Keep Ants Away From Your Home
Pest control operators say in nearly every case, ants come from outside.Tips To Keep Ants Outside:
- Stop them from coming in by keeping plants away from the outside of the house. Ants like to live in many of those plants, or may use that as a vehicle for getting into the house. Keep the area around the foundation clean and clear of leaves, etc.
- Spray the area outside the home with pesticide.
- Sanitize. Keep areas clean of crumbs and food. A problem area may be the kitchen rubbish can, where ants sometimes feed. You might want to rinse out items (i.e. soda cans) before you put them in the trash can.
- Watch the ants. Follow their trail. Most ants like to forage at night, so you might want to search for them in the dark with a flashlight. Watch where they are going. It might lead you to an inside nest.
- Most ants will respond to bait traps and ant poison (i.e. Terro). The one ant that pest control operators say doesn't respond to bait or poison is the one giving Hawaii residents the most trouble: the white footed ant. With that one, its just try to eliminate the colony and keep them out of the house.
Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Hurricane Ida moves toward the Gulf Coast, with warnings extending more than 200 miles across several states.
Three men have been arrested by Daytona Beach police after a 16-year-old died from stab wounds.
Two sheriff's deputies responding to calls of a Florida house being burglarized find a broken window and a blood trail.
Images and hundreds of pages of documents related to the Casey Anthony case are released by the state attorney's office.
A Central Florida man is arrested after pointing his gun at his roommate and firing numerous shots at sheriff's deputies, according to authorities.
Local 6 News, led by investigative reporter Mike Holfeld, will host an interactive experience on Monday, including a phone bank and online chat with homeowners association experts.
A Minnesota woman gives birth on-line for her family, friends and the whole world to see.
Students in Geneva make "green" Christmas ornaments.
Damage and destruction from a weekend storm is now responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people in parts of El Salvador. Another 60 people remain missing.
Police release the name of the victim killed in a shooting at an Orlando high-rise and file first-degree murder charges against the suspected shooter. 
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims.
Top-dollar designs don't always provide a good return for the rich and famous. Check out which celebs were caught in fashion flops.
Hundreds of photos in the Casey Anthony case are released.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
