Ant - Facts and Pest Control

We cannot deny the fact that pest brings so much damage to us. Among other pest ants are the strongest and most organized. Ants are little creatures that have big part to the ecosystem. We can see them anywhere, on every place, marching, working and carrying foods for the colony and especially for the queen to continue their life. 

According to studies ants have the strongest body that it can carry 20 times more than its body weight which seems impossible for humans unless you are super human and possess extra ordinary power. 

We can see ants as super ants because of their strength, hard working ants because of their diligence( march in columns to gather food without overseer), and engineer ants because they can design and build an efficient and beautiful home for them.

However, in contrary, ants bring damage to homes. They tear and eat not just food but things that they considered food. Even humans or animals were subject to their attack. They bite someone or something on which they considered food and that brings threat to them. 

We can see these little ants were truly obsessed with so much biting. There are times when an ant made a contact, crawl and bite your skin, then you will experience painful feeling because their bite consists formic acid which irritates the skin.

Ants cause good and bad things. They carry dead insects, sometimes alive but wounded exposing its ripped flesh. 

The nature of ants is to clean any mess (body of dead insects or animals) but that mess is considered food for them. 

On the other hand, ants also bring damage to human property. That's why we think of ways on how to stop them doing it.

Our house is like a town of ants because my mom said that it was a forest before. I always see ants marching from the floor and every corner of our house. I think it is because we are standing on a ground which was once a forest. 

These ants bring pain in the head because they do not really care what they eat or tear. There was an instance when I slept, ants crawled on my skin, bit me and interrupted my sleep. 

I turned on the light with ants still sticking on my skin so I rubbed it and killed the ant. This is one of the most terrible experiences in my life which forced me to think of ways on how to get rid of them.

There are some simple tips on how to get rid of these ants. These tips helped me so much to completely destroy those crawling buddies. Here is the list of methods:

1. Keep your house clean
The first thing that you must prioritize is the cleanliness. The most common reason why ants go, march and attack because of water, food, and shelter. 

Clean and wipe the floor and every corner of your house. Establish a daily routine to clean.

2. Find the queen
The queen is the factory of ants. Its function is to eat food, produce and groom ants. Target this royal ant in order to easily kill the whole colony. 

Find the main nest by tracing the trail of ants and when you found it pour very hot water to reach and kill the queen. Another option is to dig and search for the queen (if you’re desperate).

3. Splash ant-repelling powders
To prevent ants from marching, splash some powder, it could be pepper, talcum, cinnamon, or chili powder. 

You can buy this at local supermarkets. After splashing these powders, you will see ants gradually fade in numbers on a certain area.

4. Put a bait with boric acid
Put boric acid in food bait. Boric acid can damage ant’s digestive system leading them to death. It’s a pesticide for them. You can buy boric acid at your local pharmacy.