When the weather gets warmer, ants can make their first appearance in your home.  Ants can get into small cracks or opening in the exterior of your home and can make your home a permanent residence by building an ant colony.  Getting rid of ants after the colony is built is not an easy task.  To help avoid having to deal with this difficult problem, it is best to take preventative measures before you see an ant roam around in your home.  Use an ant pesticide around the outside perimeter of your home to help keep ants away and discourage them from getting into your home.  Here are some effective products that repel and kill ants:

• Use a home barrier pesticide like Amdro Ant Block around the exterior of your home to prevent ants from trying to get in.   This ant barrier is highly effective and acts as a bait for the worker ants to take back to the colony.   It is formulated to kill the entire the ant colony and is effective at killing 15 different types of ants.
• Another effective ant barrier treatment for your home is the Ant Killer Granules by Bonide.  This ant barrier consists of granules that may be sprinkled around the exterior of your home.  It not only kills ants, but also fleas, crickets, ticks, and chinch bugs.
• For the turf around your home, use the Ant, Flea, & Tick Killer Granules by Bonide to keep them away from your home.  This pesticide is in granule form and may be used in a garden spreader for easy application.  It may also be applied to your home’s foundation to help prevent ants from trying to get into the cracks and also is effective at killing ants in ant hills.  After application, lightly water the granules to activate the pesticide and help it to spread.