Control dot com. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more
instructional and product videos.
We recommend using a non-repellent ant spray to supplement baiting. We make this
recommendation because there are times that ants may be in a nesting cycle or
they may already have a steady, safe food source and they will ignore baits. We
put a non-repellent ant spray in our ant kits because the ants will not be able
to detect the spray and it is picked up on their bodies and carried back to the
nesting areas. Non-repellent ant sprays take several days to start killing but
that gives the product time to start spreading throughout the colony, infecting
more ants.

Using the included straw applicator, apply the spray directly into cracks and
crevices along baseboards, under appliances, around door frames, window frames
and in areas where utilities (cables, pipes, wires) enter into the structure and
other areas where ants have been entering your structure.


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Step 3


OUTDOOR SANITATION AND PREPARATION

HOW TO GET RID OF & KILL ANTS OUTSIDE


What is Integrated Pest Management? This video explains the main aspects of an
integrated pest management program for homeowners. Integrated Pest Management is
a holistic approach to pest control that includes prevention and monitoring.
With just a few simple steps, you can protect the exterior of your home or
business from a pest infestation. Make sure to eliminate cracks and crevices
around door frames, window frames, and other entry points by caulking or sealing
them. Check to see that all window screens, door sweeps and weather strippings
are fully intact to stop pests from squeezing in. Apply long lasting insecticide
dusts to your wall voids to eliminate insects that may be harboring in these
areas. If you have mulch piles, make sure to keep them turned and raked at least
6 inches away from structures to create a dry zone. This will discourage insects
from crossing over the area and create an ideal area to apply insecticide
sprays. Spray the exterior of your home with a residual insecticide every 30 to
90 days to keep roaches out. Keep shrubs, bushes, plants, and trees trimmed back
so they do not touch your home. Also, make sure to eliminate as much yard debris
as possible, such as leaves and branches. Stacked firewood should be moved away
from the structure. And it’s that easy with the expert help from Do My Own Pest
Control dot com. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more instructional
and product videos.
If you find that you have ants crawling around the exterior of your home or
structure you should also consider treating outdoors to avoid a new infestation
indoors. Just like treating indoors, you must eliminate or change the
environment around your home that made the ants find your property attractive to
start with.

Sanitation means more than cleaning up food that has been left out or sweeping
up certain areas. In terms of ant control, sanitation means changing or removing
the things ants need to live. All pests, including ants, need three main things
to exist on your property:

 1. Food
 2. Water or sufficient moisture
 3. Shelter



Pests seek these things when looking for a place to live, and by removing or
limiting one or more of these aspects, you will help make your property less
attractive to pests.

Sanitation:

 * To prevent ants from using trees and foliage to reach your home and gain
   access to it, trim back trees and shrubs so that the branches and foliage do
   not touch your home. This will also help avoid the need for pesticide
   applications.
 * Eliminate moist, shady areas where ants like to nest by trimming bushes and
   shrubs up from the ground so you can see beneath them.
 * Create a "dry zone" - an area devoid of any landscape material - that ants
   are likely to avoid by raking mulch, pine straw or other landscape bedding at
   least 6 inches from the foundation.
 * To reduce moisture retention and discourage nest building, turn mulch or
   other bedding material every couple of weeks.
 * Insects and other household pests are known to live in gutters and
   downspouts, so clean these out frequently.
 * Keep your lawn short, mowing as often as necessary.
 * To eliminate potential harborages for a wide variety of insects and pests,
   remove grass clippings, leaf piles, stacked wood, and other lawn debris.
 * If fruit trees are on the property, pick fruit from trees when ripe and pick
   up fallen fruit from the ground.
 * Outdoor trash cans and dumpsters provide food and shelter for pests, so store
   them as far away from structures as possible and check for tight fitting
   lids.
 * Wash out trash cans and dumpsters with an ammonia solution when needed.


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Step 4


OUTDOOR ANT BAITING AND SPRAYING


Having some ants in your yard or near your home is normal and is actually needed
to keep other pest populations under control. When the ants become so numerous
that they start to move indoors you will usually need to kill them outdoors
around the perimeter of the structure. By using a mixture of ant baits and non
repellent ant spray you can eliminate the ant colonies near the structure. We
have put together an Outdoor Ant Kit to help make selecting the right products
for your needs easy for you.


PRODUCTS NEEDED FOR STEP 4

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4A

SPRAYING FOR ANTS OUTSIDE

One of the more traditional methods for controlling ants is to treat outside
with a spray. In this video, we will highlight how to spray on the outside of
your home or business. This will help to take control of the ants as close to
the source as possible! If you have ants in your home or business, chances are
good they are coming from an outdoor nest where they travel back and forth for
food and water. Since they are coming from outside it makes sense to control
them at the source. There are many ant killer sprays on the market. We strongly
recommend a non-repellent residual spray like Termidor SC. Ants are likely to
detect and avoid other sprays that are not labeled as “non-repellent”. Termidor
and other products like it cannot be smelled, tasted, or felt by ants. Instead
they crawl unsuspectingly through treated areas, picking up poison on their
bodies and carrying it back to the nest. At the nest, ants not directly exposed
to the treated area will be controlled as they come into contact with affected
ants. This “Transfer Effect means you’ll see its effects on ants in one to three
days and most species will be controlled within the first week following the
treatment. Now it’s time to apply the ant spray. You will need a 1 gallon hand
pump sprayer. For Termidor, mix .8 oz of product with each gallon of water. For
any other product, refer to the label for mixing instructions. Most jobs take
1-2 gallons of solution to complete a perimeter application. As you walk around
your home, spray a barrier that extends one foot up the foundation walls and one
foot out on the ground. Sprays can also be applied to window and door frames,
utility cable openings, and around pipe. Sprays can also be applied to window
and door frames, utility cable openings, around pipe bibs, and any other place
where you have noticed ants trailing. Never apply ant sprays as a wide broadcast
across your lawn, and limit applications to once every six months. And it’s that
easy with the expert help from DoMyOwn.com. Make sure to subscribe to our
channel for more instructional and product videos.
There are many concentrated insecticides on the market that are labeled for
killing ants. We strongly recommend you use a non-repellent spray such as Advion
WDG. You can also use Termidor SC, but it's not as great of a value. Most ant
sprays will only kill the ants that actually crawl over the treated surfaces.
Since only about 20% of an ant colony is likely to venture out to forage for
food these sprays will not adequately control the colony. The other downside of
using other ant sprays is that ants are sensitive to most insecticides and will
try to avoid the treated area, further lessening the effectiveness of the spray.
Non-repellent products are undetectable by ants and other insects so they
readily cross over treated surfaces. When the ants contact the surface the
product sticks to their bodies, causing them to carry it back to the colony.
Once the infected ants are back at the colony, they spread the product around
through social interaction with the other ants, eventually leading to colony
elimination.

You will need a hand pump sprayer or a backpack sprayer to apply a non-repellent
spray. Mix the labeled amount of product with water. Most homes will need 1-2
gallons of finished solution to complete a perimeter application. You will need
to apply the insecticide up the foundation and out onto the ground to build a
barrier. You can also apply the solution around window frames, door frames,
places where cables, pipes and wires enter the structure, and any other place
where you have noticed ants crawling or trailing on the building. You cannot
spray many insecticides out in the yard as a broadcast spray, and most products
require that applications are limited to once every 6 months. Always read the
label to confirm these sorts of instructions before applying.

To apply Advion WDG, mix 1-2 packets of the pre-measured water dispersible
granules with each gallon of water. Apply around the perimeter of the building,
up and out along the foundation in a band not exceeding 10 feet total.

You should note that Advion WDG and other non-repellent insecticides are
formulated to have a slow kill time to allow the ants to spread the product
around the colony, and it can take several weeks to see the full results.


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4B

OUTDOOR ANT BAITING

If you want to take control of ant infestations around the outside of your home
or business, try using an ant bait! In this video we will go over the basics of
how ant baits work, the different kinds of baits, and the way to use them, just
like the pros! Ant Baiting is one of the most effective ways to eliminate ants.
Baits work well because they allow the ants to carry the bait back to the colony
and the queen where it is spread around, eventually leading to elimination of
the nest. When baiting outdoors, always use an ant bait station to protect the
bait from the elements. Many varieties come pre-packaged in easy to place bait
stations. If you are adding your own bait to an empty station, follow the
instructions found on the product label. In most stations you will find two or
three bait wells. We recommend using both a liquid and granular ant bait in the
same station. Ants can be picky and will sometimes only accept one or the other
based on their nutritional needs at the moment. When the stations are filled,
place them outdoors in areas where you are seeing high levels of ant activity.
Check the stations once a week and replenish the bait as needed until the ant
population is eliminated. And it’s that easy with the expert help from Do My Own
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Using an ant bait outdoors will allow you to exterminate ants that are farther
away from your structure. We recommend you use both a liquid ant bait and a
granular ant bait because ants can be picky and will sometimes only accept the
liquid bait or sometimes only accept the granule bait, depending on what
nutritional needs they are trying to meet. You can use both bait formulations in
each station at one time. You should place the stations near areas where you are
seeing high levels of ant activity. Check the stations once a week and replenish
the bait as needed until the ant population has been eliminated.


PRODUCTS NEEDED FOR STEP 4B

Maxforce Complete Granular Bait
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Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait
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