How to get rid of yellow ants in the summer cottage or garden

Yellow ants come from India. They came to us in the 19th century and firmly established themselves in cozy human houses. Sometimes they are found in gardens and suburban areas, but with the onset of the first cold weather they move to houses and apartments.

Description

Lasius Flavus ants are small yellow insects. The length of the female reaches 6 mm. Males grow no more than 3 mm.In one colony there are several dozen queens, each producing numerous offspring. therefore pests multiply fast enough.

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Detect pests in any part of the apartment. They build nests in the bathroom, in the kitchen, bedroom.

Arthropods enter a house in several ways:

• through ventilation;
• through open windows and vents;
• on street clothes and shoes;
• through the cracks in the walls and window sills.

Ant's lifespan depends on its species, conditions of existence. The yellow earthen ant (lazius flavus) does not live long: the queens die six months later, the foragers die two months later. But he quickly multiplies and occupies more and more space in the apartment.

How to get rid of yellow ant in an apartment and house

Fighting yellow ants

Indoors it is better not to use toxic substances. They can poison humans and pets. Therefore, from yellow ants, it is preferable to use baits based on boric acid:

1. Two tablespoons of fresh minced meat are mixed with a teaspoon of acid.
2. Two teaspoons of honey or thick jam are combined with three teaspoons of sugar and half a spoonboric acid.
3. One teaspoon yeast mixed with 0.5 glass of sugar syrup and 0.5 tsp. of acid.

Poisonous bait can be cooked with borax. To do this, mix the powder, glycerin and water in a ratio of 1: 4: 2. Add sugar or honey to the mixture and heat it over low heat, stirring constantly, until the product is homogeneous.

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Garlic or scorched bacon is laid out on ant paths. The aroma of these products will make the invaders flee.

Bait laid out in the apartment, where they were found places of clusters of yellow ants.

If you can not do without chemistry, it is better to use traps with a poisonous bait (Raptor, Raid, Combat). They are placed in the following places:

• under the bathroom;
• behind the battery;
• under cabinets and sofas.

The chemical acts on the working ants, larvae and queens.

How to get rid of the yellow ant at the dacha

In the warm season pest can be found at the cottage. If no action is taken, he will soon settle in the house or greenhouse.

Yellow ants in the country and the garden

The following insecticides will help to get rid of ants in their summer cottage:

1. Muracid The active ingredient of the drug is diazinon.In a liter of water dissolve four drops of the drug. Fresh solution is poured on the anthill.
2. Ant-eater. It can be used in granules and in solution. In dry form, the agent is scattered on ant paths. Solution is poured nest.
3. Throw. An effective Polish drug based on chlorpyrifos. A solution is prepared from the preparation (100 grams per 10 liters) and the anthill and places of insects accumulate with it.

Apply and folk recipesthat will help scare away insects. Among the plants is to plant onions and garlic, and under the windows of the house to sow the seeds of mint. Sensitive pest receptors react strongly to the sharp odor of these plants.

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Wormwood can be planted around the plot. Its smell also does not like the yellow ants.

Among the plants is worth scattering the ashes. It is safe for soil and plantations, and ants prefer to avoid it. The same substance is scattered around the perimeter of the house.

How to get rid of yellow ant in the garden and in the garden

In the open ground use insecticide DR Klaus. The bottle has an ejector to which the watering hose is connected. The chemical is sprayed on the beds and destroys all pests, including yellow ants.

If you do not want to use toxic substances, you can use the experience of our grandmothers, who fought insects with simple and safe means:

1. Sawdust impregnated with anise oil will be distilled off from plants of crawling insects.
2. Trees and plants treated with a solution consisting of 30 ml of flax oil, 5 grams soda and one liter of water.
3. On the beds should be put leaves of wormwood, tansy, mint.
4. Protect tree trunks in the gardencan be tied with garlic arrows.

Yellow ants in the garden and the garden plot will disappear if the land is planted and dug up before planting.

Prevention

The flavus ant likes to settle where there is enough food and water. Therefore, the best prevention is the timely cleaning of the house. It is necessary to hide all the food, wipe crumbs off the table, vacuuming and washing the floors. On the suburban areas you need to loosen the soil and carefully water the plants.

A pair of yellow ants in the house will not solve the problem, but they can lead wombthat will produce numerous offspring. Therefore, it is important to start pest control in time by all available means.