Don’t run to the store just yet. Grab some cornmeal from your pantry. Ants eat it, but they can’t digest it—it swells up in their bellies and does them in. It’s like feeding them tiny, sad little beanbags.
Sprinkle it generously around ant hills and along their trails. It’s not instant, but give it a week. You’ll see the hustle bustle slow down like a traffic jam that finally clears.
Vinegar: Your Friendly Neighborhood Weapon
Mix equal parts white vinegar and water in a spray bottle. It smells like a salad dressing explosion, but ants hate it. They use scent trails to navigate, and vinegar wipes those trails clean.
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Spray it directly on ant mounds and along baseboards if they’re sneaking indoors. You’ll basically be giving them a “you are here” map that says “wrong way, pal.”