{UAH} Best Way To Get Rid of Ant Hills?

Best Way To  Get Rid of Ant Hills?

Spotting a small mound of dirt in your backyard may not look like a serious problem to you. On the contrary, the infestation is so much worse if you try and take a deeper look.

If left unchallenged, colonies living inside ant hills can grow to a population of more than a million covering an entire garden underneath. They can infest your kitchen, your car and your nightmares if you don't act quickly. Here are some easy to follow tips in effectively getting rid of ant hills:

Pour boiling water

The easiest and fastest way to get rid of ant hills, pouring boiling water into the colony has been proven effective in killing most of the population. Just make sure that the water is still steaming hot as you pour directly over the nest's entry point.

Although ant hills usually have networks of tunnels that spread underneath, the water itself will find its way through colony's chambers and kill the ants that come across its path. You can add liquid soap into the boiling water to enhance its efficiency in killing the insects. The solution will help trap the water over the ant's body causing the insect to drown.

Use boric acid

If you are not up to the task of pouring boiling water into the ant hill, boric acidcomes in handy as an effective alternative. Boric acid is perhaps the most popular insecticide used against ants. You can use it in powder form and sprinkle directly over the hill's entry point and around it. Boric acid is a highly toxic chemical and can directly kill ants upon contact.

To make it even more effective, you can use it in paste form by mixing it with water and sugar. Sugar helps in disguising the chemical and effectively attracting ants. The water converts the solution in liquid form making it capable of flowing through hard to reach tunnels and chambers of the ant hill.

Use bait stations

If you have pets or children living with you, it's best that you use bait stations instead of directly applying boric acid over the ant hill. Bait stations keep the chemical safely hidden from children's view and reach while providing easy and tempting access for its target insects.

Furthermore, ants that have visited the station carry the pesticide chemical back to the ant hill killing the rest of the colony in the process. Place the bait station right next to the hill's crater to make sure that majority of the ants that come out of the hound will pass through it.

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Allaah gives the best to those who leave the choice to Him."And if Allah touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He touches you with good, then He is Able to do all things." (6:17)

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