After a party, ants often swarm the veranda, balcony, or courtyard due to spilled and leftover beverage droplets on the floor. Here’s how to handle the situation when you find yourself in such a predicament.
Ants are sensitive to strong odors; they generally avoid approaching mint, vinegar, paprika, or coffee. To effectively keep them away, you can use coffee grounds. With its aroma, coffee grounds can become a powerful deterrent for these little creatures.
Simply place the coffee grounds outside on the balcony, veranda, or courtyard. This simple trick will disturb the pheromone trails that ants typically leave behind.
To increase the effectiveness of this remedy, you can add a few drops of lemon juice to the coffee grounds or mix it with a bit of cinnamon. Indeed, these combinations are particularly undesirable for ants.
However, if the invasion occurs inside the house, vinegar is the best alternative. In this case, just spray it on the corners of doors and windows. However, the first practice to combat ants is to keep the house clean and not leave food residues lying around.
