How to Kill the Queen Carpenter Ant
Carpenter ants can be a big problem in the homes and gardens of millions of Americans. They can chew up wood and become a nuisance. It is not effective to simply kill a few ants with some spray or insecticide. To eliminate a nest of ants, you need to kill the queen carpenter ant. Once the queen is dead, the nest quickly dies, as larvae can only be fed by the queen. Killing the queen can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Methods
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Find the ant colony first, and target the nest. Put insecticide powder all around the nest. In order to kill the queen, you need to get the ants to bring her poisonous food. One method is to mix some baker's yeast with molasses and put it out where the ants will eat it and bring it back to the queen. The sugar attracts the ants, and the yeast in it will cause them to explode. This method can take a little longer to eliminate the entire nest.
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Another way to kill the queen is to mix some borax with syrup or sugary water to bait them. They bring the borax mixture to the queen, who will die. The nest dies within a few months with this method.
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Sometimes carpenter ants are stubborn and the queen will live while her workers die. You may need to bring in a professional pest control specialist who has many different types of insecticides to try to kill the queen. Carpenter ants are known to be some of the most difficult ants to eradicate.
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After eliminating the nest, try to prevent a new nest from forming by keeping wood and wood stumps away from your home, or put insecticide around it. Carpenter ants tend to establish a colony in old wood and then travel inside the home.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep branches off your house and put logs of fireplace wood away from your home. This will keep the ants from having easy access to your house.
Liquid insecticide can kill pets if they mistake the sweet substance for food.
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Comments
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aaaaw! man! I think I have these in my house! :(
