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2. Here's How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Home and Yard for Good

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   It’s tempting to spray ants with insecticide, but it doesn’t really accomplish anything. “We call it revenge spraying. It feels good, but it’s not going to stop your problem,” says Suiter.

3. How To Get Rid Of Ants In Your House Once And For All - AOL

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   · Remove thick mulch up against your home, and trim tree limbs and shrubs so they don’t touch your house and provide easy access for foraging ants, says Benson. · Seal obvious gaps around the ...

4. Are the ants marching into your Kansas City home? Here ... - AOL

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   Keep your home clean from crumbs and spills, so there’s less food to attract ants. Spray the perimeter of your house with insecticide to deter ants from entering in the first place.

5. Pyrethroid - Wikipedia

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   Their work consisted firstly of identifying the most active components of pyrethrum, extracted from East African chrysanthemum flowers and long known to have insecticidal properties. Pyrethrum rapidly knocks down flying insects but has negligible persistence — which is good for the environment but gives poor efficacy when applied in the field.

6. White oil - Wikipedia

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   White oil is an insecticide spray used for controlling a wide range of insect pests in the garden. The spray works by blocking the breathing pores of insects, causing suffocation and death. It is effective in the control of aphids, scale, mealybug, mites, citrus leafminer and other smooth skinned caterpillars. [1] "

7. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...