A Natural Way to Get Rid of Ants in Your House
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- If you have ants in your pants, that normally means you can’t sit still and have too much energy. Or it might mean you actually do have ants in your pants, and that’s highly creepy. When ants start an invasion of your home and yard, you gotta be prepared to fight them off. If you aren’t a huge fan of chemical pesticides (they can be harmful to humans) - there are natural ways to get rid of those annoying insects and keep them out for good.
Some pest repellents that you can find right in your kitchen cabinet or garden! Did you know, for example, that сinnamon can work as a double agent here? It makes your house smell like a dream and helps you defer ants at the same time. Another affordable thing ants totally hate is vinegar. You can spray it onto the ants, around the windowsills, doorways, and places that ants love. And, there’ll be no scent left behind after it dries!
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TIMESTAMPS:
Citrus fruits 0:33
Cucumber slices 1:09
Peppermint 1:48
Cinnamon 2:12
Coffee grounds 2:51
Tansy 3:23
Diatomaceous earth 3:45
Chalk 4:19
Baking soda and powdered sugar 4:37
Cornmeal 5:12
Vinegar 5:34
Borax, water and sugar 6:01
Boiling water and dish soap 6:48
Mini moat 7:10
#ants #cleanhome #brightside
SUMMARY:
- You might love the smell of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit, but ants just can’t stand it! Use this knowledge to your advantage.
- Similar to citrus fruits, cucumbers smell like trouble to ants. Apparently, there’s something in their chemical composition that eliminates the fungi that ants love a lot.
- If you have ants in your kitchen and bathroom, you can repel them using peppermint essential oil. Sprinkle cotton balls with a few drops and leave them in areas where the ants hang out.
- If you mix cinnamon oil with water in a spray bottle and sprinkle it on ant trails, windows, doors and cracks, it’ll have an even stronger effect.
- Before you throw away used coffee grounds after you enjoy a hot cup, remember they can, in fact, be of good use to you. Put them right in the cracks, sprinkle them around the flower bed, or even the entire base of your house.
- Tansy flowers might look cute to you but not to the ants! Plant it near your front door, under full or indirect sun and in pretty dry soil, or among other plants you want to protect from ants.
- Food grade diatomaceous earth is a fine silica powder of fossilized algae. It’s perfectly safe for humans, but dangerous for insects.
- No ant shall pass a border made of chalk, since they can’t walk across powdery materials.
- Ants love sugar but can’t stand baking soda. The smell of sugar will attract them, and baking soda will say “hi” to their digestive system, and the results are pretty dramatic for them.
- Cornmeal isn’t the quickest way to ruin an ant colony, but it’s completely harmless to humans and super cheap, so you might want to give it a go.
- Make a thin paste of powdered Borax laundry booster, sugar and water in equal parts. Put a few tablespoons of it on a jar lid and set the bait. This solution attracts all possible kinds of ants with its sugary smell.
- Another ant secret they don’t want you to know is that they just hate hot water. Yes, something as simple as that makes them tremble with fear.
- Most ants just go for the food, but some love plants, both potted and planted ones. To prevent them from building a home in what’s adding aesthetics to your own home, try setting up a moat filled with water, much like people did in ancient times building fortresses.
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Hey there, BrightSiders! Have you ever had an army of ants at your place?
Lol.. yes I had and all of them attacked on my favorite biscuits🙁, my fault I had forgotten to pack it and kept it open. 😅
💡 Thank you Bright side💡, for this video, its Really a helpful one. 😇 I just love all your videos...
I have them till today
Bright side
Lemons and citrus are essential to Ants due to the fact that they use it to repel mites so that would attract them
Btw I keep Ants so I am not making that up
Also I love it vids there so interesting
@@ruhi1390 rip u
me: leaves food for 15 mins
ants: its free real estate
Hey...is it cockroaches?
Hans Angwyn Simin ikr
Wait ur ants eat your food in 15 mins mine eat them in 15 seconds
lol
That just happened to me
Do you know how terrifying it is when those little creatures are just crawling on your body
I never really mean killing the ants, I just try doge them and like pretend don’t see them 😂 But when I do see them I scream 👌🏻
Nah.. I Think Ants Are Cute..
@@hihihi5202 " What's The One Bug U Step On The Most?
Aaron keys hmm I think it’s ants because I don’t really see them, they’re everywhere
@@aaronkeys4470 both
me watching this when there are ants all over my room and all over the house: 👁👄👁
Same🥺
Theres like 30 near the bin :(
Same
Same here 🤬
Even all over my bed🤬
Me watching this while looking at the ants on my shelve
Ants:what's that sound I hear?
*Boss music starts playing in the background*
David Dias lol😂
...
I’m so tired of ants 🐜
@@daniava2025 " Have u ever Step on A ant ?
TIMESTAMPS:
Citrus fruits 0:33
Cucumber slices 1:09
Peppermint 1:48
Cinnamon 2:12
Coffee grounds 2:51
Tansy 3:23
Diatomaceous earth 3:45
Chalk 4:19
Baking soda and powdered sugar 4:37
Cornmeal 5:12
Vinegar 5:34
Borax, water and sugar 6:01
Boiling water and dish soap 6:48
Mini moat 7:10
Thank you! Hope these work!!
Hi
You should pin this na
BRIGHT SIDE there in my bathroom help
They are in a freaking rubber of a refrigerator
The worst is when you think you feel them crawling all over you 😭 and it ends up being my hair most the time 😂 especially after dealing with them and seeing them scatter like they do as you try to get them all 😩
Same i get scared and paranoid when I feel my shirt itching 😂
@@MTKSlayer right? It's the worst! I'm still dealing with my problem 😩😩
@@nathaliatally6952 luckily my parents killed all the ants and there are no more in our house
That means you have mymcrephobia
Uuugghhh SAME
“ants can’t swim”
dude, they can make their own raft made of ants or crawl in the water
only fire ants not all
ah, now you tell me
@@AzulDevin6880 to bad they’ve invaded every continent in the world except for the polls ofc tho lol
This is true. I'm dealing with Argentinian ants (lots of them) and some went into the electric kettle and formed ant rafts to survive.
@@Catbooks
I think a drop or two of dish soap would break the surface tension and make them sink.
I have a spray bottle with peppermint oil, orange oil, eucalyptus oil, and warm water and it works almost instantly.
Do you spray it a certain way or just freely over everything?
Oooooh I have to try that! Thanks 🙏
Thanks for your suggestion!
Works instantly means it produces a great smell right away, but what about ants.
@@bigtimepimpin666 it kills them. Duh
*leaves food somewhere*
Rat: *HI SISTERS*
?
Cockroaches: *who has summoned us*
Flies: *_fly noises_*
And then, you accidently time traveled to the 1300's and then got infected with a plauge.
💀
flamingo
You can prevent tiny ants from climbing up tables, chairs, beds, etc. by rubbing a generous amount of everyday, non-toxic, blackboard chalk around the end of the furniture’s legs. From where the legs meet the floor all the way around, at least 3 inches up, thick coat of chalk. These little ants can’t climb up chalked surfaces, as they lose their grip and fall; which is kind of remarkable when you consider that ants, especially the tiny ones, can pretty much climb up anything
🩹🐜⁉️
Not being funny. But do you just get chalk and grind it up? These little creatures are hanging out out around our bed. A couple have even crawled in the bed. We out down Borax across door thresholds which is something I saw my Grandmother do. I'm at the point I'll try many of the recommendations here.
@@pathfinderstravelmagazine2903 You take a piece of chalk and rub/scribble a thick coat of it just like I instructed in my comment.
Do you know if that would work with liquid chalk dried on a surface.
Ants literally climb up on my door, I see them on my door😭
As soon as I placed orange peel down, they didn't know right from left. Have just laid a jar lid of sugar and baking soda in their trail away from the peel and they're quickly attracting to this. So will wait and see
Yes, I was getting HUNDREDS of ants invading my kitchen. The instant solution that made them freeze in their tracks and DIE INSTANTLY was white vinegar (really cheap) in a re-used hand pump bottle that was previously used for spray bleach. I couldn't believe how fast this worked. I found it also works very well on flies, gnats and other bugs. And the best part is that its completely non-toxic, so its completely safe to use around food preparation areas. So, after the little buggers DIE, you just use a brush and dust pan to sweep them up and dump them into the toilet for the final "magic flume ride".
Can I use apple cider to?
Wow
@@rachelyoung7261 can you use your brain 🤪
Killed my kitchen ants but more just kept coming.
@@patcummings6950 Find the place where they're coming into your kitchen and hose it down with a white vinegar spray. They will back off. In my kitchen it was a tiny seam in the sliding surfaces of the aluminum storm windows.
That's funny about cucumbers. I found 4 or 5 ants eating on a cucumber I had on the counter this week.🤷♂️
PLZZZ 😭😭
SAME AAAAGH
Me too thinkin it would work
Exactly. Not all these methods work. I used boric acid and they climb over it no problem. So when he says ants can’t crawl over powdery substances… not
WE LOVE CUCUMBER 🐜🥒🐜🥒🐜🥒🐜🥒🐜🥒🐜
Thank you for the suggestions. I use the half and half vinegar and water trick too, but I add peppermint essential oil to it. The ants hate it, and my kitchen smells nice! To get rid of ant hills, get hand dishwashing liquid and add it to hot water. Pour it directly onto the anthill. This mixture absorbs into their exoskeletons, and dries them up on the inside. You will need to do this several times It actually works on any insects.
I have cleaned everything with vinegar, lemon juice,put out cinnamon,raid,boric acid nothing is working I'm about to just set house on fire at this point 😖
cat in the hat plant mint around your house
You still have to clean the house bud
Omg really laughed.....me.too
Lights house on fire: Ants evolve into fire ants.
What kind of ants do you have?
Me: *Watching this video to get rid of ants in my house*
Ants: We're in the endgame now
I’ve used many of these great ways to get rid of all kinds of insects in any house I’ve been in. All are highly effective. Love your program.
Teacher: Okay today we will be learning about ants
Me: LEMONS
Everyone: What?
Me: Nothing
When he says ant trails it sounds like entrails! I love the way he dislikes ants as much as I do!
There is ants in my room and they were crawling on me when I was sleeping and I'm done 😭
Same
@@darrrrelllll hopefully you can get them to go away
Cheyanne M did u get them away?
@SAD GAMER yes
@SAD GAMER YESSS
Yall need to update this video cuz my ants v2.19 are now immune to this things
lol
🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Please make one for roaches as well! Thanks.
Agreed
Borax (boric acid) powder mix well with raw eggyolk. Make small balls. Put them in the room corners.
I got a lizard and some cockroaches in MY trap. It worked.
Please see my lemon cure for ants. Cockroaches also have an exoskeleton so the same thing lemon trick might work on roaches over time.
Lol
I simply vacuum the ants on max power, they die instantly
I did that and it comes back after 2 days 😭
My nana's house always had this faint spice smell in it. Outside she'd put the orange peels left over from our lunches and the coffee grounds from her morning cup. I don't ever remember there being ants except way back near the fence of the yard.
Me: *_grabs a hammer_*
Mom: what are you doing? 🤔
Me: smashing the like button!
Lol XD
Tom not funny didn’t laugh
☺
@@maxypookiedookie Nobody Ask Of u were Leave him alone
@@lisakim9659 Not Funny Didn't Laugh
I’ve had ants for over 20 years. I now use bay leaves. I put them all over the place in the season. I hey are also good for other little bugs.. I’ve hadn’t any since. I also mixed vinegar, vinegar, and dawn soap. I sprayed them on the any hills outside.
Like dry bay leaves ?
I was visiting a friend. We noticed ants in the kitchen. He (my friend) exclaims, "Oh, they must be out of water." He goes outside and fills up their water dish! Well, they all disappear. So? Sure.
While watching this video, I remembered that how I used to play with these ants when I was just 3-4 years old... And also saved few ants from drowning and saved their life... Lol... I felt so happy doing that... 😅
Me too. I like looking at ants while they work
me too
Yes.I admire their hard work.
It is when you grow up and become mature you learn to be cruel!
The legend, you are really a legend
☺❤👌😍
I left cucumber slices but when I woke up the ants were all trying to eat the cucumber 😂
Lemon and cucumber work really well but the ants will just move to a different spot in the house
Thanks! I’ve recently had an ant infestation and they are still here so I place cinnamon sticks in my room and I have an open bottle of orange essential oils so the sent lingers and it so works 👍 they aren’t showing up as much anymore!
TH-cam
Who wants to get rid of itchy tiny Ants?
Hit like if you want.
Antman: I DIDNT DO ANYTHING!!
I wish they were extinct😈
Me too 😭😭😭😭 cockroach and ants everywhere in my new flat😭😭😭 only 3 weeks I moved to this house now I feel it's enough 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm crying I have tried these all but not working 😭😭😭😭
I been having ant problems at home I'm so happy to try this
I do not recommend cucumber. They really like it. And they will call their friends as well to have a wanderfull feast
Ahhh, that why there are no ants on my dining table. I clean the table with water.
Then when all this fruit is all over the house,
In come the fruit flies!!
Wanda Burgess " How many ants have U Step On in your lifetime?
@@aaronkeys4470 Not many LOL
Probably more than 20? But I’ve killed probably more than 100 ants in these 2 days -.- (near the sink)
So true lol
Thanks you so much for the amazing simple tips
YOU APPEARED RIGHT WHEN I NEEDED THAT.. THUMBS UP GUYS!
cook eggs shell until black like charcoal and then mashed to powder. works like a charm
As an ant keeper, the cucumber one is totally useless
So everything else is legitimate?
@@sorafowler4497 I wasn't talking about anything else I was just saying the cucumber one
Yes , cucumber is total useless. I found them under cucumber hiding from me 🤣
Thanks friend for this vid cause I moved away and really wanted to get rid of these pests so thank you a lot glad I subscribed
very complete and detail. Thanks.
On watching this video I want to add the concoction that I made,take a glass jar fill with either lemon ,or orange peels and add vinegar. Let it sit for a week strain it and put in spray bottle
I'm in love with this guy's voice :D :D And the humor within these helpful videos is fabulous. I love it.
Ms.Cody000 " How many Ants have U Step On in Your lifetime?
I will be trying some some of these !!
Thank you!
Useful AND educational….Thanks
Liquid hand soap & water , mixed in a spray bottle works too . Thanks for all the great ideas .
Any white substance will work, corn starch, baby powder, flour etc. Just leave a trace amount where they're coming in but in fact they won't cross the white substance. It's what we've always used.
thanks for this info. Very helpful.
I will definitely try out these ideas... thank you
Enjoyed watching this, thank you.
I needed this in this summer time
“Who doesn’t like peanut butter!?”
Me: me.
Yeah it’s so overrated.
People who are allergic to peanuts have good reason to not like it.
I'm allergic to peanuts, but I don't hate it
But hey, not everyone hates peanut butter! I like peanut butter!
😘😊☺🤗
after seeing that chalk works on ants, I was like I have Chalk I need to put it around my door!!!!
SPRAY SOME RAID ON THE FLOOR.
Thank you so much!! I am looking forward to getting rid of these ants!!
Citros roots
Lemon juice (pure)
Cucumber slices
Peppermint
Mint scented soap
Cinamon
Coffee grounds
Tansy flowers
Diatomacious earth
Chalk
Baking soda and sugar
Cornmeal
Vinegar
Borax, water and sugar
Boiling water and dish soap
Mini moat
Very well explained. Thank you. Hope it works.
Does this stuff actually work? Srsly I wanna know, I want this t ok be true but I'm super sceptical.
Amazing and very helpful video! 😁
ash has tracked you down, perma.
Oh wait this is really helpful IM SUBBED!!!
Bright side: this video
Me : time to make a obstacles course
Ants: dasi run run run
Ants are not the enemy, they are harmless insects just looking for food. Make sure you keep your surfaces clean and wipe everything down with white vinegar, it works like a charm.
Yeah But Some Of Them Could Disturb Our Children And Make Our Lives Uncomfortable
Found it really helpful
Thanks for information
Best channel
Love this....
Thanks
Vaishnavi kumari glad u liked it!
Vaishnavi kumari glad u liked it!
Vaishnavi kumari glad u liked it!
The peppermint oil is also a repellant for mice and rats, for some reason the smell is horrible to them
Thank you for this information!!
*Next video: "What happens if ants disappear"*
Thank you! I needed this in my life
Will you do a video on keeping away wasps? I'm absolutely terrified of those things
Living rural, we hung a plain smallish paper bad by the front door. The wasps believe
it’s a hornets nest and steer clear.
Thank you! I totally forgot about peppermint oil an water! Yes it works
I love this person's whimsy 😍😍😂😂
Can you make a video on how to fully get rid of ant hills?
yes
Alaska the Akita grits
They work for it for days u want it to go
Me: grabs chalk starts drawing on floor
My grandma: 0.0
Thanks For Your Informative Videos.
Please make video about Amazon forest fire...& living thing situation there
This is magic for treating ant problems Thank you for all great great videos. 👍
Awesome natural non toxic solutions👍👍
I will definitely try some of those tips to get rid of ants and will check what will happen.
This is sooo helpful...thank you bright side ...👍👍😊
me watching this on the floor staring at the gatorade i spilt last nigth with all the ants on it
I woke up this morning and the kitchen sink was filled with them so I turned on hot water to drown and burn them
Evil gears moving now thanks to these suggestions. I got some that just keeps getting closer to my home after I poison them. Now I can corner them and destroy them all before they get in the household.
Ants can even enter my unopened raw noodles - such demons they are
the ants bombarding my house are practically immune to everything now ... insecticide, bleach etc etc
Same goes in my house
Same they are unstoppable.
The queen tells them what to bring back..
Same they have defences now
@@alishasingh102 i
Careful-lemon will ruin your marble or granite countertops!
I used the lemon spray one, but they kept on coming.
So I just located where they're coming from, and I placed some wet cement there. It eventually froze rock solid and and I killed the other ants the were loose in the house.
I tried putting my dogs dishes in bowl of water to stop ants but the sneaky little guys actually made themselves into an ant bridge to get to it!
Hi, try to put salt instead of water they won’t get into
I have been using the citrus to get rid of ants and it works wonder. I just forgot where I learned to do the trick so my friends/family laughs at me. Thank you for making this video 😅😅.. I can finally share this to them.
What exactly are you jsinh3
Using pls help have them in random places in my hojse
I’m pretty sure I’m more scared of the ants then they are scared of me ;-;
Can baking powder be also used? If i dont have any baking soda?
Won't the baking soda and powder sugar mix work the same as the borax mix?
There's a scorpion in my house, apparently there shy so I haven't gotten stung
OMGOSH are u serious?!
That is absolutely terrifying
Oh my goodness that is absolutely
crezy
Descendants Fan me too
Well ain't that wacky?
I’ve been stung by one right on the stomach ...it was hidden n my shirt that I was putting on in the morning
Great video. Could you possibly do a video of how to keep critters like squirrels and skunks out of the backyard?
Yeh every year when start to look a bit sunny they come out from no where without any welcoming
This is great knowledge for me.. Thanks you bright side
I’m pretty sure the dislikes are from ants owners
Ants 🐜 are one of the cleanest insects there are put some sugar down and feed them and then watch them they are soooo interesting they also love bits of cooked meat such as ham I love 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜
Carolyn Aitken ants are cool and clean, I agree 🐜👍🏼😃
No they are not, they carry bacteria.
Yeah I think I've tried all of there remedies and here I am once again searching for the solution ugh!
Thanks Bright side for a very knowledgeable video
Problem with fruit peelings is it draws fruit flies.
I really needed this my mom and dad been telling me to not eat or get food in my room and I still did now I have ants 😭 thank you
Bro same i can't sleep so much 🐜😭
Same! One time I was eating in my mom room the. My mom said *dont eat in your your there’s gonna be ants and cockroaches* But I cept eating in my room until I found ants on the corner of my room and on my bed