If you feel uncomfortable when ants infest your home and you want to get rid of them, here's some advice from a man who shared his tips on dealing with ants. Don't worry, you can't simply squish them; you need a way to prevent them from your home.
You are often upset when dealing with an ant infestation. An expert revealed the best way to stop them from entering your home. Furthermore, he explains why you should avoid squishing these six-legged creatures.
Jordan Howlett took to the internet to share his knowledge with those seeking solutions. After seeing another woman claim that you should never kill an ant inside your house, he agreed with her and explained, 'Here's a fun fact about ants: If you see a couple of ants in your house, do not squish them."
He said: "Now the reason why is because when you do that an odour then gets released that will then attract all of the other ants from that colony to go and retrieve the body."
Jordan explains that if you kill ants, it triggers other ants to retrieve the body. This is a known fact: Ants have a unique burial process for their deceased comrades. It may surprise people to learn that ant colonies actually have specialized undertakers responsible for carrying the deceased ants to a designated tomb within the nest."
Jordan continued: "So if you were to squish an ant, all the other ants are gonna come by to get the body, bring it home, and then bury it,"
He also provided a simple trick to prevent ants from coming to your home. If you're dealing with an existing ant problem, he recommended employing a liquid ant trap. These traps, readily available for £3 at Ocado, emit an odor that entices ants, effectively trapping them once they enter.
He also provides a tip to help you prevent ants from entering your home. You'll need to get white vinegar and mix it with peppermint oil.
He added. "If you don't have peppermint oil, you can use toothpaste. Mix the white vinegar with toothpaste and then spray it around the whole circumference of your house. After that, you won't have any ants inside your house. So don't squish them is what I'm saying."
Following his post, many users also share their thoughts and opinions.
One person said: I squish them. Then squish the ants coming to get the dead ants. I can do this all-day
A second wrote: So my Mexican grandma would say “Don’t squish the aunt or its friends will come to the funeral” I thought she was just being superstitious.
A third commented: I had ants building a nest in my kitchen. They would move so so so much dirt so so quickly. It’s insane.
Another said: See my grandma always told me to sprinkle cinnamon outside the house and that seems to work but you got to redo it after it rains.
What if you squish some and then prevent the others from coming in by spraying the vinegar toothpaste solution? Someone else said.
Someone wrote: If you wanna avoid squishing them, grab some masking tape and pick them up that way! Then fold the tape so they’re trapped inside.
there's a few products that the ants or other bugs take to their home and then kill off all the other bugs. Another added.
