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5 Best Home Remedies to Get Rid of Ants

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 11, 2022 17:10 IST

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Every household faces an ants problem during summer days, but no one actually knows how to end it. Here are a bunch of home remedies that will help you to get rid of ants.
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The ants run away when they see flour, flour is easily available in every house. Sprinkle flour on the house where you see the ants. It will defiantly work.
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Ants do not like the smell of cinnamon. Mix a quarter of cinnamon oil in a cup of water and soak a little cotton in that water, clean the area where the ants are in the house. Sprinkle its powder on the spot.
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Vinegar can be used to remove ants. For this, mix equal quantities of water and vinegar and keep it in the corner of the kitchen where the ants come. Ants do not like the smell of vinegar, so they run away from it.
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You can use peppermint oil to get rid of ants. Put a few drops of peppermint oil on a cotton ball and place it where the ants come from. In addition, you can spray peppermint oil mixed with water on the ants' path.
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If you eat oranges, and lemons, don't peel them. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. And apply in the area where ants come.
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