How To Make Homemade Ant Killer | Apartment Therapy

Got ants? We’ve got an easy-peasy homemade ant killer recipe using baking soda — and it’s non-toxic! After making three lids of bait and waiting several days, the number of ants in the kitchen reduced dramatically.

How does this DIY ant killer work, exactly? From what we've read, ants cannot differentiate between baking soda and powdered sugar because they are similar in size. The sugar attracts the ants, and the baking soda is what kills them: It reacts with the acid in their digestive system, and they explode.

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[gregpendrey]

Wipe dry any water. If not the ants will come for a drink.

[conishkee]

6/17/24: I also use the powdered sugar and baking soda method, but for an extra-added concoction, I use Borax or Boric Acid with the sugar and soda, whichever of the two I have on hand. If you don't have Borax or Boric Acid, it's cool, it'll still work. Nevertheless, I make a large batch of equal parts (for me, 2 cups of each) of the three in a designated bowl and then I mix well and distribute two tablespoons in some inexpensive cupcake papers I get from the Dollar Tree store and place them around my home everywhere, especially in my kitchen and in corners of my bathrooms, living room, just everywhere! If you have any cracks around your home, pour some into it as well. The ants will carry it back to their colony and explode! Sounds terrible, but I gotta do what I gotta do to free my home of them little critters. If I have some left over, I spoon it into a Mason jar, covered and mark it "For Ants" and the date. I've been doing this since 2022 and every time Summer comes around, the ants get busy and SO DO I 'cause this stuff WORKS! Thank you, AT, for posting your video. I'm sure it'll help many who visit your channel. 😊

[rajavanya]

I read somewhere that this is a myth, but having tried this personally twice now, it works. Just wait for a day or two

[cupid]

I’m coming out of a particularly harsh depressive episode and having food in my room has attracted so many ants. I’m hoping this helps, thank you!

[tarinvernon]

This is the first trap I see without using water. Interesting

[weekendhomeprojects]

There were no ants injured in the making of this video.

[wraithess]

I just tested this with some sugar ants. I mixed the two ingredients throughly, watched 3 ants eat it, and they were still alive after an hour. Did I do something wrong?

[shubbz]

😂 ants are eating my toilet paper, 10s or 100s on the sheets. Quilton tp could be made of suger Cain mulch haha

[MarioSantoro-igqh]

I dont even have any food in my room but they have been coming for my water.

[stikman]

My dad must have huge ant problem. Always piles of baking soda laying around.

[alexhardao]

Good tips and straight to the solution
Thank you

[Iceburnification]

How am I supposed to believe if you used plastic toy ants in the video?

[FlowerChyld]

Nailed it!!! I remember telling myself I'd wear a vest like that one day. 😏

[hastagbebecabaluna]

Please give me correct pocedure the ingredients..thank you 💕🤗

[tomwimbrow]

i tried the baking soda and powered sugar yesterday. equal parts. the ants were NOT interested.

[pinkies]

Is this toxic to cats, dogs, birds and wildlife?? I have lots around my house and dont want them to get sick in case they ingest this.

[AuroraEloise-mr]

For those who have ants that ignore it, make sure its equal parts so they'll come to check it out without being turned off and sprinkle it. I did it yesterday and tonight there were lots over it, be patient, will update in a few days to say if the appearances have decreased(im testing different locations in my house)

[Schmidteren]

can you use a substitute if you don't have powdered sugar?

[qtshooz]

Is the sugar and baking soda safe to leave out where pets are?

[chipdiddy]

Argh… after a month of doing this over and over and seeing no results I decided to rewatch the video a couple of times over and over to see if I missed anything and on the 19th time it hit me. I paused the video and zoomed in. I wasn’t using a jar lid to mix the ingredients together. Once I found the right mason jar lid, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Ant after ant falling over and dying. Thank you