Description
Lasius Flavus ants are small yellow insects. The length of the female reaches 6 mm. Males grow no more than 3 mm. Several dozen queens live in one colony, each giving birth to numerous offspring. Therefore, pests multiply quickly enough.
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You can find pests in any part of the apartment. They build nests in the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom.
Arthropods enter the house in several ways:
- through ventilation;
- through open windows and vents;
- on street clothes and shoes;
- through the cracks in the walls and window sills.
The life span of an ant depends on its species, living conditions. The yellow earth ant (lazius flavus) does not live long: queens die in six months, foragers in two months. But he quickly multiplies and takes up more and more space in the apartment.
Do not expect good from cockroach relatives
Unfortunately, the impressive termites do not fully satisfy their occupants. Since termites prefer cellulose as food, not only the desert, but also human outbuildings and wooden houses can become their habitat. This is the reason for their appearance, because they are forced to constantly seek food for themselves.
Residents of Asia, especially China, South America, Australia, suffer the most from pest termites. The damage caused by these creatures is estimated at billions of US dollars annually. The walls of wooden houses can fold like cards if you give free rein to termites, not to mention spoiled furniture and outbuildings.
White ants in an apartment can appear if there are wooden floors in the house. If we are talking about southern latitudes, even a concrete foundation will not protect from the invasion of termites, which will find a way to enter the house, even if this requires at least paving a path through the water pipes.
How to get rid of a yellow ant in an apartment and house
Fighting yellow ants
It is better not to use poisonous substances indoors. They can poison humans and pets. Therefore, from yellow ants, it is preferable to use bait based on boric acid:
- Two tablespoons of fresh minced meat are mixed with a teaspoon of acid.
- Two teaspoons of honey or thick jam are combined with three teaspoons of sugar and half a spoonful of boric acid.
- One teaspoon of yeast is mixed with 0.5 cup of sugar syrup and 0.5 teaspoon of acid.
Poisonous bait can also be prepared with borax. To do this, mix powder, glycerin and water in a ratio of 1: 4: 2. Add sugar or honey to the mixture and heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the product becomes homogeneous.
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Garlic or pieces of scorched bacon are laid out on ant paths. The scent of these foods will make the invaders flee.
The baits are laid out in the apartment where places where yellow ants have been found.
If you cannot do without chemistry, then it is better to use traps with poisonous bait (Raptor, Raid, Kombat). They are placed in the following places:
- under the bathroom;
- behind the battery;
- under cabinets and sofas.
The chemical acts on worker ants, larvae and queens.
Where do yellow insects come from?
Experienced housewives know how difficult it is to remove small pests from an apartment. Therefore, they do their best to protect their homes from the invasion of ants. There are several effective ways to do this.
But in order not to be tormented by the question of how to get rid of yellow insects (ants), you need to know where they come from, which will help to defend yourself more effectively from uninvited guests.
These pests came to Russia from India. That is, warm countries are their natural habitat. Thus, the ants will try to look for a pleasant atmosphere for themselves. With the arrival of cold weather, yellow ants try to move to warmer territory. As a result, they often end up in residential buildings. If, in addition to everything, they find food in the room, then all the conditions will be there for creating a large colony.
Very often insects settle on the first floors of apartment buildings.
Most often, yellow ants appear on the first floors of high-rise buildings. But this does not mean that the rest of the apartments are protected from their invasion. If insects find a favorable territory for themselves where they can create a large colony, then in the future they will begin to look for new places for the life of their offspring.
Yellow ants can appear even on the top floor of a multi-storey building. They move quickly enough, so it will not be difficult for them to move through ventilation to any apartment.
There are also cases when ants are carried from the street on shoes or on animal hair. It should be borne in mind that even one ant is enough for a whole family to appear after a short period of time, and then a huge colony. Therefore, when the first signs of the presence of small parasites appear, you need to immediately start taking action. If you start killing ants in a timely manner, you can get them out quickly and save your food supplies. Learn more about the parasites in this video:
The yellow insects are most attracted to sweets. In addition, they do not mind eating the crumbs that remain on the table after dinner. The ants don't care where the food will be. They will get to her on the floor, on the table, and in closed boxes. As long as there is enough food in the apartment, the yellow ants will not leave. If unfavorable conditions are not created for them, then all actions to destroy the colony can be considered senseless and ineffective.
How to get rid of a yellow ant in a summer cottage
In the warm season, the pest can be found in the country. If you do not take action, then soon he will settle in a house or greenhouse.
Yellow ants in the country and in the garden
The following insecticides will help get rid of ants at their summer cottage:
- Muratsid. The active ingredient of the drug is diazinon. Dissolve four drops of the drug in a liter of water. The fresh solution is poured onto the anthill.
- Ant-eater. It can be used in granules and in solution. In dry form, the product is scattered on ant paths. The solution is poured into the nest.
- Throw. An effective Polish preparation based on chlorpyrifos. A solution is prepared from the drug (100 grams per 10 liters) and watered with it on the anthill and places of accumulation of insects.
Folk recipes are also used to help scare away insects. It is worth planting onions and garlic among the plants, and sowing mint seeds under the windows of the house. The sensitive receptors of the pest react strongly to the pungent aroma of these plants.
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Wormwood can be planted around the site. Yellow ants don't like her smell either.
It is worth scattering crushed ash among the plants. It is safe for soil and plantings, and ants prefer to bypass it. The same substance is scattered around the perimeter of the house.
Termites in nature
All continents of our planet, except for Antarctica, can boast of the fact that certain types of termites live on their expanses.The warmer the climate, the more freely the termites live.
Africa holds the record for the number of varieties of these insects. Termite mounds of many meters have become an attraction and a visiting card of these hot places.
White ants build their own kind of high-rise buildings for living, using soil, their own saliva and their own excrement as a building material.
Such termite mounds owe their enormous size to the tireless work of working individuals.
How to get rid of a yellow ant in the garden and in the garden
In the open field, use the DR Klaus insecticide. The bottle has an ejector to which a watering hose is connected. The chemical is sprayed over the beds and destroys all pests, including yellow ants.
If you do not want to use toxic substances, then you can use the experience of our grandmothers who fought insects with simple and safe means:
- Sawdust soaked in anise oil will drive crawling insects away from plants.
- Trees and plants are treated with a solution of 30 ml of flax oil, 5 grams of soda and one liter of water.
- Wormwood, tansy, and mint leaves should be put on the beds.
- You can protect the tree trunks in your garden by tying garlic arrows around them.
Yellow ants in the garden and garden area will disappear if the soil is fertilized and dug up before planting the plants.
Preventive actions
To prevent insects such as ants from appearing in the apartment, it is enough to adhere to simple rules. For example:
- After eating, do not leave behind food residues, no matter how significant they are.
- After eating, you must wash the dishes immediately.
- Remove trash regularly.
- Wipe up the sweet liquid if it accidentally spills.
- Make sure that the waste bin is always closed.
- Fill up any gaps in the floor or in the area of the baseboards.
The appearance of ants in an apartment always puzzles the owners. Neighborhood with these insects, in addition to discomfort and risks of contracting some kind of infectious disease, does not bring anything good. Therefore, the first task is to get rid of this unpleasant neighborhood. To solve this problem, people have come up with many effective and safe ways. Along with them, there are more effective, but dangerous to human health, means that it is desirable to use in extreme cases, when simple and affordable formulations do not cope with this task.
Prophylaxis
The flavus ant likes to settle where there is enough food and water. Therefore, the best prevention is timely cleaning of the house. It is necessary to hide all food, wipe crumbs off the table, vacuum and mop the floors. In summer cottages, you need to loosen the soil and water the plants thoroughly.
A pair of yellow ants in the house will not make a problem, but they can bring a queen with them, which will give birth to numerous offspring. Therefore, it is important to start pest control in time by all available methods.
Why is it hard to get ants out?
It is true that getting rid of coma is quite difficult. Here are some reasons why:
- Ants are very tenacious individuals and are able to get used to some types of poison.
- In a short time, they are restored in quantity;
- Sensing danger, the ants will quickly move to a new place.
- We notice only about 10% of working coma, finding food for the whole family, the rest in a safe place.
You can get rid of annoying yellow ants, but you need to systematically carry out the necessary procedures.
