Often, the ant colony chooses homestead plots and quickly builds up its population. In the future, this is fraught with insect visits to the house, reproduction of aphids on garden plants, as well as painful bites that can cause allergies. On how to bring ants to the country, we'll talk in this article.
How to deal with garden ants in the country?
You can immediately seek the qualified help of specialists, and they will quickly solve the problem by proven methods. And you can try to fight the ants yourself.
If you choose the second way, you need to first locate the anthill and neutralize the uterus, its offspring and all sexually mature individuals. Only if this condition is met, you will be able to get rid of the ants in the country, and this may take several weeks.
The found ant nest must be treated with insecticides that penetrate deep into the ground, where the ants have multimeter traces and labyrinths. Also it is necessary to process trees, as often on the site there live tree ants, which equip anthills under the bark.
A highly effective anti-ants agent in the dacha has diazonin in its composition. This substance has a pronounced contact and intestinal effect, causing the death of insects after 2 days after treatment, affecting the nervous system and causing paralysis. The agent destroys both adults and larvae. And, importantly, on the treated area, the ants no longer settle or trample down paths here.
Folk remedies from garden ants in the country
Ants do not tolerate the smells of tansy, parsley, mustard, laurel, anise, tomato tops. It is possible to decompose stems and leaves of these plants into ant pathways and tie them to tree trunks. And between the beds to sow valerian and mint. The ants will not take out these "fragrances" and will go elsewhere.
The anthill itself can be poured with a strong solution of boric acid , in which sugar is added. And you can sprinkle it on top of dried and chopped herb oregano, mixed with sulfur in a proportion of 1: 2 and dig this mixture with the land in the place where the ant nest.