How to Get Rid of Sugar Ants

So if you want to know how to get rid of sugar ants naturally in your house permanently, then you have come to the right place.

I will give you ten sugar ant removal ideas that are easy to implement and can be arranged at home using some mixture. 

But know where these sugar ants are coming from so you can repel them from your house. Never let them infiltrate your house or kitchen ever.

I mean, you have to destroy their nest and take proper measures.

How to Find Sugar Ants Nest

Your first task is to know how to find sugar ants nest.

Most sugar ants come from outside your house, yard, basement, garage, or place where insects live.

These ants have four times more odor receptors built into them than other small insects. So they can smell food from miles away.

They only need one ant to find the food and the rest will follow. That is why you have seen one single ant roaming your house.

She is searching for food. Do not let it do its job, kill or remove the ants from your house, at once.

Also, read: How to get rid of bees in the house

How to Get Rid of Sugar Ants Naturally in Kitchen

Before you apply those ideas on how to get rid of sugar ants naturally, let me tell you how sugar ants form an unbreakable line that other ants in the colony can follow and deliver food to their nest.

These sugar ants come through cracks, windows, vents, and other openings in your home and basement.

• They leave a liquid trail from their body when they find food. The other sugar ants in the colony follow that trail or road and reach their destination. 

That is why you have seen that sugar ants only follow a single line when they go.

But if you remove their line, they will from it again after a few minutes by relocating the road or trail.

The only way to make those ants leave is by destroying their road and removing their colony using the ideas below.

1. Use Lemon Juice

Use lemon juice in their road to permanently remove the liquid trail that those food finder ants leave.

The acid in the lemon juice will eliminate the ant trail.

They will get confused about the road, sense danger, and will go back to their ant colony.

Fill a spray bottle with water and the juice of 2 to 3 fresh lemons and spray it directly on them and the entry points where they are coming from.

Then wipe the lemon juice area clean with a fresh cloth. Those sugar ants will not come back.

2. Use Vinegar Solution and Remove the Trails

Similar to lemon juice, you can also use Vinegar here.

Mix two tablespoons of vinegar with water and spray it on them. It has acetic acid, which removes the scent of the trail from the path.

Vinegar is too strong, which is why some sugar ants will die. Clean them off with a fresh towel and spray them on their entry point.

Keep these mixtures in your house for a few days if you have to use them again. These two ideas are the best homemade solution on how to get rid of sugar ants in the kitchen.

3. Hang Some Garlic on Your Door

Garlic that you use in cooking is helpful in removing sugar ants.

Peel it off and hang it on your door or anywhere those ants are coming.

Garlic has a powerful odor that is also not liked by humans. 

This odor confuses ants and throws off their scent trail, leaving them nowhere to go but rather return to their home.

The problem is you have to change it after a few days as the garlic will get dry.

4. Lay Coffee Around Your House

Do you drink coffee every morning? If yes, lay that coffee on your ground and spread it.

Sugar ants hate those coffee smells that smell like acid, and it burns them.

Spread some coffee in the area where those sugar ants are coming from and see the result yourself. 

5. Lay out Whole Cloves 

Similarly to coffee, you can also use Whole Cloves, which is also available in most homes. These whole cloves are natural insect removal things.

Spread a few cloves where you may have seen some sugar ant trails, like in a basement, yard, crack, window, or another entry point. 

6. Set Up a Homemade Ant Trap

It is one of my favorite ideas on how to get rid of sugar ants.

Build a homemade trap using some jelly or glue-like thing that can catch them and put some sugar on it.

The sugar will attract them, and the jelly will never let them leave. Then when all the ants are dead, throw the plate into your trash. 

7. Use Diatomaceous Earth to Kill Them

Diatomaceous earth is a fine white powder that is available online.

This power is non-toxic for humans and pets but a killer of insects.

It disturbs their digestive system if they eat it with the food, thus killing it. Spread the power around their trail and nest, and they will die happily.  

8. Buy a Roach Killer Product

In every grocery shop, they sell cockroach killers. Get one of those and draw the line in your house where they mostly hang out.

Similar to Diatomaceous earth, they will eat it and die. 

A popular name is Lakshman Rekha, mostly used in China and India to kill those ants. Get a similar ant killer product and use it.

9. Use a Mixture of Boric Acid with Bread or Honey

In the homemade ant trap section, you have other options, as we call them ant bait.

You can use boric acid with honey or borax with sugar and let them eat it.

The honey and the sugar will attract them the boric acid and borax will kill them. 

But remember, you should not digest any of these harmful chemicals. These are not good for humans. Be careful. 

10. Destroy Their Nest Using Kerosene Oil

The last homemade option on how to get rid of sugar ants in the house is to spill some Kerosene oil in their nest.

Kerosene has a huge odor. Even humans do not want to come close to it.

I would not recommend not burning them with the oil but repelling them away using it.

How Do You Get Rid of Sugar Ants Permanently

There are a few practical ways that you can use, and never let them come to your house and make a mess.

• Clean all the candy, jam, case, fruit, soft drinks, and other sweet food from the floor.
• Look for damp areas like the bathroom, garbage disposal, and kitchen sink, and clean them on a regular basis.
• Sweep your kitchen floor and table after meals.
• Take the trash out daily without any delay.
• Seal all the holes in your house, garage, basement, and kitchen.
• Plant some herbs in your kitchen with a strong odor to repel those sugar ants, like peppermint, sage, and tansy.
• Use Pesticides on the exterior to prevent sugar ants from invading your home.
• Use a natural ant repellent like a roach killer around your house to stop ants from coming to your home.

Follow them and you will never ask anyone how do you get rid of sugar ants. You will become a master of it.

What is the Quickest Way to Kill Ants?

I suggest you first break their line, spray lemon juice on the trails, and then use Diatomaceous earth to kill their nest after you have located it.

And also seal all the entrances and clean your house on a regular basis.

You can get this ant killer powder online. Spray it in the nest, and they will die happily.

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Last Words

So these are the top ten ideas on how to get rid of sugar ants in your house permanently.

Creating those traps is a bit difficult, but the lemon juice spray and vinegar spar are quick and easy. Try those first, and then move forward.

And remember to destroy the nest after you have repelled them. I wish you the best of luck. 

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