Vinegar and water mixture to spray ants – Illustration: Hunker
Here are some small tips compiled and introduced by WikiHow:
Dish soap: Pour 1 part dish soap and 2 parts water into a bottle, shake well to completely dissolve the solution. When you see ants, spray the mixture on them. The ants will stop moving and suffocate. Use a wet cloth to clean off the ant bodies and keep the spray bottle for later use.
In addition to ants, you can also use dish soap to kill cockroaches.
White vinegar: Vinegar is an excellent cleaning agent in the house, it doesn’t leave any odor when it dries. To kill ants, you can mix vinegar and water in equal amounts into a spray bottle. Spray directly on the ants to kill them, then use a wet towel to clean off and discard.
You can also spray vinegar and water around your windows, entrances… to prevent ants from entering the house.
Lemon juice: If you can’t tolerate the smell of vinegar, you can spray ants with a lemon juice solution. The process is very simple: mix 1 part lemon juice with 3 parts water and spray on ants.
Ants hate the citric acid in lemon juice, so you can spray this solution around the house to deter them from crawling in.