What to do if there are cockroaches and ants at home

Many people have seen cockroaches or some small ants in their homes. These are all crawling insects and are not harmful to humans. Moreover, most cockroaches are brought in because the home is too humid or there are people moving around the house. Large cockroaches are also harmless to humans. So if you find cockroaches in your home, you can drive them away, but you don't have to kill them all. Let’s take a look at what to do if you have cockroaches and ants at home.

Common knowledge about ants: Ants belong to the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Hymenoptera. Although there is only one family (Formicidae), it has more than 360 genera and an estimated 14,000 species, with about 300 species in my country. And its distribution is wide

Indoor ants: The harm indoors causes to homes is often overlooked. According to investigations, the main indoor ants are smelly ants, big-headed ants, small yellow house ants, and Rocky road ants. They often build nests on roadsides, corners, and cracks in walls. Their main ways of causing harm are stealing food, biting, and spreading bacteria. Characteristics of ants: Ants are sensitive to temperature and are mostly active in hot weather. They like sweet foods, such as cakes, honey, maltose, brown sugar, eggs, fruit cores, meat skin, dead insects, etc. They can identify roads and move extremely quickly. If individual worker ants die, their bodies will be transported back to the ant nest. But they cannot tolerate hunger. Without food and water, half of them will die after four days and nights.

Burn the eggshells with fire, grind them into powder, and sprinkle them in corners or ant holes to kill the ants. If there are ants in the closet, you can put some flavorful vegetables such as coriander and celery to drive away the ants. Putting some walnut leaves, tobacco or peppercorns in places where ants often appear can help repel ants.