Are You Bothered by Ants in Your Kitchen? Here’s How to Get Rid of Them

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✅ Check:

Baseboards and windowsills
Cracks around doors or tiles
Under sinks and appliances
Back corners of countertops
Pro Tip: Follow the trail — ants often march in and out in the same line, leading you straight to their entry point.

🧼 Step 2: Clean Up the Welcome Mat
Ants leave behind a scent trail for their buddies to follow. Even if you wipe away the ants, that invisible trail remains — and more will follow unless you erase it.

Here’s how to disrupt it:
Wipe surfaces with vinegar and water (1:1 ratio)
Use lemon juice, which also masks scent trails
Mop floors and clean counters daily
Bonus: This step not only gets rid of ants but also gives you a sparkling kitchen!

🚫 Step 3: Remove Their Incentive
Ants only hang around if they’re getting something out of it. Usually, that means sugar, crumbs, grease, or moisture.

🧽 Ant-proof your kitchen by:

Storing food in sealed containers
Wiping up spills and crumbs immediately
Emptying trash regularly
Cleaning under toasters, microwaves, and stoves
Not leaving pet food out overnight
🌿 Step 4: Natural Ant Deterrents That Really Work
You don’t need to spray toxic chemicals all over your kitchen. These safe, natural remedies can keep ants out — and smell nice, too!

✅ Tried-and-True Natural Repellents:
Ingredient How to Use
Cinnamon Sprinkle along ant trails and entry points
Peppermint oil Mix with water and spray where ants enter
White vinegar Spray along windowsills and baseboards
Lemon juice Wipe on surfaces to disrupt scent trails
Cucumber peels Place near entry points — ants dislike them
🧲 Step 5: Use Bait — Not Just Spray
Spraying visible ants might feel satisfying, but it won’t solve the problem. Why? Because you’re only killing the foragers, not the colony.

🪤 Instead, try bait traps:

Use borax + sugar mixture (1:3 ratio)

Place it on small pieces of cardboard near entry points
Ants carry it back to the colony, eliminating the source
Caution: Keep homemade baits away from pets and kids.

🚪 Step 6: Seal the Deal (Literally)
Once you’ve sent the ants packing, keep them from coming back by sealing up their entry points.
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