Ant invasions in homes can be tackled using typical pantry ingredients. While baking soda isn’t effective, cornmeal serves as a good bait due to its sugary content that attracts ants. To effectively manage an ant problem, homeowners should first 'ant-proof' their kitchens by eliminating open food and spills, then lay traps using cornmeal mixed with poison. Cornmeal, including types like polenta, appeals to ants which helps in spreading toxins throughout their colony.
If ants are invading your pantry, flour is the perfect line of defense, but that's not all. There are actually quite a few typical ingredients that you probably have on hand already that can be used to ward off or kill these persistent insects.
You can use basically any type of cornmeal, including yellow, white, and blue. If that's not in your pantry, but you have a similar item like polenta, you can use that instead.
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