The wooden bath is a place where you can rest, relax, improve your health. The wood used to decorate the bath smells good and is an environmentally friendly building material. But there are insects that can attack wooden baths, causing discomfort to people. There are folk and professional ways to get rid of ants in the bath.

Why do black ants appear in the bath

Black ants are the most common garden pests.

View characteristic:

  • Segmented body, consisting of three parts: head, chest and abdomen;
  • The body is covered with a chitinous membrane;
  • There are antennae on the head;
  • Insects move on three pairs of legs. They can cling to and climb;
  • The pests are dark brown or black in color.

Black ants

The anthill has its own organization:

  • The largest ant is the uterus (up to 13 mm in length). She can live up to 28 years old. Lays eggs weekly;
  • Small working insects that do not breed up to 4 mm in length. Worker ants take care of the larvae, turn them over, providing the necessary conditions;
  • Young females grow up to 7 mm.

Sometimes black ants can be observed in the bath. They cause inconvenience to people and cause serious damage to the building.

The reasons for the appearance of insects:

  • In a log bathhouse, ants are attracted by moisture and warm air. They can live in cracks, wooden crevices, behind baseboards. The tree itself is not the cause of the insects, but mold and rot that develop over time attracts black ants.
  • Mold must not be allowed to grow due to humidity in the bath. There is a risk that insects will start up that feed on various fungi. It is recommended to regularly dry and ventilate the rooms.
  • Another factor in the appearance of pests in the bath is the construction of a building over an existing anthill. Very often they multiply during construction.

Ants in the bath

The food source for the colony is:

  • Fungus;
  • Food leftovers, crumbs, sugary drinks.

Black ants are not dangerous to humans. They can bite, but the pain is almost invisible. In rare cases, an allergic reaction may follow the bite.

On a note! Insects present in the crevices of the tree destroy its integrity. They make passages through which food is delivered to the colony. In the course of the life of black ants, the structure of the logs is disturbed.

Knowing the reasons for the spread of black ants in the bath, you can eliminate them and get rid of pests.

Is it difficult to get ants out

How to get rid of ants in your home

If a lot of ants appeared in the bath, then this indicates an invasion of pests. The ant colony has its own hierarchy with queen and workers.

Getting rid of them is sometimes not easy. Scaring off insects once will not help; others will come to replace the dead ants. Working individuals daily support the vital functions of the uterus and larvae, which are well hidden.

To get rid of the colony completely, we must act decisively. It is recommended to choose a suitable product that the insects will carry into the anthill and destroy the entire colony themselves.

It is recommended to choose a suitable product that the insects will carry into the nest.

Ants are not aggressive insects. They have a small poisonous sting. They use it when danger approaches. The ant can send a signal to other individuals, and they massively attack the offender.Therefore, sometimes, stepping on an anthill, many insects appear on a person's leg in a few seconds.

Important! The bites are not very painful. But if there is an allergic reaction to ant poison, it can seriously harm health.

Insects in search of food crawl through garbage cans, toilets, can profit from carrion. On the paws, harmful bacteria are spread in places with which a person can come into contact.

Diseases that may appear due to the vital activity of ants:

  • Helminthiasis;
  • Dysentery;
  • Typhoid fever;
  • Cholera;
  • Salmonellosis;
  • Diphtheria.

Important! Therefore, if ants are born, they must be urgently dealt with in order to avoid negative consequences for the health of family members.

How to kill pests

Boric acid from ants

The fight against insects attacking the bath should be started immediately, as soon as several individuals have been seen. At the initial stage, getting rid of pests is easier. It is required to find the main anthill, only after its elimination is it possible to destroy the insects.

For the destruction of insects, aromatic agents and aerosols are used. They are able to interrupt the smell that ants leave on the paths. This is how insects get disoriented. But the smell disappears quickly, so using only one method is ineffective. An integrated approach is needed to completely eliminate ants in the bath.

Ant bait

The second way is to spread out the bait, which the ants take for food and carry it to the anthill, infecting all individuals one by one. This method is the most effective as it eliminates the queen and the bulk of the worker ants.

On a note. When using chemicals for baiting insects, it is imperative to restrict access to the bath for unauthorized persons, especially children. The chemicals are toxic and can be harmful to health. It is important to observe safety precautions when working with insecticides.

The principle of action of agents with poisonous granules:

  • The worker finds the bait;
  • Carries it as food to the anthill;
  • The toxic substance on the paws also gets into the nest;
  • The poison quickly spreads around the entire perimeter, where the ants walk, everyone perishes, including the queen.

The traps must be left in the bathhouse itself and on the ant paths seen next to the building. Chemicals can be in the form of gel, powder or granules.

Effective ant remedies

The most effective remedies for ants:

  • Gel Clean House. The product is sold in a special syringe. It is necessary to mark with a dotted line the clusters of ants, paths along the perimeter. The sweet scent attracts insects. After the ants eat the remedy, mass poisoning begins the next day. Most of the colony dies after 3-4 days. The drug is active for up to 14 days;
  • Gel Great Warrior. The active ingredients of the drug are chlorpyrifos and diazolin. They have a paralyzing effect on the pest, after 8 hours it dies. Workers carry the poison into the nest, feed it to the uterus and other ants. In 2-3 days, the colony dies completely. The action of the gel is up to 4 days. The product is sold in a syringe, it is convenient to apply it in small drops on horizontal and vertical surfaces;
  • Granules Thunder-2. The active substance is diazolin. The pellets need to be decomposed where the ants were found. It is necessary to work with the drug with gloves and a mask;
  • Powder Anteater. The agent is diluted with water, according to the instructions, and the anthill is poured with a poisonous solution. When using Anteater powder, instant death of the colony is ensured;
  • Muratsid powder. The chemical is poured into water, mixed thoroughly and watered on the discovered anthill. You can spray the product in the bath. The death of pests occurs quickly.

If the colony is very large and it is not possible to find a nest, then it is recommended to contact an insect control specialist.

On a note. Insects can adapt and adapt to chemicals.Therefore, it is important to use not only aggressive means for pest control, but also to use folk methods that are considered no less effective.

Folk ways

The use of improvised means is welcomed by many people, due to the fact that in most cases they are not dangerous to health, but they help to get rid of unwanted pests.

Folk ways to fight ants

You can destroy black ants in the bath using folk remedies:

  • Honey and boric acid. You need to take a tablespoon of honey and add boric acid (you can use a powder). Small balls are made from the sticky mixture and laid out in the bath. The sweet smell attracts ants; boric acid acts as a poison. For a person, the tool is not dangerous. Boric acid paralyzes insects;
  • If the main nest was found, then it is necessary to fill it with boiling water three times every two days;
  • Ants do not like the smell of cinnamon, tansy, wormwood, garlic. Herbs are laid out along the perimeter of the bath. It is necessary to renew the protective agent every 2-3 days, as the smell disappears.
  • If ants settle in the bath every season, it is recommended to plant parsley and peppermint next to the bath. The smell repels insects.

The most effective folk remedy for getting rid of pests is a sulfur checker.

Mode of application:

  • Install the sulfur checker securely;
  • Close all windows and doors, set fire to, leave the room by tightly closing the front door;
  • After a few hours, you can remove the checker, start airing the bath;
  • Steam the bathhouse 2 times without people;
  • After 7 days, the black ant free bath can be used.

Sulfur cap

Prevention

Ammonia from ants

If you managed to get rid of insects, then we must not forget about preventive measures in order to prevent a re-invasion of pests.

For prevention, it is recommended:

  • To monitor the cleanliness in the bath, steam room, sauna;
  • Timely clean up after a meal;
  • Air and dry the bath, prevent the appearance of mold, if found, immediately remove it, treat the tree with a special preparation;
  • Use antifungal agents for processing logs, log cabins.

If even a few ants are found, do not ignore the problem. Insects reproduce very quickly, so it is better to start getting rid of them right away. Knowing effective methods on how to get rid of black ants in the bath, you can independently protect the building from pests.