How to Make Your Arizona Home Ant 🐜 free

Making Your Arizona Home Ant 🐜 free

No one wants to have ants in their Arizona home, but how do you make your home ant-free? The best methods include a combination of basic cleanliness and sanitation practices and working with expert ant exterminators when necessary.

Don’t Leave Food Out

If you only do one thing to prevent ants, never leave food out. Always store food in air-tight containers that are well-sealed or in the fridge. This applies to human food and pet food.

Just remember that doing this alone will not be enough. You also need to follow the other tips on this list.

Keep Your House Clean

One of the most important things you can do to make your home ant-free is to keep it clean. Even if you think you put away all of the potential food sources that attract ants, you may be underestimating them. Remember that ants are tiny, so they don’t need much food. Even just some crumbs on the floor can be enough to attract ants.

When it comes to keeping your home clean to deter ants, start by cleaning your dirty dishes as soon as you can. The longer you wait to clean up leftovers or dirty dishes, the more time there is for ants to find the crumbs and turn them into a buffet.

You also want to make sure to wipe down surfaces. This is especially important in the kitchen, where you need to wipe down counters. But you should also wipe down any other surface that may be exposed to sweet or sticky substances, including tables and workbenches.

On top of that, make sure that your floor doesn’t have anything on it that will attract ants. This is as simple as sweeping and vacuuming regularly. As with all of these cleaning tasks, focus your efforts on the kitchen and anywhere else that food is eaten or stored.

Seal up Entry Points.

Another great way to prevent ants from getting inside your home is to create a physical barrier. If they cannot get inside in the first place, they cannot cause problems. This involves inspecting your home and sealing up any cracks or gaps. Pay close attention to the spaces by doors and windows. You should also check your foundation for cracks.

Remember that you will have to do this semi-regularly as sealants do not last forever. Expect to replace sealants you use in outdoor spaces more frequently than those you use indoors.

Discourage Ants 🐜 Outside As Well

While your focus will be on preventing ants inside your home, discouraging them outside can help significantly. After all, they will be further away from your house and therefore less likely to enter it.

Follow similar steps outside as you would inside. Start by making sure any garbage cans are well-sealed so ants can’t get inside them searching for food. If you feed your pet outside, make sure to clean up any leftovers or spills.

Look Out for Potential Warning Signs

Do your best to be alert to potential warning signs that you may have an ant infestation in the future. One of the biggest indications is if you spot a scout ant. These ants scout out areas in search of potential food sources. If you see a scout ant or any lone ant, make sure that you have followed everything else on this list. You will also need to be on the lookout for any signs of more ants coming, in which case you want to control them as quickly as possible.

Clean Ant 🐜 Trails

If you notice an ant or multiple ants inside your house, pay attention to where they come from. Then, get rid of their trails. This is important as ants use scent to follow the same route. By removing the scent trail, you prevent more ants from following the route used by the first ones.

The easiest way to clean the trail and get rid of the smell is to use a combination of vinegar and water. The vinegar will overpower the scent of the trail.

As you clean ant trails, remember that there will likely be more than one. It is always best to err on the side of caution and clean too wide of an area than to potentially miss a trail.

Work With a Professional

Pest control professionals are your secret weapon against ants that want to get inside your home. As soon as you notice any signs of ants, you should contact them. They can stop the issue in its tracks before it gets worse.

They can also help you with preventive measures. One example is spraying an insecticide around the perimeter of your house’s foundation. This is a great way to stop scout ants from coming to your home or other ants from following them.

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