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on your blog. (Click here to download this before the next feeding.
blog in Word format.) • Seal any cracks and crevices on the
What you can do to keep outside of the home with silicone caulk,
ants OUTSIDE! paying special attention to areas where
Ant prevention isn’t too different from utility pipes enter.
general insect prevention: the overall • Rake back mulch, pine straw or other
goal is to keep them on the OUTSIDE and landscape bedding at least 6 inches from
prevent them from entering your home. If the structure to create a “dry zone” that
you take the following steps, ants should ants are likely to avoid.
not be a major problem:
• If you have fruit trees nearby, remove
• Eliminate water sources, one of the ripe fruit from the trees and off the ground
ant’s life requirements. That means around them.
repairing leaking faucets, water heaters • Store outdoor trash cans and
and other water sources inside the home.
dumpsters as far away from your home as
• Eliminate food sources, including any possible and be sure they have tight-fitting
sweet spills in the kitchen. Most tiny ants lids.
that enter your home are looking for
sweets, whether it’s a spilled Coke that • Thoroughly wash out trash cans and
hasn’t been thoroughly cleaned up or an dumpsters with an ammonia solution when
open bowl of fruit. needed.
• The best way to prevent ants – call
• Pet bowls can attract ants, so keep (your pest control company).
them clean! Fido’s bowl may LOOK clean
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