How to get ants out of a wooden house

Wooden houses attract insects by the presence of mold, fungi, a large abundance of food, many options where you can equip a nest. The most dangerous ants in a log house - woodworkers. They use wood as food, building material. Over time, turn the log into dust, undermining the reliability and strength of the building. How to get rid of ants in a wooden house forever is a question of special importance.

First steps to success

At the sight of ants, you should not stomp your foot, crush them with your fingers, lay out sticky traps, there is no point in this. The insects that crawl in search of food are working ants, who are unable to lay eggs, to continue the genus. The most important target is uterus, is in a nest, anthill. It should be sought.

If ants are wound up in a wooden house, you need to treat them with sweets and observe where they will drag them. These are not hospitality measures, but ways to find out where the nest is.

Ants along the studied route will move to the dwelling. Having noticed their trajectory, you can explore the area. The main symptoms are the presence of dust, holes in the logs. Nests have ants between the beams, in the walls, in a heater, wooden furniture, doors, under baseboards.

On a note!

If you managed to find anthillfighting ants will be much easier. The destroyed nest serves as the basis for the resettlement of all residents in more favorable places.

Methods of struggle

You can remove ants from a wooden house with poisonous substances. Use folk remedies, professional drugs.

Boric acid

At home, prepare the bait from boric acid. The substance is not dangerous for humans, domestic animals, in insects, if swallowed, causes paralysis, death in 3 days. The reaction rate depends on the amount of poison ingested.

The basis is taken egg yolk, honey, jam, milk-softened cookies, sugar. Laid out bait in places where ants were spotted.

Pest control

You can fight ants with any wide-acting insecticide. The poison causes rapid muscle paralysis, death. To obtain a lethal dose, a minimal amount is enough. The tool is highly effective in case the nest could not be found.

How to treat a wooden house from pests depends on their quantity. In the presence of a large ant colony, a full disinsection is necessary. The drugs are taken in the form of a concentrated emulsion. Independently prepare a solution. Professionals use:

• Minap 22;
• Tetrix
• Executioner;
• Geth;
• Sinusan;
• Effectively ultra.

The solution is poured into a spray bottle or a spray bottle. In an outstretched position, walls, floors, furniture, all wooden structures are treated. If ants wound up in a village, country house, you can leave indoor for a week for exposure. In other cases, after 2 hours, it should be well ventilated, washed in places where hand contact is possible.

Attention!

It is necessary to carry out the procedure in personal protective equipment, it is imperative to use a respirator. If you violate the instructions, the drug causes poisoning with the terrible consequences of intoxication.

Poison bait

An effective remedy for ants in a wooden house is gel. It contains a strong insecticide, flavors to attract the attention of insects, flavorings. It is advisable to use if the location of the nest is not known, or it is difficult to get to the uterus. Ants in a frame house can settle in the most unpredictable places, with a gel it is not necessary to look for them.

Place the bait with a dotted line in places where ants were seen, signs of their presence - dust, holes in the logs. The drug does not lose its properties within 14 days, begins to act immediately after ingestion. Mass death is observed within a month.

Large ants willingly eat gel:

• a great warrior;
• Fas
• Raptor;
• Chopping;
• Zindax Suite;
• Clean house.

Use gel baits inside the house, outside. Since large ants can live outside the building, run to the room for food.

Aerosols

The market offers a large selection of aerosols from ants, the most famous of them - Dichlorvos. Convenient use, ease of use, made this tool especially popular. But, it is recommended to apply if the exact location of the nest is known. The anthill is filled with an insecticide. A jet under pressure will allow the agent to penetrate into deep gaps.

In other cases, it is better to use a concentrated solution. After aerosol, a minimal layer of insecticide remains on the surface of the tree. Its quantity is not enough to kill the ant, but enough to develop immunity in the insect.

Result fixing

After carrying out active measures, a reliable rear should be ensured so that a new colony of ants can not settle in time.

It is necessary to close up all the cracks in the wall, the gaps between the logs, in the window sills, under the baseboards. Do everything so that small insects can not enter the house.

Since it is difficult to completely isolate the room, repellent agents should be used. To expel intruders is better with folk remedies.

• Lay out around the perimeter of the house, on window sills, chopped garlic or whole cloves behind the furniture. The arrows of winter garlic rub on the wall.
• Scattered indoors cinnamon. Suitable ground or in sticks. In the latter case, the smell lasts longer.
• Plants are laid out in the house - a pharmaceutical chamomile, peppermint, bouquets of wormwood, tansy, elderberry. For lack of plants, you can use essential oils. Dripping in water, rubbing the floor, walls, leave on a silver platter.
• A general cleaning is carried out in the house using a solution of vinegar. Ammonia has a similar effect.

If ants appeared in a wooden house, it is necessary to calculate the anthill, conduct pest control, and provide preventive measures. Since insects enter the house from the outside, attention should be paid infield. Plant around the perimeter of the house mint, calendula, smash the beds with garlic.