VIDEO: Wood ants in the house

So that you can regain control of the wood ant plague in the house, you can use essential oils such as B. Eucalyptus, or laurel, spread in different places to confuse and drive away the insects. Beyond that Smells and masking scents that the ants can identify as a food source. Menthol products, e.g. B. Japanese oil or tiger balm.

If there are already forest ant roads in the house, then you should provide them with double-sided adhesive tape, which is placed across them. When trying to cross these obstacles, some of the ants get stuck there, so that most of the animals avoid these places and then move away again. In this way you avoid species-appropriate that too many animals fall victim to the adhesive tape.

The scent notes of Mediterranean herbs - dried or fresh - such as lavender, marjoram, bay leaf, chervil, etc. can be helpful in driving forest ants out of the house. which you distribute in your premises.