How can I find where ants are entering my house?

Question

I have heard to look for 'ant trails', but I have no idea what those look like or how to find them. The ants are in several areas of my house - kitchen, office, living room. Although not a major infestation as yet, they are a nuisance and I would rather stop the ants from entering before they become a major problem. I have also looked around my house and cannot find an ant hill anywhere. Any suggestions would be helpful!

Answer 1

put food out in each room and watch for ants they will make a what looks like a conga line going back and forth for the food.  look where the ants take the food thats where they're coming from

Answer 2

Yes you should look for the ant trails outside. And by ant trails I mean a trail of ants marching into your house. Unless they are crazy ants, which I had in my house last summer. They are called crazy ants because they walk around erratically and not in lines like regular ants. Either way you might want to break down and sign a contract with a bug eradication company in your area. That's what I had to do. They come every two months and spray my entire yard (1 acre)  and the inside of my home. So far this year no ants in the house.

Answer 3

An 'ant trail' is the line of little ants........follow them to an opening......usually a door, window or crack in the wall/floor.   I have those little buggers too!   I also have grandkids and a dog, so poisons are out....I sprinkle baby powder where they come in....front door, back door, closet, corner in the den.  That way, no fumes/poison and they die in the powder and they are gone till you scrub the floor in that area....then just repeat the powder.

Answer 4

call an exterminator if you don't soon then it could be a big problem

Answer 5

Go to walgreens and get ant gel called Terro and put the drops down throughly in the area you're seeing them especially around sink area and window sills.

Answer 6

Call and exterminator

Or go to a local hardware shop and but different ant repelants and start killing them before it gets a huge problem.

Answer 7

I am not really sure how to locate where they are coming from.  If you want to get rid of them, use a mix of cinnamon and sugar. The ants will pick up the sugar, along with the cinnamon, and take it back to their queen. Ants can’t digest cinnamon and once the queen dies from not being able to digest the cinnamon the colony will die without her.