Ants are showing up all over, invading homes and gardens and annoying people who see them crawling everywhere. “They’re looking for sweets; they’re looking for carbohydrates, they’re looking for crumbs. Anything they can take back to their nest and store it for the winter time.” explained Randy Bilesky of Go Green Pest Control in Delta B.C.
Bilesky says he’s been staying busy with calls from customers who want to get rid of ants. He says spraying around foundations outside– and baseboards inside can get rid of the pests. It’s important to locate the nest. “To find the nest, feed the ants and follow the ants,” Bilesky said. Sugar will attract the ants, and then people can see where they go and take steps to get rid of them. Finding the nest lets you target the entire colony, which can contain hundreds of thousands of ants. You can also buy ant baits at the store or use recipes from the internet that utilize ingredients available at home such as borax, sugar and warm water. Recipes recommend that you dip a cotton ball in the mixture and put it in the path of the ants.
Remember to keep ant bait away from children and pets. Go