Natural Ant Pesticide: a Safe & Effective Way To Eliminate Ants
February 1st, 2010 Posted in Ants & Roaches
Ants are one of the more common pests of the insect world. Ants are in every country, every city, and every town across the world.
Although they come in large numbers, using natural ant pesticides helps to severely hamper their control over your home and property. Whether you’re facing 500 ants or 700,000 ants the only way to effectively stop them is by using organic means.
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How Do Ants Find Their Way?
Ants have a wonderful sense of direction because they can literally venture out great distances from their colony and return without a problem. This is why it is so easy for them to find food in your home and then return to their colony. The problem is when they return, they won’t be alone.
It has been established that they use pheromone trails to remember how to return to certain places, as well as help other ants know where food has been found. However, scientists have recently discovered ants that count to find their way home. Scientists began to question how ants in the desert could remember where their colony and food sources were without the use of pheromone trails.
Since the desert has relatively high winds and sand storms the pheromone trails get quickly washed away. After conducting a few experiments, scientists discovered that ants could be biologically counting how many steps they took from point A to point B. This helps to explain why ants are so persistent when they identify your home as a source of food and are able to recall their steps, so that the rest of their colony can join in on the feast.
What Do Ants Eat?
So, ants are easily able to find and remember to your home, but what is it that initially attracts them to your home? Well, they are looking for food and they have set their site on your house. In most cases the food that attracts the ants is the smellier foods that are most likely waste or the remains of food.
A fact about ants is that the smell of lingering trash will be enough to bring them inside or on your property. It takes something as little as crumbs on the floor for the ant to be drawn to your home. If your trash is not properly stored on your property the ants will seek it out and take over your driveway or garage.
Therefore, to prevent your home from becoming a major food source make sure to keep your home extremely clean. Focus your attention on keeping your kitchen and dining area extra clean by washing floors, vacuuming, or anything else you can do to help remove excess food residue. Also make sure trash gets properly disposed of, as well as stored in properly sealed containers.
Natural Ant Pesticide Control
There are many other ant control methods available when dealing with an already established ant problem. The most efficient and safe method is through using EcoSMART’s organic ant killer, which is the most logical choice for pest control. EcoSMART products are engineered to target the receptors only found in insects like the ant, so they can’t harm anything else.
Therefore, when you use our natural ant killer you aren’t risking the safety of your children or your pets by trying to stop a pest problem. This method of control is completely organic because your products are made from plant oils. Environmentally friendly and effective, EcoSMART products are the pesticides of the future.
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By Tara Jackson on Feb 22, 2010
This looks great! We have two HUGE poplar trees in our yard. Every Spring they drop sap right onto our deck. This brings the ants right up and in to our house! Every year you will find me cleaning out my cupboard!
By Esther on Feb 23, 2010
I have just moved in to this apartment. I realized soon after that there are plenty of ants despite my constant cleaning. Cleaning with antiseptic, vinger and bleachning agent. I managed to locate an ant nest and successfully killed it but I believe there are more which I am having problems with. I am being bitten by them constantly and I have scares on my body due to the scatching. I am contemplating of engaging professional pest control help but would like to try your product first.
By Rochelle on Mar 8, 2010
For a long time I thought I had termites. In a way I am relieved that they are ants. The thing is that I have young children and do not want them to be subject to poisons. This sounds like a great solution.
By Aaron Vice on Mar 21, 2010
I have about 5 huge ant piles I cant get rid of in our backyard. We have three dogs which we don’t want to get sick from other dangerous ant killers which are also bad far other animals as well. I would love to test your products and spread the word to all my neighbors. I am in the military so I could probably get a lot of people turned on to your products.
By Louis on May 1, 2010
last summer we had 5 giant ant hills in our yard., i tried burning them with gas, but they returned this year. i am looking for a good permanent fix to this problem, n would love to try your product
By Marilyn Battin on May 2, 2010
I have mounds of thatching ants every year in my yard. I live in Western Wa. I would love to try your product instead of resorting to something toxic and dangerous.
By Michelle Mills on May 20, 2010
I have mounds of red(fire) ants throughout my property. do you have a product I can you outside the house. I also have a pond on my property which is populated with fish. Is your product safe enough for the fish. People fish in the pond and I wouldn’t want any one to get sick.
Thanks.
By Darla Criger on Jun 15, 2010
i have a yorkshire terrier i dont want her to get sick from any harmful products, i dont like using them either. id love to try ur products & become a tester for them.
By Janet Ellis on Jun 18, 2010
Your product sounds like what I am looking for. Except, I am infested with Thatching Ants that bite. I have a small dog and everytime she goes outside they swarm her. They are huge nests next to the large fir trees in our front and back yard. Will your product kill them or just make them mad, as, other products have done. Help
Thanks, Janet from Washington state
By Cathy Lind on Jun 23, 2010
I have been battling with thatching ants for 25years now. But I need to get a handle on them because I now have grandchildren and when they play in my back yard they are getting bitten by these ants. We have made a garden area and they are building nests along the fences. They are forever biting me when I go into the garden to weed or pick. I would love to try your product, I dont want to use poision on them since they are in my garden area and I do have two cats.
By Lesley on Jun 28, 2010
This sounds wonderful too! I saw the mosquito repellant and thought that would be great for our children and maybe the yard and garden to keep bugs out without the chemicals! But to know that we can also use organic means to get rid of ants is great too. Living in the country we get lots of these little persistent creatures and with 3 little ones and a dog I am really not inclined to use chemicals and would LOVE an organic solution for ants!
By Jodi on Jul 17, 2010
We moved to this location just about a year ago and noticed some thatch ant hills on the other side of the street in a woodsy area. Now this spring there is a hill within ten feet of our yard where the kids like to play in the tall grass and a new one starting in our side yard. They are also climbing up our prune tree in teh front yard and another kind of ant is climbing the outside wall of our garage. I want to get rid of them for good so the kids can continue to play without getting bit.
By emily on Aug 22, 2010
i want to try
By Kim on Jun 25, 2011
THATCHING ANTS!
Thousands of these little dudes are living on our property – several very large and developed mounds. We really need to try your products to keep our dogs, kids, deer, elk from getting poisoned.
Interested?!!??!?!???!?