How to get rid of sugar ants?

Cathy Griffin
by Cathy Griffin
  10 answers
  • Hugboat Hugboat on Aug 19, 2017

    Inside the house, remove all plants and use a bug bomb. Outside, just spray them with ant and roach killer.

  • Landsharkinnc Landsharkinnc on Aug 19, 2017

    find where they are getting in; treat that area with a granular product - Spectra, Bayer, Ortho etc. In the house keep ALL counters spotlessly clean and spray with white vinegar -- repeat until gone -- wont' kill them, but they don't like the odor

  • Janet Panos Janet Panos on Aug 19, 2017

    Hi Cathy! You can bait these pests using a homemade mixture and they will eventually disappear! Check out this link!


    http://www.creeklinehouse.com/2013/05/the-very-best-homemade-ant-killer.html?utm_source=hometalk


  • Diana Brewer Diana Brewer on Aug 19, 2017

    Mix half and half boric acid (borax) with sugar.Put it in a jar lid,set it wherever the ants are coming in.They carry it back to the nest and kill the whole colony.

    Hope that helps 😊

  • Pam Pam on Aug 19, 2017

    Ant need a bait system. Something they will take back to the nest. Terro works great on sweet ants.

  • Eddy Radar Eddy Radar on Aug 19, 2017

    Mix boric acid powder with sugar. Also, look into something called "chinese chalk".

  • Susan K Mullins Susan K Mullins on Aug 19, 2017

    call an exterminator...I tried every home remedy known, nothing worked until I called for help.

  • Minnie farina Minnie farina on Aug 19, 2017

    After 8 yrs finally found what worked for me. I Sprayed ammonia around the areas. After two weeks never saw them again.. I think the fumes got to them.

  • Lam28051370 Lam28051370 on Aug 19, 2017

    I used the liquid ant killer this Spring to no avail. I ran across this on the internet and it works! Equal parts of baking soda and powdered sugar. Mix well and put out in jar lids wherever you see ants.. I still have it out, but I have not seen an ant in the house since a week after I put it out. (It's been at least 2 months.)