Everyone knows millet from kindergarten, yellow milk porridge is healthy and satisfying. But this is not all the advantages of cereals, it turns out with its help you can get rid of ants in a summer cottage. In this article you will learn how to do this, the advantages and disadvantages of the method.

Why ants are afraid of millet

The fear of millet in ants is not confirmed by special studies. The fact is noticed by rural workers, and is passed down from generation to generation along with recipes for making bait.

Did you know? The hearing organs of the ants are located on their knees, they pick up the slightest fluctuations in the surface of the earth.

Determining what exactly insects are afraid of is problematic, but there are several suggestions:

1. Once in the anthill, after precipitation, the croup begins to swell, filling up the entire space. Thus, insects simply have nowhere to go.
2. A similar action occurs when an ant enters the stomach, but it also dies.
3. The third version is that cereal over time provokes the development of fungi that repel an insect colony. They have to look for a new home.

How to get rid of ants with millet

Dry cereal or bait cooked with additives is scattered between the beds in the garden.

To do this, select certain areas where ants were most often seen:

• between bushes of berries;
• under fruit trees;
• in flower beds and flower beds;
• around the anthill and into the holes on it.

Bright millet will attract birds who like to eat insects. Usually a black color is not visible from a bird's eye view, but a bright yellow color will indicate the location of the prey by the birds.

Important! The amount of grain to be scattered should be commensurate with the number of pests living on the site. If necessary, the processing is repeated, the interval is not needed.

Bait Recipes

Insects are famous for their love of sweets. This fact is used against them in the preparation of millet bait.

Everything that is at hand is used:

• honey;
• sugar;
• jam, etc.

With powdered sugar

For sweet "poison" take 0.5 kg of millet groats and 100 g of powdered sugar. The ingredients must be mixed and scattered in the places of dislocation of pests. Since insects often creep into living quarters, it will not be amiss to scatter the bait at the front door along the walls. In the house, special attention should be paid to the bucket into which food waste is thrown. 2-3 g of boric acid are mixed into the sweet filling of the trap. Ants drag poison into their home, where the queen and the larva try the “treat”.

With sugar, honey, jam or syrup

Sweet mass can be prepared from any sweeteners. The cereal is soaked for 15-20 minutes in warm water, and then mixed with honey, sugar and jam. For 0.5 kg of millet, 1-2 tbsp is enough. l goodies. If you cook the syrup, then you can not soak the cereal. For syrup, you need 2-3 tbsp. sugar and 200-300 ml of water. It will turn out liquid, which will allow to soak all the grains.

Important! Destruction of working ants will not bring the expected result if the uterus remains alive. She will be able to quickly replenish the ranks of her subjects, and pest control will begin again.

Advantages and disadvantages of the method

The most important advantage of the method is its naturalness. Groats, unlike chemical insecticides, do not harm plants in the garden.

• Other advantages:
• low cost;
• availability of ingredients;
• ease of preparation;
• It is also used as prevention.

One of the disadvantages of the method is its dependence on weather conditions.. On a rainy day, toxic treats will simply wash away the rain. The use of millet is effective in dry weather. Another minus relates to the use of dry cereals - you need to wait for the effect. But baits with sweeteners flavored with boron act faster.

Entomologists found that male ants, unlike females, emerge from unfertilized eggs, that is, they have only a maternal set of chromosomes.

What can replace millet

Semolina has an effect similar to millet: it also swells from moisture.

In addition to decoy, substances with a sharp aroma can help in the fight against insects:

• cinnamon;
• vinegar;
• mustard (in powder);
• water with lemon;
• pepper.

To drive away pests from the suburban area, you can use repellent plants.

Insects do not like smell:

• anise;
• garlic
• tomato tops;
• tobacco leaf.

Thus, millet is a really effective method in the fight against ants. Croup can also be scattered along the tracks in early spring as a means of preventing the appearance of pests.