There are certain steps that one can take in order to practice good prevention that will help exterminate any carpenter and problem that you might find. Read on to find more.
When trying to control a carpenter ant situation,
it is nearly impossible to use prevention techniques. This is because there are way too many different causes that can produce a potential carpenter ant problem. But, there are certain steps that one can take in order to practice good prevention that will help exterminate any carpenter and problem that you might find. These steps would include:
1. Remove all sweet food sources left out in the open. Carter and sloth sweets. They are also quite fond of chewing on the protein that can be found in any type of fat or meat left lying around in the open. Always use sealed containers to store unused food items making sure to follow proper refrigeration techniques as well.
2. Get yourself as well as your children or grandchildren in the habit of tossing candy wrappers in a garbage bin and not left lying around on an end table, coffee-table or worse yet, tossed behind a piece of furniture or in the corner on the floor.
3. Do not leave any used glasses, cups, bowls or plates sitting on the kitchen table overnight. These act like homing beacons to copper and it's tracking them easily. Again, discipline yourself to immediately remove these receptacles and wash them thoroughly so there is no leftover food crumbs for these ants to feed upon.
4. Additionally, get in the habit of removing your kitchen garbage bag to the outside garbage container as another means for fighting off Carpenter ants.
5. Whenever washing your kitchen appliances and counter areas make sure to use a combination of water and bleach. This not only helps reduce any leftover residue but will also take away the homing beacon smell that attracts carpenter ants easily.
6. Endeavored always keep their homes floors swept clean as well as wipe down with a bleach water solution.
7. Tree branches touching the house are great source for Carpenter ants to travel. Keep these trimmed away from your roofing, siding, trying or gutter work.
8. Make sure that all wiring conduits and pipes that flow from outside the house in or thoroughly sealed preventing insects from gaining entry.
9. Make sure to repair any foundation cracks since insects, especially Carpenter ants, will find these quickly and use them to enter your home.
10. Consider a periodic pest-control spraining around the foundations of the house as well as the windows and doors where these proper answer more than likely to try to enter.
Following these tips will help reduce your Carpenter ant infestation problems.
