Preventing Ant Mounds with Good Lawn Care

Ants can come from their outdoor ant mounds into your home very quickly.

Ants can come from their outdoor ant mounds into your home very quickly. It is best to take measure to prevent ants from coming into your home. Having a healthy and clean lawn will not only improve into appearance but will also help to eliminate any problems you may be having with ants.

A Lawn Full of Ants You will notice visible mounds if ants choose to set up home in your lawn. While they will not attack your grass, they will crawl through it to reach your home. A common species of ant found in lawns is cornfield ants. These ants look for exposed soil and cracks in patio bricks, sidewalks, and driveways to set up their home. You may have multiple mounds in one yard. Thinning or bare grass is a particularly attractive location for a cornfield ants mound to begin. While they will not harm your lawn they can give it a rather unpleasant appearance.

How to Avoid Ants in Your Lawn You can avoid cornfield ants by destroying the nest as soon as they are found. Pour a mixture of soap and water into any ant nests you may locate. Look around to make sure you have found all the nests. Find bare or thinning areas of grass and take steps to encourage growth. You may need to apply several treatments on a nest before it is destroyed. If this does not work you may want to consider the use of insecticides.
 

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