How can i get rid of ants in my apartment?

Question

i have cleaned the whole apartment, vacuumed, etc. and i still have these little brown sugar ants, and it seems like they multiply every day. and the worst thing is, they are in our tiny bedroom, so they can get in bed. How can i get rid of them?

Answer 1

Evict them. Or have them start paying 1/2 the rent.

Answer 2

I did home support for some years and many of my elderly clients used dried bayleaves around the baseboards, seemed to work!  But the other posts were right about getting some sort of pest control involved, this sounds pretty serious!

Answer 3

diatomaceous earth stuffed into the cracks where they are entering, cucumber slices, cinnamon oil....

there are tons of non-toxic ways to get them out of your place, but you have to make certain all the food is cleaned up so they don't return.

below is a whole list of natural solutions for ant control...

Answer 4

Call an exterminator. Or get those ant traps.

Answer 5

you should put all your sugars in the frigerator and buy some ant spray for your house.

Answer 6

You need to bomb your apartment with bug balm. Then after that make sure that you leave no food out at all. Do all your dishes right away.

Answer 7

An exterminator will do, but they are expensive.... I would suggest ant poison (if you have any kids).

  I don't remember the name of the product I used but it is a clear liquid, and you put a little out were you see ants. The ants go crazy over it!!!! Then they carry the stuff back to their nest. I will kill all of the ants! Good Luck!

Answer 8

Keep place clean. Leave no food out.

Spray the baseboards with ant Raid.

Use those ant traps. I use 'em for black ants & it works.

And if they're coming from another apartment...well.

Answer 9

ant spray

Answer 10

get a ant-eating pet =)

Answer 11

Ant spray or baits work well.  I didn't want the poision stuff in my kitchen and wiped down all surfaces with a vinegar/water solution about 50/50.

I've also used boric acid powder.  Ants, roaches, crickets, ect will not cross the line where it is as it will burn them.  I bought a small container of it and the spout was similar to a tube of caulking where you cut off at an angle and drizzle the powder, in my case, a line about an 1/8 inch width.  That worked best.

Answer 12

wow my grandma is having the same problem they are coming from under the floors and cracks so get some ant spray and spray there and they will be gone for good.

Answer 13

I understand that if you draw a  1 inch thick chalk line the ants will not cross it

Answer 14

Buy one of those bags of ant killer and put it around the outside of the apartment and the inside where they are and clear out all your old food.

Answer 15

Ants HATE Cinnamon.

If you don't have any pets that can sniff it up, i would try sprinkling that one the edges of where they are coming from.

Answer 16

cinnamin, cloves, ginger.  these are all herbs and they hate them,  or if you have borax they hate it as well

Answer 17

Try those little white round and posion traps. They work really well!