Do you see an invasion of ants in your kitchen cupboards? We have to act quickly because the ants are very invasive. But avoid pesticide or insecticide products. Indeed, if these products are not used wisely, they are toxic to humans, to your pets and to the environment, including biodiversity (other insects beneficial to the garden).
There are eco-friendly anti-ant solutions without pesticides or insecticides to drive ants out of your home.
How to avoid an invasion of ants
If carpenter ants, attack your frame and structural beams. The favorite places of common ants are the kitchen and bathroom with a clear preference for kitchen cupboards in which they find plenty of food.
Here are some precautions to take to hunt ants:
- Clean your kitchen cupboards, pantry and the floor behind appliances
- remember to tightly close your jars and food packages to prevent ants from finding easy access to food
- regularly clean the garbage room: the bin must be equipped with a lid to avoid odors that seduce ants but also other harmful insects (cockroach, rat, mouse …)
- find places of passages, cracks and openings and caulk them against insects
- If you have a dog or cat, clean your bowl and litter box regularly. The bad smell attracts ants but also other insects such as cockroaches for example.
Here are some simple actions that can avoid the installation of an anthill in your home.
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Hantavirus, definition and mode of transmission
Hantavirus is a severe lung syndrome caused by a virus. It is secreted in the urine, feces and saliva of infected animals. Most often these are rodents. When humans come into direct or indirect contact with these secretions, the virus is transmitted to them. Ditto when they are bitten by infected rodents.
However, the virus is not transmitted from human to human, only from animal to human. This type of disease is called zoonoses because they can only be transmitted to humans through an animal. It has been found that domestic animals (apart from the domestic rat) and livestock cannot contract hantavirus so there is every reason to believe that only rodents can carry it.
Symptoms of hantavirus
Being a lung disease, one of the characteristic symptoms of hantavirus is difficulty breathing. At the beginning of the disease, the infected person begins to feel fever, chills, headache and muscle pain.
It is about two weeks after the appearance of the first symptoms that they are usually accompanied by a feeling of shortness of breath. Nevertheless, this last manifestation of the disease can be observed after two days as after six weeks; it depends on the organism of the individual.
Hantavirus can also lead to kidney disease or infection. And although they are rare and very few people are prone to them, there is currently no treatment to combat these ailments. It is therefore better to be careful not to contract them.
Some eco-friendly anti-ant tips
- Pour boiling water into the nest
- Spread coffee grounds that acts like a poison
- Lemon or white vinegar effectively repel ants
- Salt is to be spread around the nest
- Treat aphids in your garden that are the food source of ants
- Bait boxes: You can attract ants with a jar of honey or a jar of jam. They love sweetness!
- Use a vaporizer with boiling water and dishwashing liquid. Spray the columns of ants. You can also use this solution on cockroaches
Put adhesive around kitchen cupboard doors or paths taken by ants. They are easy to spot because they follow each other because of the pheromones left in their path that attract other ants.
Boric acid, a natural anti-ant product
Diatom soil in some cases, but this product is to be handled with care
Natural repellents
- cinnamon
- pepper
- orange or lemon peel
- coffee grounds
- essential oils (lemon, peppermint, eucalyptus, lavender, cedar)
If you see ants appear a few days later, it is because there is a second satellite nest or even several nests and queens. It is therefore necessary to deal with the problem at the source. In this case, it is advisable to contact a pest management expert who will find a suitable solution.
The important thing will be to destroy the anthill and find the ant queen who is the only breeder to lay eggs.
