Ants On Your Carpet

These can come to your house with exposed soil.

Ants on your carpet.

Make sure there is no accidental stash anywhere. I ve had carpet ants but they werent of the carpenter ant variety they were very very tiny and red about the size of a pencil tip. For a long term solution find out why the ants are coming in from outdoors and hitting your carpet. The smell of the vinegar will confuse and deter the ants.

Joined aug 19 2000 messages 2 049 location omaha ne real name. Finally make sure to seal entrances like doors and windows and cut back brushes or trees that carpenter ants could nest in. They nest under carpets and in wall cracks. Do this in the evening so that you can leave the boric acid powder in overnight.

You should also keep your kitchen as clean as possible since carpenter ants are attracted to crumbs and food spills. Crush any larger particulates so it settles into your carpet. Odorous house ants color ranges from dark brown to black. Is there food left out anywhere.

Still this problem needs to be resolved fast because having ants can quickly become a serious problem. Their size can be between 1 16 to 1 8 inches. Get raid antspray it lasts up to 4 weeks with one spraying and that should do the trick. Ants will only go where there are resources.

Clean and vacuum th. One of the best ways to get rid of ants under your carpet is to sprinkle boric acid powder all over your carpet.