| | Sprinkling basil leaves (dried) around the windows, and doors, keeps the ants away. |
| | Sprinkle chilli powder around the house, seems to keep them at bay for the most part until a hard rain occurs. |
| | Cayenne Pepper sprinkled near where the ants comes in makes them run the other direction in a hurry. |
| | Bleach spray kills ants, and wipes out there scent trails making it harder for other ants to follow them. |
| | Moth crystals scattered along the perimeter of your foundation helps keep ants and termites at bay. |
| | Pour cornmeal around the base of home. Ants carry it back to the nest, but can't digest it when they eat it, so they die. |
| | A little baking soda around the floorboards and window panes helps control ants. |
| | To control ants use powder. |
| | If you find a nest then pour boiling water over it. |
| | Draw a chalk line around the area that the ants are entering, they will seem hesitant to cross the chalk. |
| | Dust your garden or trouble spots with baking soda - it will poison the ants. |
| | Horse flea and tick spray works well as an ant barrier |
| | To reduce ants and bugs, keep opened boxes of foods (e.g., cereal or rice) in plastic bags. |
| | Spread peppermint oil extract across frequently opened windows and doors, keeps ants out. |
| | Buy pyrthium powder from a spice company - spread it out at night, sweep up in morning - it's toxic to ants. |
| | Wash them away with water from the hose. |
| | Seek out the nest and douse it with gasoline. Then set it ablaze. |
| | Block their way into the kitchen by covering small cracks and holes (along built-in cabinets,etc) with vaseline. |
| | Wipe down surfaces with white vinegar which is not only a disinfectant but doesn't taste very good to the bugs. |
| | Spray hairspray around baseboards. |
| | Pour bleach down the drains of sinks and tubs, helps mitigate those double ended earwig crawlies. |
| | Put a tray of golden syrup or honey down somewhere near the nest. Sprinkle some ant poison into it, any that manage to escape will trample it back to the nest, too. |
| | Baby powder with talc in it. |
| | Spray the outside foundation walls of our house with 409. |
| | Putting lemon juice at the openings of buildings. |
| | Limit food consumption to the kitchen to minimize the areas in your house which are attractive to ants. |
| | Keep the kitchen clean. No piles of dirty dishes, no piles of garbage, clean countertops. |
| | Store your food in as few locations as possible. At least twice a year, before spring and summer, treat around the food storage areas with an indoor ant killer. |
| | Just leave a cut lemon on the kitchen shelf and it will keep ants away from kitchen shelf. |
| | Tobacco can be put where you believe ants come into your house. |
| | Dishwashing liquid will kill beetles and ants. 2 parts to 1 part water. |
| | Make a small line of powdered cleansing detergent to repel ants. |
| | A thin layer of coffee grounds placed on the exterior of your house can deter ants. |
| | Ants don't like bay leaves. |
| | Use talcum powder around edges of doors and windows |
| | Sprinkle hot pepper around an are you want to keep ants out of. |
| | Sprinkle cinnamon in areas you want to keep ants out of. |
| | Sprinkle cream of wheat around an ant pile to kill the ants. |